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GoAlexFlo - 30 Nov 2007 02:56 GMT

I have an existing HTML/ColdFusion web site. I?m in the process of re-creating
the site in Flash CS3 ActionScript 2 (look at my work in progress:
http://totalscript.com/newsite/ts.html).

My existing/legacy HTML/CFM site has ColdFusion pages that retrieves and
displays data from an Access Db. The following page is a good example:
http://totalscript.com/pharm_locator_List.cfm?State=WA.

I have been spinning my wheels trying to get Flash CS3 to retrieve data from
my Database and display it in a Data-Grid. All I need is a working example to
set me on my way. I have found penty of examples using Flash Remoting with
Flash 8 but nothing in native Flash CS3. The followinf is my current
enviroment configuration:

- Flash CS3 (Although, I could use Flash Pro 8)
- ActionScript 2
- ColdFusion 6.1 (from the legacy html/cmf site)

Any direction/advise would be helpful. The Flash forum has been very helpful
in resoling many of my issues. Thank you for all your help.

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BWolfe [ADOBE] - 10 Dec 2007 23:56 GMT

if you're targeting AS2 then you should just use Flash 8. That will give you
the ability to use the remoting classes (I assume you must have remoting since
you posted here....)

Remoting is a bit of a mess in Flash CS3. It's sort of supported (keep
reading this forum and you'll see what I mean) but doesn't have all the backup
classes you might be looking for.

There are plenty of AS2/ Flash 8 remoting resources out there... Here's one:
http://www.flash-remoting.com/

(but there are more... and you'll need the remoting comonent set from here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash_remoting/

Just be sure to get the AS2 versions for Flash 8, and look for instructions
that are specific to AS2. There are lots of articles that cover remoting
PRE-AS2, and those can cause confusion..

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