Fabrice, You would use Flash Remoting and ColdFusion MX to access the web service.... Using the flash sprite in director you would remote to coldFusion, it uses the SOAP protocol to get stuff from the web service, and relays the info back to flash using Remoting. Then flash would relay that back into director... Kinda complicated, and as of now, I think it only supports CF... Supposedly a version of the Remoting components were going to be released for JDBC and PHP (for a nominal fee).
If you want to get around this stumbling-block, Alessandro Crugnola has started reverse-engineering the AMF protocol that enables Flash Remoting for PHP... If you feel like getting your hands dirty, and you want to use PHP, this may be the way to go... http://sourceforge.net/projects/amfphp If you have the ability to take advantage of ColdFusion MX then here is an example using just flash... http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/flashremoting/consuming_ws_using_cfm x/consuming_ws_using_cfmx03.html Here is another one that uses google's web service... http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/google_search/ Hope that helps! ~Mathew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabrice Closier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Web Services > Can you do that in flash? > i know how to retrieve using the bytesloaded and bytestotal in flash > but thats always compare to itzelf, > how do you manage to use flash to record if something outside the swf > is being loaded... > also that flash could give you some usable information about the web > services... on the way getNetthing does report... Flash remote might do > that but... > i know it is a bit out of topic, but if you could dev a bit, show the > AS trick... > > > Fabrice > On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 03:08 PM, Mathew Ray wrote: > > > My first inclination is to use flash as an intermediary inside of > > director... Let flash interact with the web services and when it is > > done, it > > can let director know so that director can take that information and do > > stuff with it. There are some articles out there regarding the Flashcom > > server and its integration into director, I would image integrating web > > services wouldn't be terribly different. Also keep in mind that > > DirectorMX's > > new flash mx support allows it to create AS objects on the fly without > > any > > flash sprites present....may be helpful. > > > > ~Mathew > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "pjg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:21 AM > > Subject: <lingo-l> Web Services > > > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I haven't been actively involved in the lingo list for some time now > >> (although that is soon set to change). I was wanting to know if > >> anyone on > >> this list has had some experience using web services with director. > >> If so > > do > >> you know of any good resources for integrating and working with web > > services > >> and director. Seems that Macromedia has heaps of documentation on web > >> services and flash but little (if not nothing) on web services and > > director. > >> > >> Any assistance is greatly appreciated! > >> > >> Paul [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
