The future of Flash Remoting?

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May 1, 2007
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We are about to embark on a major, long term project which requires Flash/Database connectivity and Flash Remoting seemed the perfect way to go. Having just acquired Flash CS3, I encountered some difficulty since there is no Remoting Components package available for CS3. I did however find this link and manage to get my AS2.0 code to run:

http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/04/17/actionscript-20-flash-remoting-with-flash-cs3

This makes me worried about the future of Flash Remoting - I don't want to purchase and then be locked into a technology that gets shelved or overlooked by Adobe. I am aware of the AMFPHP toolkit but this since we are going with .NET this is not appropriate. Does anyone else have the same fears or does anyone at Adobe have any information on what the future of Flash Remoting will be?

Thanks guys

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Funnyvoyage

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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.They are all helpful.

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WEich1213

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Thanks

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Anonymous

First of all... I'm not sure why you are using Flash CS3 when the current version is CS4 Professional. Second.... There are tons of different ways to use flash, and connect to databases. In particular, you want to understand that - if you use PHP or if you use .net - usually the code on in actionscript is fairly transparent regardless of your server side code. I have written tons of apps in both php and .net. If you are interested in a good tutorial site - I would highly recommend (kirupa.com). The following link is a good tutorial they have introducing flash, mySQL database integrations... check it out. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flashphpxml_integration.htm

I'm not exactly sure about flash remoting and its future - but the stability of many platforms and techniques is hard to judge these days. Things are constantly changing. One thing you can count on about flash... is the fact that it has been around for years - and has continued to be a success... it is also spreading to mobile devices and other electronic platforms - so I don't think it's going away anytime soon.

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Mr G.

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Anonymous

That link from Shinjuka didn't work, does anyone else have this zip file?

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WEich1213

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Can you use phpMySQL database with Flash CS3 and CS4?, and how do you do this? I've got a MacOSX.

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Anonymous

Wow are you serious??? Of course you can! Check out amfphp or ZendAMF. Personally, I'd recommend amfphp. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/drupal_flash.html

That's just one article there, but there is a lot of info out there if you don't want to use Drupal. If you find you like Drupal, check out Flash with Drupal (a book). If not, just look around on google for Flash, PHP, MySQL integration using amfphp. There's also a couple of fine tutorials on both amfphp and ZendAMF at http://www.gotoandlearn.com