Developing ColdFusion MX Applications with CFML
Introduction to ColdFusion MX

Using ColdFusion MX with Macromedia Flash MX

Macromedia Flash MX is designed to overcome the many limitations of HTML and solve the problem of providing efficient, interactive, user interfaces for Internet applications. ColdFusion MX is designed to provide a fast efficient environment for developing and providing data-driven Internet applications on your server. Using the following features, ColdFusion MX and Flash MX can work together in a seamless manner to provide complete interactive Internet applications:

• ColdFusion MX native Flash connectivity  Lets Flash MX clients interact with ColdFusion MX in an efficient, secure, and reliable way. Flash MX includes ActionScript commands that connect to ColdFusion components (CFC) and ColdFusion pages. Flash clients communicate with ColdFusion applications using Action Message Format protocol over HTTP, which provides fast, lightweight, binary data transfer between the Flash client and ColdFusion.
• Flash MX development application debugger  Lets you trace your application logic as it executes between Flash and ColdFusion.
• ColdFusion MX Server-Side ActionScript  Lets Flash programmers familiar with ActionScript create ColdFusion services, such as SQL queries, for use by Flash clients.

Together, these features let developers build integrated applications that run on the Flash client and the ColdFusion scripting environment.

For more information about using Server-Side ActionScript in ColdFusion MX, see Using Server-Side ActionScript in ColdFusion MX. For more information on developing Flash applications in ColdFusion, see Chapter 29, "Using the Flash Remoting Service". For more information about using Flash MX, go to the following URL:

http://www.macromedia.com.

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