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Using server-side ActionScript functions

After you connect to the Flash Remoting service, you call functions that are defined in your server-side ActionScript files, and return results.

To call a function:

1. Create an instance of the server-side ActionScript file using the getService function. This function instantiates the server-side ActionScript file as an object to be used on the client side. For example:

   albumService = gatewayConnection.getService("recordsettest", this) 
   

   Where recordsettest represents the name of the server-side ActionScript file, without the file extension .asr.

2. Call a function defined in your server-side ActionScript object. Use dot notation to specify the object name followed by the function name; for example:

   albumService.getAlbum("The Color And The Shape", "1999");
   

   Where albumService is the instance of the server-side ActionScript file and getAlbum is a function that passes two arguments, "The Color and The Shape" and "1999".

   Note: Arguments must occur in the order defined in the function declaration.

3. Handle the function results in ActionScript. See Using the function results in ActionScript.

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