It really depends what kind of GUI you want to create with Flash. Yes, for
data connection, Flash 2004 Pro is probably your best bet, but I would steer
clear of the DataGrid Column editor as its very buggy as is the version of
the component thats included with it. As for the data connection wizard, its
ease of use is the price of losing alot of control with the datagrid. You
might not be able to do what you want with it, such as Custom Cell renderers
(to show other components inside the datagrid or format the data into a
specific use).
As for the coldfusion side, definately use the built in Flash remoting. Its
by far the fastest way to bring data into flash.
As well, have you taken into consideration the security involved with
showing this data? Is it going to be available to the public or just
internally? For this, I alway suggest using the built in Coldfusion Roles
security as it simplifies the authentication process on every request.
All in all, I'd suggest a Form based application with View classes for
quicker development. There are many tutorials on MM about these types of RIA
and how to build them.
Feel free to email me offlist if you'd like.
Cheers,
Kevin
[kes geek]
-Original Message-
From: Ron Eis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Creating/updating a blog in Flash using CFMX
We've got a website built in Flash. We want to create a weblog that is
dynamically updated by ColdFusion.
After researching the Macromedia Dev Center, it looks like we need Flash
MX Professional 2004 and Data Connection Wizard and DataGrid Column
Editor Extensions.
Is this correct? Or what's the best/simplest way to have ColdFusion
update the Flash file?
IIS 6 on Windows 2003
ColdFusion MX Version 6,1,0,63958
We are running IIS6 as the frontend and using it to send requests then
to CFMX on the backend for any ColdFusion pages.
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