Latest News from Dennis Baldwin

Let Macromedia Flex Consume Your CFCs

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:30:00 EDT

n previous articles I've written about the power of integrating Flash and ColdFusion to build Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In this paradigm Flash provides the user interface while ColdFusion is responsible for handling the business logic and sending data to Flash either through Flash Remoting or Web Service calls. In this article I'd like to shift focus a bit and provide a more programmatic approach to building RIAs. By this I mean using XML to create the Flash interface. The answer lies in Macromedia's Flex.

Flash MX Web Services vs Remoting

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Flash MX 2004 Pro Web service classes or Flash Remoting components for ActionScript 2.0: Which is right for you? This article offers some guidelines. In just three years we've come a long way.

Web Services in a Flash

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 00:00:00 EST

Of course the latest buzzword in the world of Internet applications is Web services. So we're assuming that you already know what a Web service (WS) is and we're not going to worry about creating one. This article will focus on accessing a Web service using Flash Remoting, and displaying the information in a rich Flash UI.

Flash Remoting with Macromedia's DesDev Feed

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:00:00 EST

I wanted to write an article that would be useful to the developer community. Since Flash is gaining ground as a powerful development tool, this article will focus on using Flash to create a rich UI hooked up to a ColdFusion component. An effective Web site cannot exist without content, so this article will show you how to pull dynamic content into Flash. Pulling content from across the Web into Flash may be much easier than you expected. We're going to look at utilizing Macromedia's Designer & Developer (DesDev) XML feed. This XML feed will be pulled locally to our server, and then loaded into Flash. To accomplish this we'll be utilizing ColdFusion Components (CFCs), Flash Remoting MX, and Macromedia Flash MX components.

Get Connected with Flash Debugging

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 EDT

With Flash Remoting on the rise we're beginning to see a plethora of advanced Flash applications hit the Web. I'm not talking about silly Web site intros or loading screens, but full-blown Web applications such as shopping carts, e-mail clients, content management systems, and expense reporting.

Flash Up Your Forms with Components

Thu, 30 May 2002 00:00:00 EDT

Flash MX has hit the streets, and some amazing applications are already under development. Macromedia has gone above and beyond by providing us with this fully functional Web development tool. Now with drag-and-drop components such as scrollbars, list boxes, calendars, and much more, developers can harness the power of reusable code.

ColdFusion Meets Flash

Wed, 08 Aug 2001 00:00:00 EDT

Most developers use Flash for animation and Web site introductions, but aren't aware of how powerful a scripting environment it is. Now in Flash 5, ActionScript is larger than life and is here to stay.