Populating a control from an HTTPService request

In this exercise, you will:

• Use HTTPService to get data from an XML file at runtime.
• Handle the results returned from the server and display them in a List control.
• Work with returned data as arrays and objects.
• Handle errors when trying to retrieve the data from a server.

Requirements

In order to complete this tutorial, you need the following software and files:

Flex Builder 3

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Exercise file:

• exercise3.pdf (PDF, 512K)

Starter and solution files:

• Ex3_Starter.zip (ZIP, 14K)
• Ex3_Assets.zip (ZIP, 18K)
• Ex3_Solution.zip (ZIP, 32K)

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