functionflash

symbols*asterisk,101==equalityoperator,231""quotes,218,224{}curlybracesnotation,20,54,185–190,195,244@symbol,229,274AAccessdatabasesASP.
NETand,375asexternaldatasource,360ActionScript3.
0,8,17–44ActionScriptclassesand,10alertsand,76bestpracticesfor,43CDATAblocksand,220complexdatastructuresand,179–187consumingwebservicesand,263creatingprojectsand,36databindingand,42,187195–200datamodelsand,97errorsand,315–323eventhandlingand,40HTTPServiceclassand,148,159,164JavaScriptand,131,135majorchangesin,9,17URLLoaderclassand,153,156userinputvalidationand,110workingwithinFlexapplications,18–40XMLcontentand,391,436ActionScriptcomponentscreating,63–67dispatchingeventsfrom,66vs.
MXMLcomponents,67values,passingto,65ActionScriptfunctions,databindingand,189ActionScriptVirtualMachine(AVM2),17ActionScriptVirtualMachines(AVMs),8ActiveX,130AC_OETags.
jsfile,125addEventListenermethod,149,258addListenermethod,40aipprefix,204535Ajaxapplications,5Alertcontrol,76,78–84alerts,76–84modifying,82parentfor,77allow-access-fromtag,175allowDomainmethod,144allowMultipleSelectionproperty,281AMFcontent,Flexand,12ApacheCommonsFileUploadlibrary,526ApacheTomcatservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470,475appendChildmethod,235application(businesslogic)tier,4,357applicationdevelopmentprocess,listofstepsfor,13Applicationtag,7,19–25,216,221applications.
SeeFlexapplicationsarchitecture,4ASP.
NET,167,170,375–419ASP.
NETpages,eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,386–390asterisk(*),indicatingrequiredfield,101attributemethod,234attributes,218,224attributesmethod,234automaticlayouts,269AVM2(ActionScriptVirtualMachine),17AVMs(ActionScriptVirtualMachines),8BBEAWebLogicservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470bestpracticesforActionScript3.
0,43validatorsand,201binaryfiles,asexternaldatasource,148[Bindable]metatag,268bindingexpressions,185Bindingtag,187,189–195,245bindPropertymethod,195,198bindSettermethod,195,197–200blog(casestudy),421–466INDEXdisablingadministrativefunctionalityin,448interfacefor,422,430updatefunctionalityfor,454–463bookmanagementsystem(casestudy),511–533bookadminapplicationfor,512–528,533bookviewerapplicationfor,513,528–533breakpoints,323,325browsemethod,524built-incomponents,47built-informatters,204built-invalidators,201businesslogic(application)tier,4,357Buttoncontrol,79buttonlabels,alertsand,83Buttontag,21buttons,foralerts,76–78resizing,83bytesLoadedproperty,155bytesTotalproperty,155Ccalculationsdatabindingand,188,190eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,396calculators(sampleapplications),18–28,31–40callmethod,131Cancelbutton,76cancelmethod,153canLoadWSDLmethod,255captionmethod,348captions,photogallerysampleapplicationand,339,346–355casestudies.
Seealsoexamplesblog,421–466bookmanagementsystem,511–533eventbookingsystem,375–419photogallery,333–355catchstatement,run-timeerrorsand,319categorytag,381CDATAdeclarations,22,24,220cfiftag,365cflooptag,366cfoutputtag,366cfprocessingdirectiveroottag,365cfquerytag,366chainproperty,196changeevent,298changeHandler,298channeltag,441channelSetproperty,152chatapplication(sample),476–480Checkaccessoriesbutton,138CheckBoxcontrol,96childelements(childnodes),217,221childmethod,234childIndexmethod,234childrenmethod,234classdeclaration,30classescustom,28–36event,56importing,43packagesand,28Clickmebutton,79,81client-sidedatamodels,12clips,ActionScript3.
0and,10clonemethod,57,441closemethod,156closeHandlermethod,pop-upsand,95code-behindapproachtocreatingcomponents,68ColdFusion,357–373ColdFusionpages,creating,364–367columnIndexproperty,299columnstag,285ComboBoxcontrol,49–69composite,59–63creating,49–51eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,400–406photogallerysampleapplicationand,334–338,343–355ComboBoxtag,23comments,221commentsmethod,234commitOnlyproperty,196CommonsIOlibrary,526Communicatebutton,139comp:prefix,7,60,64,453compcutility,71compilererrors,315–316compilerwarnings,315completeevent,156,395Componenttag,291componentsbuilt-in,47code-behindapproachto,68composite,59,68custom,creating,47–72,339,346,399–406,452,530looselycoupled,47,51,55modifyingbehaviorof,68MXMLvs.
ActionScript,67nonvisual,68sharing,69componentfiles,naming,48compositecomponents,59,68concatenatingvalues,databindingand,188,190concurrencyproperty,152INDEX536conditionalexpressions,databindingand,188,190configurationtag,386Consoleview,311constructormethods,340consumertag,479consumers,MessageServiceand,476,479content,updating,167,172contentTypeproperty,151,167ControlBarcontainer,bookmanagementsystemcasestudyand,521controlsdata-driven,267–309renderersand,279,289–293convertpublicmethod,35copymethod,235,237copyingnodes,237createBindingsmethod,199createInterfacefunction,34,38creatingActionScriptcomponents,63–67ActionScript-onlyprojects,36ColdFusionpages,364–367compositecomponents,59customclasses,28–36,391,436,454customcomponents,47–72,339,346,399–406,452,530customerrors,322customevents,439eventclasses,56Flexapplications,383–419,429–466,516–533formatters,204HTTPServicerequests,149MXMLcomponents,48–63pop-ups,84–89URLLoaderrequests,154validators,201–204CreditCardValidator,104,201cross-domainpolicyfiles,175,482curlybraces({})notation,20,54,185–190,195,244CurrencyFormatter,113,204CurrencyValidator,104,201currentTargetproperty,298customclasses,28–36eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,391photogallerysampleapplicationand,338–339understanding,30customerrors,321customeventclasses,56customitemeditors,296customrenderers,279,281–284,293customCodeproperty,323CustomComponents(samplecomponent),49–69Ddataexternalcontentand,147–207,240–253separatingfrompresentation,176–187databinding,12,20,187–200ActionScriptfor,42,187,195–200Bindingtagfor,187,189–195curlybracesnotationfor,20,54,185–190,195,244dataProviderpropertyand,268dataSourcevariableand,54formattersand,204one-way/two-way,187DataManagementServices.
SeeDMSdatamodels,97–101dataproperty,155,162datatier,4,357datatypes,258ActionScript3.
0and,9declaring,43data-drivencontrols,13,267–309DataGrid.
SeeDataGridcontrolRepeater.
SeeRepeatercontrolTileList,96,276–284,531dataFieldproperty,285dataFormatproperty,154DataGridcontrol,6,96,284–309columnsand,285–289,303displayingcontentand,512,516–520editingcontentand,293–297eventsand,298renderersand,289–293rowsand,297DataGridevents,298DataGridtag,284,291,300,306DataGridColumnclass,288DataGridColumntag,285dataProviderproperty,162,241–252,268–309DataGridcontroland,284–309Repeatercontroland,269–275TileListcontroland,276–284dataProvidertag,23,49dateandtime,304blogcasestudyand,422,431,442eventbookingsystemcasesstudyand,375–406,413–419formattingand,116Dateofbirthfield,116DateChoosercontrol,376,384,397DateFormatter,113,204DateValidator,104,201Debugbutton,311,314,323Debugview,325debugger,using,323–330DebuggingPerspective,314,323INDEX537debugging,311–330defaultbutton,inalerts,78defaultpackage,28,44deleteoperator,237deletingnodes,237descendantsmethod,234descriptionproperty,254Designview,compilererrorsand,317destinationproperty,152,254destinations,477–479,484–488,494–507Developmentperspective,324directories,28dispatchingevents,55,61,66displaylist,31distributingRuntimeSharedLibraries,72SWCfiles,70DMS(DataManagementServices),497–509casestudyillustrating,511–533usingwithSQLAssembler,499–503DOCTYPEdeclarations(DTDs),216DocumentObjectModel(DOM)Level3EventsSpecification,40documentprolog,214documentroot,216documenttree,216–220DOM(DocumentObjectModel)Level3EventsSpecification,40domains,cross-domainpolicyfilesand,175dotnotation,195doValidationmethod,201,204drop-initemeditors,295drop-inrenderers,290,293DTDs(DOCTYPEdeclarations),216dynamicdata-drivenapplications,11EE4X(ECMA-357),10,228E4Xexpressions,192,228–231dataProviderand,271examplesof,234photogallerysampleapplicationand,341problemsolvingand,244tracestatementand,244XMLcontentand,244–253ECMAScriptforXMLstandard(ECMA-357),10,228ECMAScriptLanguageSpecification,ThirdEdition(ECMA-262),3,8editableproperty,293editorDataFieldproperty,297elements,216,222elementsmethod,234EmailValidator,105,201encoding,215endpointURIproperty,255entities,219equalityoperator(==),231Errorclass,321errortypes,320errors/errormessages,315–323callmethodand,131creditcardvalidationand,104currencyvalidationand,104datevalidationand,105emailaddressformatvalidationand,105forinvalidentries,103numbervalidationand,105phonenumbervalidationand,106regularexpressionvalidationand,106SocialSecuritynumbervalidationand,106zip/postalcodevalidationand,107eventbookingsystem(casestudy),375–419applicationfor,383–419interfacefor,376,384,395–399updatefunctionalityfor,407–415Eventclasses/subclasses,40,56eventhandlers,40,109eventlisteners,40eventtag,380events,dispatching,55,61,66eventstag,380examples.
Seealsocasestudiesalertcontrol,78–84chatapplication,476–480ColdFusion,357–372ComboBoxcomponent,49–69compilererrors,316contentediting,294,297databinding,188–200DataGridcontrol,284,301–309drop-initemrenderer,290formatters,205forms,98,107,112,116,179–187inlinerenderer,291one-waycommunication,131–138pop-ups,85–95querystringvariables,126Repeatercontrol,272RETROlibraryapplication,499run-timeerrors,318server-sidepages,167–174textfiles,loadinginformationfrom,158,160,162TileListcontrol,276–284TraceTargettag,314two-waycommunication,139–142validators,201–204variablepairs,162–165INDEX538warnings,315webpages,loading,122webservicesand,259–265XMLdocuments,loading,238–253Expressionsview,329ExtensibleMarkupLanguage.
SeeentriesatXMLExtensibleStylesheetsLanguage(XSL),210ExternalAPI,130–143ActionScriptfunctionsand,135–139JavaScriptfunctionsand,131–135limitationsof,143externalcontent,12,147–207ActionScript3.
0and,10customerrorsand,321databindingand,187–200dataProviderpropertyand,268HTTPServiceclassand,148–153,156photogallerysampleapplicationand,342sourcesof,148Repeatercontroland,272URLLoaderclassand,153–157ExternalInterfaceclass,130–143FFABridge(Flex-AjaxBridge),143fade-ineffect,339,347,351faultevent,153,170,262FileReferenceclass,524FileUploadlibrary,526finallystatement,321FlashPlayer,3AVMsand,8,17debugversionof,311securityand,120,144,174flashlog.
txtfile,313flashVarsproperty,SWFfilesand,128Flexapplications,3–14ActionScript3.
0and,17–44ASP.
NETand,375–419creating,383–419,429–466,516–533debugging,311–330deprecated/newclassesand,12dispatchingeventsto,55,61,66extending,LiveCycleDataServicesand,469LiveCycleDataServicescasestudyand,511–533loadingwebpagesand,120–124PHPpagesand,421–466settingupforusewithLiveCycleDataServices,474SWFfilesand,119,124–129typesof,11waystoworkwithdataand,11webbrowserinteractionsand,119–145FlexBuilder,18CDATAdeclarationsand,220debuggingtoolsin,311tracestatementand,42XMLand,227–265,333–355FlexDataServices.
SeeLiveCycleDataServicesFlexdebugger,using,323–330FlexLiveCycleServicesapplications,11Flex-AjaxBridge(FABridge),143FlexEventclass,122,127flexlibwebsite,72folders,28Formcontainer,96Formtag,96,369formatmethod,204–205Formatterclass,204formatters,113–116,201,204FormHeadingtag,96FormItemtag,96,102,370forms,96–102ActionScriptand,179–187addingformattersto,116requiredfieldsand,101,108validation,addingto,107fscommandmethod,120FujitsuInternstageservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470GGeneralMarkupLanguage(GML),211GETmethod,155getOperationmethod,255getStackTracemethod,319gettermethods,51,54getURLaction,120GML(GeneralMarkupLanguage),211grandparent,217HhasComplexContentmethod,234hasSimpleContentmethod,234HBoxcontainer,274,282,348bookmanagementsystemcasestudyand,521eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,384HDividedBoxcontainer,531–532headerRendererproperty,293headersproperty,152,255headerTextproperty,286HitachiCosminexusservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470HorizontalListcontrol,275HSQLdatabases,511HTML,211HTTPservices,481,486–489INDEX539HTTPServiceclass,148–153ActionScriptand,148,159,164eventsof,153methodsof,153propertiesof,151sendingvariablestoserverand,166updatingcontentand,167vs.
URLLoaderclass,156variablepairsand,161XMLcontentand,240,242,245–253HTTPServicetag,148,156ColdFusionpagesand,366variablepairsand,162XMLcontentand,240,245–253httpStatusevent,156IIBMWebSphereservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470icons,alertsand,78,81IDropInListItemRendererinterface,290ignoreCommentsproperty,232ignoreProcessingInstructionsproperty,232ignoreWhitespaceproperty,232Imagecontrol,339,346imagesphotogallerysampleapplicationand,335,349TileListcontroland,276–284imageXMLvariable,327importstatement,24–26,30–37,43,322importingclasses,43includestatement,27index.
template.
htmlfile,125,128initfunction,34,38initializedmethod,153inlineActionScriptstatements,19inlineitemeditors,296inlinerenderers,291,293insertChildAftermethod,235insertChildBeforemethod,235installingLiveCycleDataServices,471–475intdatatype,9,43interacting.
Seeuserinteractionsinternalstatement,11,25invalidevents,109invokeevent,153ioErrorevent,156itemeditors,293–297itemClickevent,299itemClickHandler,306itemRendererproperty,293itemRenderertag,291JJ2EEapplicationservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,469,471JavaDatabaseConnectivity(JDBC),362Java,remoteobjectservicesand,489–495JavaScriptActionScriptand,131,135navigateToURLmethodand,121JavaServerPages(JSP),512,526JBossservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470JDBC(JavaDatabaseConnectivity),362JRunservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470,475forchatapplication,476forRETROlibraryapplication,499JSP(JavaServerPages),512,526Llabelattribute,218labelFunctionproperty,288lastResultproperty,150,152,158,161,258layouts,automatic,269LCDS.
SeeLiveCycleDataServicesListcontrol,275,384,395listeners,40LiveCycleDataServices(LCDS),469–509casestudyillustratingDataManagementServices,511–533directorystructureand,473installing,471–475MessageServiceand,476–480loadmethod,154,156loadingwebpages,120–124LoadVarsclass,148,161loadWSDLmethod,255locationtag,381loggingtracemethodoutput,313Loginbutton,86loginform,blogcasestudyand,448looselycoupledcomponents,47,51,55MmakeObjectsBindableproperty,152messageboard(sampleapplication),357–372testing,367userinterfacefor,367messageproperty,323MessageService,469,476–480receivingmessagesand,479sendingmessagesand,478messagetag,254ASP.
NETpagesand,413PHPpagesand,427,439,441INDEX540MessageEventclass,439,441,461messages,foralerts,76metadatatag,55,58methodproperty,152MicrosoftAccessdatabasesASP.
NETand,375asexternaldatasource,360middlewaretier,357mm.
cfgfile,313Modeltag,97–101,176–179,238Model-View-Controller(MVC)architecture,176modifyingalerts,82MouseEventclass,79,87MovieClipclass,30multi-tierarchitecture,4,357MultimediaExtensibleMarkupLanguage.
SeeentriesatMXMLMVC(Model-View-Controller)architecture,176mx.
utils.
Delegateclass,31,41mx:prefix,7,220MXML,3,6,209–221MXMLcomponentsvs.
ActionScriptcomponents,67creating,48–63dispatchingeventsfrom,55values,passingto,51MySQLdatabases,blogcasestudyand,421,434–436,460Nn-tierarchitecture,4,357namespaces,48,220namingcomponentfiles,48tags,217navigateToURLmethod,120–124nestedelements,218,223Nobutton,76nodeKindmethod,234nodes,216,222,236nonvisualcomponents,68NPRuntimeAPI,130NumberFormatter,114,204NumberValidator,105,201NumberValidatortag,20,23NumericSteppercontrol,96OOKbutton,76onClipEventevent,40one-waycommunication,131–138openevent,156operationtag,256Oracle10GASservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470overridemethod,57Ppackagedeclaration,30packagestatement,10packages,28,44parentforalarms,77elementsand,217parentmethod,234parttag,254PhoneFormatter,114,204PhoneNumberValidator,106,201photogallery(casestudy),333–355applicationstructurefor,337displayingimagesin,349–355loadingXMLdocumentand,341PHP,171casestudyillustrating,421–466generatingXMLcontentand,433–436PIs(processinginstructions),215polling,476pop-ups,84–95passingvaluesto/from,89respondingtoeventsand,93PopUpManagerclass,84,88,94portproperty,255POSTmethod,155,380postalcodesformatterfor,115validating,107posterstag,366postingtag,366,369posts,blogcasestudyand,421–466PostsEventclass,440–441prependChildmethod,235presentationtier,4,357presentation,separatingdatafrom,176–187prettyIndentproperty,232prettyPrintingproperty,232privatestatement,11,24privatevariables,34,38,340,344Problemsview,315processinginstructions(PIs),215processingInstructionsmethod,234producertag,478producers,MessageServiceand,476,478Profilingperspective,324progressevent,156properties,51protectedstatement,11,24proxyfiles,175INDEX541ProxyService,482publickeyword,51,54publicstatement,11,24publish-subscribemessaging,476QquerystringvariablesaccessinginFlex,126SWFfilesand,125questionnaires,Repeatercontrolfor,272quotes(""),218,224RRadioButtoncontrol,96readyproperty,255ReferenceError,320RegExpValidator,106,201regularexpressions,ActionScript3.
0and,9remoteinvocation/remotemethodinvocation,481remoteobjectservices,481,489–497remoteprocedurecall(RPC)services,481–497ProxyServiceand,482typesof,481rendererIsEditorproperty,297renderers,279,281–284,289–293choosingwhichtouse,293typesof,293Repeatercontrol,6,269–275iteratingthroughcontrolsin,271PHPpagesand,430,442,462Repeatertag,269replacemethod,235requestmethods,specifying,151,155,167requestproperty,152requesttag,151,256,367request/responsemodel,5requestsHTTPServiceclassand,149sendingvariableswith,151,155URLLoaderclassand,154webservicesand,255requestTimeoutproperty,152requiredfields,101,108resizableproperty,297resizingalerts,82buttons,83resourcesforfurtherreading,13ActionScript3.
0,11,18code-behindapproachtocreatingcomponents,69compilererrors,317components,creating,72E4Xexpressions,228errortypes,320FileUploadproject,526Flex-AjaxBridge,143NPRuntimeAPI,130RSSspecification,421run-timeerrors,318SOAP,253Unicodecharactersets,215warningmessages,316XML,211XPath,229responseroottag,413responsesHTTPServiceclassand,149URLLoaderclassand,154webservicesand,258REST-stylewebservice,481,486–489resultevent,149,153,170,262resultFormatproperty,150,152returntypes,150,154RIAs(RichInternetApplications),5rootURLproperty,152rowIndexproperty,299RPCservices,481–497ProxyServiceand,482typesof,481RSLs(RuntimeSharedLibraries),72RSSfeeds,245–253,301blogcasestudyand,426DataGridexampleand,301RSSspecification,421rsstag,439Runbutton,140run-timeerrors,315,317RuntimeSharedLibraries(RSLs),72Ssandboxes,144,174SAPwebapplicationservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470ScalableVectorGraphics(SVG),210Scripttag,22–28,433,458securityFlashPlayerand,120,144,174webapplicationarchitectureand,5webservicesand,482securitysandboxes,144,174Security.
loadPolicyFilemethod,175securityErrorevent,156selectedIndexproperty,298selectedItemproperty,298sendmethod,149,151,153INDEX542serverpath,server-sidefilesand,167server-sidepages,166–174examplesof,167–174asexternaldatasource,148serverpathand,167serviceproperty,255setChildrenmethod,235settermethods,51,54SGF(StructuredGraphFormat),210SGML(StandardGeneralizedMarkupLanguage),211ShortLynxwebservice,482showBusyCursorproperty,152siblings,217SimpleObjectAccessProtocol(SOAP),210,481Sliderscontrol,96SMIL(SynchronizedMultimediaIntegrationLanguage),210SOAP(SimpleObjectAccessProtocol),210,481SOAPmessages,253SocialSecurityValidator,106,201sourceattribute,27,190splitmethod,161,163Spriteclass,30,32SQLAssemblerclass,499,502,514StandardGeneralizedMarkupLanguage(SGML),211state,validatoreventsand,109staticdataapplications,11StringValidator,106,201,459StringValidatortag,371StructuredGraphFormat(SGF),210stylesheets,215supermethod,56,202,205SVG(ScalableVectorGraphics),210SWCfiles,70SWFfiles,5blogcasestudyand,427,433,464securityand,144,174sendingvariablesinto,119,124–129SynchronizedMultimediaIntegrationLanguage(SMIL),210synchronizingdata,DataManagementServicesand,497–509TTabNavigatorcontrol,422–432,442,453,463tags,216,222testingbookmanagementsystemcasestudyapplications,533messageboardsampleapplication,367updatefunctionality,413text,XMLand,219textcontent,12Textcontrol,80,89,100,194eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,385photogallerysampleapplicationand,339,346textfilesasexternaldatasource,148,157–160loadinginformationfrom,162loggingtracemethodoutputto,313textmethod,234textproperty,162,164TextAreacontrol,96,359,367,372TextInputcontrol,96,367,449textResponseproperty,151throwstatement,321–322TileListcontrol,96,276–284,531TileListtag,276,282TileListItemRendererclass,279time.
Seedateandtimetitle,foralerts,76TitleWindowcontrol,pop-upwindowcomponentsand,86TitleWindowtag,86Tomcatservers,LiveCycleDataServicesand,470,475,476tools.
SeeutilitiestoStringmethod,234,319toXMLStringmethod,193,234,244,247tracemethod,312,323tracestatement,323ActionScript3.
0and,9E4Xexpressionsand,244FlexBuilderand,42TraceTargettag,314Treecontrols,6trycatchstatement,run-timeerrorsand,318two-waycommunication,139–142txtFirstNamecontrol,106txtSSNcontrol,106UUIComponentclass,68uintdatatype,9Updatebutton,100,107updatefunctionalityASP.
NETpagesand,407–415DataManagementServicesand,497–509,521PHPpagesand,454–463urlproperty,152URLLoaderclass,153–156,340ActionScriptand,153,156ASP.
NETpagesand,391eventsof,156vs.
HTTPServiceclass,156methodsof,155PHPpagesand,436propertiesof,155INDEX543URLLoaderclass(continued)sendingvariablestoserverand,166textfileloadingand,160updatingcontentand,172variablepairsand,162,165XMLcontentand,240,243,245–253URLRequestclass,340ASP.
NETpagesand,392PHPpagesand,438URLsHTTPServicerequests/responsesand,148URLLoaderrequests/responsesand,153useProxyproperty,152,255userinteractions,75–117formattinguserinputand,113–116TileListitemsand,281validatinguserinputand,102–113userinterface,4,37–40utilities,12compc,71debugging,311Vvalidevents,109validationtools,12ValidationResultclass,201ValidationResultEvent,110Validatorclass,102,201,204validators,102–113,201–204,370blogcasestudyand,458eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,407variablepairs,161–165variablevalues,326variableRowHeightproperty,289,298variablescallingwebpagesand,121photogallerysampleapplicationand,340Variablesview,326VBoxcontainer,51,273,279–282,368,532bookmanagementsystemcasestudyand,521eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,384,399,404PHPpagesand,430,453VBoxtag,369visualelements,ActionScript3.
0and,10Voidkeyword,ActionScript3.
0and,9WW3C(WorldWideWebConsortium),211warnings,315webapplications,4webbrowserinteractions,75,119–145examplesof,131–142FlashPlayersecurityand,143webservices,481–486consuming,253–265asexternaldatasource,148requests/responsesand,255specifyingoperationsfor,256TraceTargettagand,314WebServicesDescriptionLanguage(WSDL),210,253,258,481WebServiceclass,253methodsof,255propertiesof,254WebServicemethod,255WebServicetag,256,259well-formedXML,98,222whitespace,220WorldWideWebConsortium(W3C),211wrapperfiles,modifying,125,128wrapTextproperty,289Write…methods,389WSDL(WebServicesDescriptionLanguage),210,253,258,481wsdlproperty,255XXBLdeclarations,214XHTML,210XML,209–224cross-domainpolicyfilesand,175asdataProvider,270FlexBuilderand,227–265goalsof,211reasonsforusing/benefitsof,212webservicesand,253–265,481well-formed,98,222XMLclass,148,228–236ActionScript2.
0and,228methodsof,233propertiesof,232vs.
XMLListclass,231XMLcontent,12,214–222,240–253ActionScript3.
0and,10blogcasestudyand,426,433–440,458eventbookingsystemcasestudyand,380,386–401asexternaldatasource,148manipulating,236,240–253photogallerysampleapplicationand,333–355Repeatercontroland,272TileListand,281XMLmethod,234XMLparsers,214XMLprocessors,213XMLschemas,210INDEX544XMLtag,179,238xmlDecodeproperty,152XMLDocumentclass,228xmlEncodeproperty,152XMLListclass,228–236methodsof,233vs.
XMLclass,231XMLSocketclass,240XPath,210,229XSL(ExtensibleStylesheetsLanguage),210XSLTstylesheets,215YYesbutton,76ZZipCodeFormatter,115,204ZipCodeValidator,107,201INDEX545