The ability to create server-side ActionScript provides a familiar way for Flash developers to access ColdFusion query and HTTP features without learning CFML. You can place ActionScript files (*.asr) on the server that you want to call from the Flash application anywhere below the web server's root directory. To specify subdirectories of the webroot or a virtual directory, use package dot notation. For example, in the following assignment code, the stockquotes.asr file lives in the mydir/stock/ directory:
stockService = gatewayConnnection.getService("mydir.stock.stockquotes", this);
You can also point to virtual mappings, such as cfsuite.asr.stock.stockquotes
,
where cfsuite
is a virtual mapping and asr.stock
is a subdirectory of that mapping. The CF.query
and CF.http
functions give you a well-defined interface for building SQL queries and HTTP operations of ColdFusion.
For example, the following server-side ActionScript function definition returns a RecordSet object:
function basicQuery()
{ mydata = CF.query({datasource:"customers", sql:"SELECT * FROM myTable"}); return mydata; }
Note: For more information about server-side ActionScript, see Using Server-Side ActionScript in ColdFusion.