Macromedia Flash MX & ColdFusion MX Development

ABC Dee IT Training UK
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Developing with Macromedia Flash and ColdFusion MX is a 3-day class designed to teach experienced ColdFusion developers how to create powerful internet applications that take advantage of the flexibility of Flash MX, the ease of connectivity of Flash Remoting and the data manipulation power of ColdFusion MX. It is a task-based course that introduces the student to creating rich interfaces using pre-build components in Flash that manipulate dynamic data received from ColdFusion Components.

Training Modules

Linking two comboboxes
getSelectedIndex()
setSelectedIndex()
Creating a change handler for the combobox
Using conditional logic in ActionScript
Logical operators
Linking two components
Creating a Master-Detail View
getSelectedItem()
setSelectedIndex()
Skinning Components
Using setStyleProperty()

Introducing Flash MX
Opening a document in Flash
Understanding Flash Files Type: fla and swf (FTFL 1-13)
Testing a movie
Using the Text tool
Using the Arrow tool
Using the Align Tool to align multiple objects
Using Layers
Creating and naming layers
Organizing applications in layers
Using the Push Button object
Dragging components onto the stage
Using the Property Inspector
Changing the text box type
Providing an instance name
ActionScript Fundamentals
Intro to OO Concepts (MFAS 1-12-13) [compare objects and CF structs]
Object-Oriented Terminology
Built-in ActionScript objects
Selection object
User-defined objects
Using the ActionScript editor
• Using The Actions Panel
• Modifying text object properties
• Code Hinting
• Expert mode
• Line numbers
• Syntax checking
Responding to events
Push Button as MovieClip
MovieClip methods and properties
Understanding events and event handlers
Creating functions in Actionscript
Using a Flash Document inside an HTML interface
Using Dreamweaver to embed a Flash document
Modifying the canvas size of a Flash movie

Introducing UI Components
Adding components from the components panel
The Combobox component
Creating arrays in ActionScript
Using String objects
Split() method
charAt() method
Populating a Combobox
setDataprovider
The Listbox Component
Creating an Object Constructor
Creating an Array of Objects
Manually Populating a Combobox or Listbox
• Looping and using addItem()
• .length property
• ++ incrementer

Introducing Flash Remoting
Using the Service Browser
Files required for remoting
. NetServices.as
. NetDebug.as
Methods of NetServices
. setDefaultGatewayURL
. createGatewayConnection
Creating a Connection object
. connection.getService
Invoking CFC methods on the Service object
Training Modules

Introducing ColdFusion Web Services
Types of Components
Creating a Static Component
Understanding Web Services
Creating web services from CFCs
Creating Component Methods
Syntax

Best practices
CFC self-generating documentation
Setting information about a CFC

Getting information about a CFC
In a browser
In Dreamweaver MX
In Macromedia Flash MX
Testing CFCs
Invoking CFC methods
Paths to the component
Using the tag
Creating a Web Service from a CFC
The remote access qualifier
Best practices for web services
Methods always return data
Making exceptions available to Remoting
Use of underscore characters
. Getting information about a CFC Web Services
In a browser
In Dreamweaver
In Macromedia Flash

Understanding Movie Clips
Main timeline as a movie clip
Components as movie clips
SWF versus movie clip
Methods of MovieClip: attach movie
Browsing the reference for MC properties and methods
Using MovieClips
Attaching a Movie Clip
Remove Movie Clip/unload Movie
Movie Clip events
. onPress
. onRelease
Creating MovieClips from groups of elements
Moving code to a movie clip timeline
Accessing object properties and methods inside a movieclip
The target tool
Entering the timeline of the movie clip
Returning to the main timeline (scene 1)
Accessing components within Movie Clips
. _root keyword
. _parent keyword
. this keyword
Using dot notation and instance names to reference a component
Writing an ActionScript file in Dreamweaver
Including the ActionScript File on Flash
Walkthrough 6-4: Creating a Movie Clip
Lab 6: Move the Product Code to the Product Movie clip

Introducing UI Components
Adding components from the components panel
The Combobox component
Creating arrays in ActionScript
Using String objects
Split method
charAt method
Populating a Combobox
setDataprovider
The Listbox Component
Creating an Object Constructor
Creating an Array of Objects
Manually Populating a Combobox or Listbox
. Looping and using addItem
. .length property
. ++ incrementer
Linking two comboboxes
getSelectedIndex
setSelectedIndex
Creating a change handler for the combobox
Using conditional logic in ActionScript
Logical operators
Linking two components
Creating a Master-Detail View
getSelectedItem
setSelectedIndex
Skinning Components
Using setStyleProperty




Training Modules

Getting information about a CFC
In a browser

In Dreamweaver MX
In Macromedia Flash MX
Testing CFCs
Invoking CFC methods
Paths to the component
Creating a Web Service from a CFC
The remote access qualifier
Best practices for web services
Methods always return data
Making exceptions available to Remoting
Use of underscore characters
• Getting information about a CFC Web Services
In a browser
In Dreamweaver
In Macromedia Flash

Understanding Movie Clips
Main timeline as a movie clip
Components as movie clips
SWF versus movie clip
Methods of MovieClip: attach movie
Browsing the reference for MC properties and methods
Using MovieClips
Attaching a Movie Clip
Remove Movie Clip/unload Movie
Movie Clip events
• onPress
• onRelease
Creating MovieClips from groups of elements
Moving code to a movie clip timeline
Accessing object properties and methods inside a movieclip
The target tool
Entering the timeline of the movie clip
Returning to the main timeline (scene 1)
Accessing components within Movie Clips
• _root keyword
• _parent keyword
• this keyword
Using dot notation and instance names to reference a component
Writing an ActionScript file in Dreamweaver
Including the ActionScript File on Flash
Walkthrough 6-4: Creating a Movie Clip
Lab 6: Move the Product Code to the Product Movie clip

Building a login interface in Flash MX
Importing a symbol library
Using prebuilt movieclips
Creating Navigation via Attachment of MovieClips
Duplicating Library items programmatically
Attaching MovieClips condition

Using the NetConnect Debugger
Handling responses from remote service methods on the main timeline
_result function
_status function
Handling responses from remote service methods in a custom object
onResult event
onStatus event
Using the RecordSet object
Getting records from a recordset
getLength
getItemAt
Using Flash DataGlue.as
bindFormatStrings
...''

Phone:0870 041 2102

School Address:

PO Box 24042 London NW2 1FZ United Kingdom
Tel: 0870 041 2102 | Fax: 0870 094 0980


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