[Flashcoders] Whats the best way to communicate with the serverside?

I had had this question under another topic, but I thought maybe it needed its own appropriate title. Im looking for a free solutions (aside from Flash CS3 itself) what can help me communicate with the server. Im making a client/server type program with my flash as the client. Currently we

Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the best way to communicate with the serverside?

It really depends on what kind of data you need to pass around. One other option is to have the server be able to receive XML data and respond with other XML data. Flash can generate and parse XML fairly easily. We do something similar to this in our application, where Flash generates an XML

Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the best way to communicate with the serverside?

Did you see the previous post about Flash Remoting? Here's some info to have a look at: http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashremoting/ At a minimum, you'll need the Flash Remoting Classes/component, which you can download here:

Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the best way to communicate with the serverside?

Wow, thanks for all the info. Ill look into all those different things. On the side, I was looking at the ExternalInterface and was wondering, If I have the container call a flash object, what sort of limitations are there in passing parameters to the flash app? The documentation seems a little