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In part one of this tutorial series, you set up your Tip of the Day Flash document and built each of the pages in the application. Part two is where the fun actually begins, because you start to make these pages actually do something. You will find out how to define web services, add them to your application, and process the results of a web service's methods. You'll also see how to use bindings in a FLA file using some of the new components. Part 2 shows you how to work with the WebServiceConnector component and how to bind data between this Data component to the other UI components that have been added to the Stage. (Part three will guide you through building the mechanism for submitting new tips to the web service.)

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004

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Note: Make sure that you have installed the latest Flash MX 2004 update.

Download sample files for this tutorial

• firstflash.zip (810KB)

Complete part one of this article series:

Building a Tip of the Day Application (Part 1): Using Screens and Components

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About the author

Jen deHaan is a Calgary-based Flash "deseloper" (designer/developer) who writes books and makes things with Macromedia Flash. Jen has been involved in oodles of books (usually) on Macromedia products since 2002. One of the recent books is the upcoming Macromedia Flash MX 2004: Training from the Source for Macromedia Press.

Jen hasn’t achieved much since her bio from part 1 of the tutorial.

Jen is the friendly web person championing many unsuccessful sites including www.flash-mx.com and www.flash2004.com. You can find her personal portfolio and rants at www.ejepo.com and her Flash help at www.flashmx2004.com. Jen currently receives an average of 53 "testing" tip submissions each day, and reads every one of them.