You can use normal XML parsing within Director. Watch out for SOAP based services which require special HTTP headers outside of the data structure itself. But if they provide a normal XML feed to HTTP request, you're in.
You can also use Flash MX sprites within Director, but this requires a different approach. Although Shockwave can call out to any server (if the user gives permission), Flash can only call to its hosting server. You'd need something like PHP or ColdFusion on your own server to mirror this request to your client. Flash Remoting is also possible, with the added benefit that web services are much easier to consume, and do not require XML parsing on your end -- data objects are transferred, rather than just XML representations of data objects. jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Developer Support, San Francisco (Best to reply on-list, to avoid my mighty spam filters!) Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Column: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/ Technical daily diary: http://jdmx.blogspot.com/ [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!]
