Using Flash Remoting MX and .NET to Create Dynamic Flash Widgets

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Software included with this tutorial:. Macromedia Flash Remoting MX (This is the server gateway). Macromedia Flash Remoting Components (Extends Flash MX to …

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Using Flash Remoting MX and .NET to
Create Dynamic Flash Widgets
Introduction ————————————————————————————— 2
Required Software Configuration ——————————————————— 2
Installing the Software ———————————————————————— 3
Creating a .NET Class to Invoke from Flash ——————————————- 5
Accessing your Class using Flash Remoting —————————————– 8
Populating a Combo Box with Dynamic Data ————————————— 11
Linking a Combo Box to a List Box —————————————————– 14
Populating a Datagrid with Dynamic Data ——————————————– 17.2003 Macromedia, Inc. 2
Introduction
Greetings fellow .NET/Flash developers and welcome to Macromedia
Flash Remoting MX. With the introduction of Macromedia Flash
Remoting MX, you now have the opportunity to create highly reusable,
data-driven widgets for use in your web applications. This tutorial will
guide you through the creation of simple Flash MX widgets that retrieve
data from your objects hosted on your .NET server. These widgets allow
you to easily implement behavior that is difficult or impossible to
implement in html-based pages. If you can answer “yes” to any of the
following questions, this tutorial is for you:
?Have you ever needed to show a master-detail relationship such as a
select control that upon selection displays related items on a list?
?Do you wish that you could dump the results of a database query in
tabular format and enable your users to sort, resize and hide columns
easily?
If so, then plan on spending the next 4-6 hours to learn how. You will only
need to have a basic familiarity with .NET to complete these examples.
Required Software Configuration
To complete this tutorial you will need to…