Specifications

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CHAPTER 24

Data Integration: Using the

Macromedia Tips

Web Service

(Flash Professional Only)

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.

You can print this tutorial by downloading a PDF version of it from the

Macromedia Flash Documentation page at www.macromedia.com/go/

fl_documentation.

In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:

Connect to a public web service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service.272

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.

The finished FLA file for this tutorial is installed with Flash. The following

list provides the typical paths to this directory.

■ In Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash

8\Samples and Tutorials\Tutorial Assets\Data Integration\Tips

■ On the Macintosh: browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/

Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/Tutorial Assets/Data

Integration/Tips

NOTE

The use of a public web service in this tutorial does not imply that you

should use one for real-world 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.