Free Ebook Programming : Macromedia Flash MX Data Tutorials.pdf

In this tutorial, you use the Web Services panel to connect to a web service, which you use to return a random tip about Macromedia software. You then use components to set up a simple user interface.

In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:

• "Connect to a public web service" on page 5
• "Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service" on page 7 This tutorial uses a public web service and therefore requires that you have an Internet connection.

If you have trouble downloading or decompressing the files, see TechNote 13686 at www.macromedia.com/support/general/ts/documents/downfiles.htm.

Note: The use of a public web service in this tutorial in no way implies that you should use one for realworld applications. In fact, Macromedia does not recommend using public web services directly from within any client-side application. For more information, see "About data connectivity and security in Flash Player" in the "Data Integration" chapter in Using Flash (in Flash, select Help > Using Flash). In a production environment, you should use web services that are placed on your own web server.

The finished FLA file for this tutorial installs with Flash. The following list provides typical paths to this directory.

• Windows: \Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\Samples\HelpExamples\tips
• Macintosh: HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash MX 2004/Samples/HelpExamples/tips