Macromedia Flash Remoting, in technical terms, is an application server gateway that provides communications between Flash and remote services. I will revisit the definition throughout this chapter to bring more clarity to the meaning. In practical terms, Flash Remoting is a tunnel that allows data to flow between an external data source and the Flash Player within your web browser. Although many other methods exist for connecting Flash to external databuilt-in functions such as getURL, loadVariables, loadVars, and XMLSocketFlash Remoting is becoming the recommended method to connect to databases and web services. What makes Flash Remoting so different?
Flash Remoting is one of the most essential components within the Macromedia family of products and the Flash Platform. The Flash Platform has taken Flash from a lightweight animation tool to an application and communication tool with the capability to incorporate various types of rich media. |