Flash : Articles

This article attempts to detail the installation of the Apache 2.0 web server, the PHP version 4.2.0 scripting language, the latest MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin on a windows (98, ME, XP, etc). Although their are a couple of programs that will do the installation of all these for you - the knowledge gained from setting these items up yourself far outweighs any time saved with the auto-install programs. This article focus's on what a Flash Developer will need to set up a dynamic working desktop.

This article gives an approach in how to use the Data Components in Flash MX 2004 Pro. Trough a simply example (browsing a catalog), we introduce in how to use DataGrid, XMLConnector, DataSet and bindings

Flash Remoting is a way Flash uses in order to talk to servers. This communication need to use ColdFusion, or install server side extensions in .Net or Java based servers. AMFPHP is a new proyect that offers the best of Flash Remoting in a free, open source PHP envinronment. This tutorial is a first step to build your own service.

Here is something you have been looking for long time. We provide Database enabled FlashMX2004 Components. We have enabled the components available in Flash MX2004 and connected them with MySql database using PHP. All content is populated from MySql database. With each set you will receive: - Flash .fla file. - Flash .swf file. - PHP files - Sql statements - Complete and comprehencive PDF tutorial. - XML files. We have also made database driven Search Engine in Flash.

This article/tutorial attempts to explain one way in which you can load External data (different server/domain) into a Flash movie. By using a proxy script we can access any file on the internet and load it into a flash movie. The example that goes along with this is a Flash based search engine - that sends data to a search engine (such as Yahoo) from a flash movie - and returns that info to the flash movie. All the source files and scripts are included in the download.

Here you can find a comparing overview of most commonly used Flash text effect solutions and what features they offer.

Contains lots of tutorials and articles about Flash ranging from novice to expert use, all with free source code. There are also some downloadable components ready to use to shorten development times.