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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
fl_documentation.
In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:
Connect to a public web service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service .274
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 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.
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
www.macromedia.com/go/
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