Server-Side Flash Scripts, Databases, and Dynamic Development

Server–Side Flash^™S cripts, Databases, and Dynamic Development If you're a Flash developer, how do you learn to work with ASP, PHP, SQL, XML, and the rest of the server–side alphabet soup? This unique, results–oriented book provides the answers, delivering crystal–clear tutorials on today's most popular technologies for dynamic Web pages. William B. Sanders and Mark Winstanley show you step by step how to construct real–world interactive Flash applications to make your movies and animations truly dynamic. Case–study examples and 30 days of free Web hosting provide everything you need to take a walk on the server side.

• Start developing dynamic Flash applications
• Get up to speed on URL encoding and basic server integration
• Use Flash with CGI/Perl to set cookies and send e–mail
• Link Flash to Access databases through ASP (Active Server Pages)
• Create Flash pages that launch PHP scripts to write to and read from MySQL databases
• Use Flash to extract and display data from XML documents
• Discover the secrets of printing directly from Flash
• Format Flash data to create Generator objects
• Harness the interactive power of the Generator Server
• Unleash new ActionScript functions to build Flash gaming applications
• Set up a Flash front end and back end for an eBusiness site

For Both Macintosh & Windows CD–ROM Includes:

• PHP, MySQL, and Apache Server
• Macromedia Trial Software: Generator 2 Developer Edition, Flash 5, and others
• Source code and examples from the book
• Plus Free 30–day Web hosting from JLTNet.com and HosTek.com

System Requirements: Pentium PC or Mac Power PC; 64MB RAM; Adobe type Manager Version 4 or later with Type 1 fonts. See the "What's on the CD–ROM?" appendix for details and complete system requirements. www.hungryminds.com