Flash and XML[c] A Developer[ap]s Guide
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- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Preface
- What s Up?
- Don t Stop
- Who Are You?
- Why?
- Typographic Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Flash Basics
- The Background of Flash
- Practical Flash
- Event-Driven Graphics
- Building a Button
- Constructing a Round
- Making Keyframes
- Constructing the Responses
- Finishing Features
- Conclusionand Beyond
- Chapter 2. Flash ActionScript: Objects and Events
- Object Orientation Concepts
- Object-Oriented Theory vs. ActionScript Reality
- Flash Objects
- Programmable Button
- Data Encapsulation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. More ActionScript: Data-Driven Interfaces
- Data-Driven Decisions
- Data-Driven Everything
- Isolating the Data
- Dynamic Creation of Graphics
- Multiple Questions
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. XML Fundamentals
- XML Background
- How XML Works
- Designing the Data
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. XML Structure
- Element
- Name
- Start Tag
- End Tag
- Attributes
- Text (Character Data)
- Entity References
- Comments
- Processor Instructions
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. XML Validation: DTD
- Purpose of DTD
- Valid XML and Well-Formed XML
- DTD Declarations
- Entities
- Namespace
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. HTTP Connection
- Characteristics of HTTP
- Structure of HTTP
- Loading Data from a File
- Making a Self-Loading High Score Display
- Object-Oriented Implementation
- Data File
- Flash Download Security
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. XML Connection
- Downloading XML
- XML.load
- Debugging Flash
- Event-Driven Functionality
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Recursive Approach
- Event-Driven Code
- Recursive Design
- Recursion
- Recursion in Practice
- Graphic XML Browser
- Interactive Node Viewer
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10. XML Server
- XML Online
- Dedicated XML Server
- Middle-Tier Solutions
- PHP Basics
- PHP and XML
- XML-Driven Flash Client
- Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Database Fundamentals
- Background
- Advantages of a DBMS
- Advantages of SQL
- Keys
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12. SQL Syntax
- Varieties of SQL
- Prompt
- Tables
- Guidelines for Building a Table
- Types of Data
- Adding Data to Tables
- Reading Records from the Table
- Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Serving from SQL
- Connecting to a Database
- Interaction with a Database
- Parsing Commands
- Fetching a Row
- Trial-and-Error Approach
- Scalable Alternative
- Conclusion
- Chapter 14. XML Upload
- Flash Client
- Uploading to PHP
- Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Two-Way XML
- Event-Driven Parsing
- Building the PHP Parser
- Conclusion
- Chapter 16. Cookies
- ActionScript XML Objects
- Stateless Persistence
- Conclusion
- Chapter 17. Three Tiers
- Database
- Flexible Middle Tier
- Client Tier
- Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Flash to the World
- Domain Perimeter
- PHP Proxy
- Client
- RSS File
- RSS Browser
- Conclusion
- Chapter 19. XML Sockets
- Advanced Socket Programming
- XMLSocket
- Simple Socket System
- Simple Socket Server
- Conclusion
- Chapter 20. Multiplexed XML Sockets
- Chat
- Client with History
- Multiclient Server
- Beyond PHP
- Conclusion
- Chapter 21. End Note
- Appendix A. Microsoft Compatibility
- ASP Code with Flash
- IIS and PHP
- Appendix B. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- Appendix C. Tools and Sources
- Network Tool
- Servers
- XML Tools
- PHP Tools
- MySQL Tools
- Flash