MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-DATA Operation instructions

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Project Management: Julee Burdekin, Erick Vera

Writing: Jay Armstrong, Jody Bleyle, Mary Burger, Francis Cheng, Jen deHaan, Stephanie Gowin, Phillip Heinz, Shimul Rahim,

Samuel R. Neff

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Media Design and Production: Adam Barnett, Christopher Basmajian, Aaron Begley, John Francis

Second Edition: June 2004

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CONTENTS

Web Service Tutorial: Macromedia Tips

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connect to a public web service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service . . . . . . . . . . 7

XML Tutorial: Timesheet

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Create the user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Edit the data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

XUpdate Tutorial: Update the Timesheet

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Update the timesheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4 Contents

Web Service Tutorial: Macromedia Tips

(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.

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 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.

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

Connect to a public web service

Define a web service in Flash that will connect to a public web service.

Create a new Flash document using Flash MX Professional 2004. Make sure your computer is

connected to the Internet.

Open the Web Services panel (Window > Development Panels > Web Services), and click the

Define Web Services button.

In the Define Web Services dialog box that appears, click the Add Web Service (+) button, then

click the highlighted line to edit it.

6 Web Service Tutorial: Macromedia Tips (Flash Professional Only)

Enter the URL http://www.flash-mx.com/mm/tips/tips.cfc?WSDL and click OK.

In the Web Services panel, inspect the methods, parameters, and results of the Macromedia Tips

web service.

The web service has one method, called getTipByProduct. This method accepts a single

parameter called product. The parameter is a string that tells the web service what

Macromedia product you want to see a tip for. In the next step, you bind this parameter with a

ComboBox instance in your application.

Right-click the getTipByProduct method, and select Add Method Call from the context

menu.

An instance of the WebServiceConnector component is added to the Stage.

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service 7

In the Property inspector, enter the instance name tips_wsc.

The component is now configured and on the Stage. You can place the component anywhere

on or off the Stage—it is invisible when you run the application.

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web

service

Next, you use components to create a simple user interface that you can use to select a product,

click a button, and see a random tip about the product. You create this application by binding

the user interface components on the Stage to the parameter and results in the Macromedia Tips

web service.

In the Components panel, select UI components > ComboBox. Drag a ComboBox component

to the Stage. In the Property inspector, enter the instance name products_cb.

In the Components panel, select UI components > Button. Drag a Button component to the

Stage. In the Property inspector, enter the instance name submit_button and for the label

property type Get Tip, as follows:

In the Components panel, select UI Components > TextArea. Drag the component onto the

Stage. In the Property inspector, enter the instance name tip_ta.

In the Components panel, select UI Components > Label and drag a Label component onto the

Stage. Place it above the ComboBox component.

In the Property inspector, in the Instance name field type products_lbl and for the text property

type Select a Product, as follows:

The Property inspector showing the instance name products_lbl and the text Select a Product.

8 Web Service Tutorial: Macromedia Tips (Flash Professional Only)

Drag another Label component above the tip_ta TextArea component. In the Property

inspector, give it the Instance name tip_lbl and in the text field type Tips.

Now add a binding for the WebService connector component from the Macromedia Tip

service to ComboBox component that allows the user to choose a product and return a tip

about the product.

Select the WebServiceConnector component on the Stage. Open the Component inspector,

and click the Bindings tab. Click the Add Binding (+) button. In the Add Binding dialog box,

select product:String (under params:Object), and then click OK.

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service 9

In the Component inspector, double-click the empty value in the Bound To field. In the Bound

To dialog box, select ComboBox, <products_cb> for the component path and value:String

for the schema location. Then click OK.

Bound To field in the Component inspector

Selecting the component path and schema location in the Bound To dialog box

Next, you will bind the results parameter in the web service connector to the TextArea

component on the Stage.

In the Component inspector, click the Add Binding (+) button again. In the Add Binding

dialog box, select results:String, then click OK. In the Component inspector, double-click

the empty value in the Bound To field, and in the Bound To dialog box, select TextArea,

<tip_ta> as the component path and text:String as the schema location. Then click OK.

Finally, you will use a Button component and the trigger() method to trigger the service.

You use the trigger method to attempt to retrieve a tip whenever you click the button.

10 Web Service Tutorial: Macromedia Tips (Flash Professional Only)

10.

Open the Actions panel and add the following ActionScript on Frame 1 of the Timeline:

submit_button.onRelease = function(){

tips_wsc.trigger();

};

11.

Next, add the following ActionScript after the code from step 10. The code uses the

dataProvider property to set the items in the ComboBox instance to the contents of the array.

products_cb.dataProvider = ["Flash", "Dreamweaver"];

Note: If necessary, you can use the setStyle method to change the color of the Label instance

text to white using products_lbl.setStyle("color", 0xFFFFFF);

12.

Save your file.

13.

Test the application (Control > Test Movie). Select Flash from the ComboBox instance and

click the Get Tip button. The results should look similar to the following graphic:

Select Dreamweaver and click the Get Tip button again to view another tip.

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