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Jeanette Stallons
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Create a Force.com Salesforce project
- Review and edit generated code
- Run the application and log in
- Automate application login
Building a desktop application with Flash Builder for Force.com – Part 2: Create the basic application
In this tutorial, you use Flash Builder for Force.com to create the simplest Force.com Flex application possible—one that has login functionality but nothing else; no content and no display of any salesforce.com data. You add functionality that retrieves and displays salesforce.com data in Part 3 of this tutorial series.
In this tutorial, you will:
- Create a Force.com Stratus project that uses the WSDL you generated in Part 1.
- Review the generated files and code.
- Add and set MXML tag attributes.
- Compile and run an application.
- View the automatically generated authentication dialog box and error messages.
- Successfully log in to a Force.com Flex application.
- Add functionality to automatically log in to an application during development.
Requirements
To complete this tutorial, you need the following:
A Force.com account with the custom Merchandise object created in Part 1 of this tutorial series:
Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com
Tutorial files:
- SalesforceMerchandise02_solution.zip (ZIP, 6.3 MB)
Prerequisite knowledge
- Understanding the technologies for building Force.com Flex applications with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com
- Understanding data management in applications built with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com
A basic knowledge of databases and web services is helpful but not required.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
About the author
Jeanette Stallons is an independent Flex trainer and consultant who has taught for many companies including Adobe, Oracle, Boeing, Wachovia, Morgan Stanley, and Charles Schwab. Prior to working for herself, Jeanette worked at Allaire, Macromedia, and then Adobe in the training department, architecting, writing, teaching, and building applications for Flash, Flex, and other products. Her latest project is the Adobe Flex Learning Paths Flex application for which she was and continues to remain the idea behind, the programmer, and the content expert.
