Foundation ASP.Net for Flash

By: Ryan Moore

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If you're a reasonably experienced Flash user who has mastered the basics but wants to empower your SWFs, taking them further toward rich Internet applications, then you've come to the right place! Foundation ASP.NET for Flash will teach you everything you need to know to integrate two of the most exciting technologies used on the Web today.

Using Flash and ASP.NET, it's possible to utilize the amazing user interface capabilities of Flash along with the extensive power of ASP.NET to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. In this book, advanced topics are made easy by providing intuitive step-by-step examples.

Author Ryan Moore starts by briefly introducing you to the topic, and then provides a detailed primer on ASP.NET and C#. After that, essential areas are given the full treatment, including FlashVars, LoadVars, ASP.NET objects, XML, Access and SQL Server databases, web services, Flash Remoting, sessions, and security. By the end of the book, you'll have built some amazing applications, such as a Google web service interface, an e-commerce site, and a video weblog.

This book covers Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, and Access and SQL Server 2005. It is an essential part of any Flash or ASP.NET web developer's arsenal.

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About the Author	p. xii
About the Technical Reviewer	p. xiii
About the Cover Image Designer	p. xiv
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvi
Priming the Pump	p. 1
Static web pages	p. 2
Flash	p. 3
Dynamically generated HTML	p. 4
ASP.NET	p. 7
Flash/ASP.NET communication	p. 8
Methods of communicating between Flash and ASP.NET	p. 9
FlashVars	p. 9
LoadVars	p. 9
XML object	p. 9
Web services	p. 10
Flash Remoting	p. 10
Three-tier architecture	p. 10
C#	p. 14
Similarities between C# and ActionScript 2.0	p. 15
The .NET Framework	p. 16
The common language runtime (CLR)	p. 17
The Framework Class Library (FCL)	p. 18
Setup	p. 18
Installing the .NET Framework	p. 18
Setting up Internet Information Services (IIS)	p. 20
Installing IIS	p. 21
Testing your IIS/ASP.NET installation	p. 22
Installing SQL 2005 Express Edition	p. 23
Visual Studio .NET 2005	p. 25
Visual Studio .NET 2005 editions	p. 26
Installing Visual Studio .NET 2005	p. 27
Exploring the Visual Studio interface	p. 28
#Develop: A free alternative to Visual Studio .NET	p. 29
Developing and executing on other platforms	p. 30
Summary	p. 31
C# Primer	p. 33
Data types in C#	p. 34
Variables and memory	p. 35
The stack	p. 35
The heap	p. 36
Object-oriented programming in C#	p. 37
Structs in C#	p. 42
Strings in C#	p. 42
Comparing strings	p. 43
Manipulating strings	p. 44
StringBuilder	p. 46
Dates	p. 47
Conditional logic in C#	p. 49
Comparison operators	p. 49
Selection statements	p. 50
if-else statement	p. 50
switch statement	p. 51
Looping in C#	p. 52
while statement	p. 52
do-while statement	p. 53
for statement	p. 53
foreach statement	p. 54
Enumerations	p. 54
Arrays	p. 55
Collections	p. 57
ArrayList	p. 58
Summary	p. 59
Basics of an ASP.NET Project	p. 61
Getting started in ASP.NET	p. 62
Server controls	p. 66
Code-behind files	p. 72
Page_Load	p. 76
Flash server control	p. 79
Adding a control to the Toolbox	p. 80
Using the epicFlashControl	p. 81
FlashVars	p. 84
Embedding FlashVars using the epicFlashControl	p. 84
A practical example	p. 87
Moving the navbar to ASP.NET	p. 91
Summary	p. 97
Two-Way ASP.NET/Flash Communication	p. 99
The request-response model	p. 100
HTTP request	p. 100
GET and POST variables	p. 101
HTTP response	p. 102
ASP.NET Request object	p. 102
ASP.NET Response object	p. 104
Using the Request and Response objects	p. 104
The try-catch-finally statement	p. 109
Sending mail using ASP.NET	p. 113
Configuring IIS to relay mail	p. 115
Using loadVars to call an ASP.NET page	p. 117
Example: Using loadVars in the navbar	p. 121
Example: Flash e-mail form	p. 124
ASP.NET loadVars handler page	p. 127
Back to the Flash form	p. 129
Tying it all together	p. 134
Summary	p. 135
XML	p. 137
The history of XML	p. 138
Elements of an XML document	p. 140
Text elements	p. 140
Start tag	p. 140
End tag	p. 142
Attributes	p. 143
Character data	p. 144
Comments	p. 144
Summary	p. 144
Communicating Using XML	p. 147
Flash animation using the Zigo tweening engine	p. 148
C# System.IO namespace	p. 151
System.IO.Directory	p. 151
Server.MapPath	p. 152
System.IO.File	p. 152
XML communication with the Flash XML object	p. 153
C# System.Xml namespace	p. 153
XmlTextReader	p. 154
Example of using the XmlTextReader	p. 155
XmlTextWriter	p. 164
Image gallery using XML	p. 168
Logical tier: ASP.NET server-side code	p. 168
Presentation tier: Flash interface	p. 177
Summary	p. 189
Web Services	p. 191
Introducing web services	p. 192
Web service standards	p. 194
SOAP	p. 194
WSDL	p. 195
Creating an ASP.NET web service	p. 195
Creating the GetArea web method	p. 203
Using the Flash XML Web Service Connector	p. 206
Defining a web service in Flash	p. 206
Flash Web Service Connector component	p. 208
Connecting to the HelloWorld web service method	p. 208
GetArea web service example	p. 212
Creating the interface	p. 212
Initializing	p. 214
Receiving the result	p. 215
Completing the code	p. 216
Summary	p. 217
The Google Web Service API	p. 219
Consuming third-party web services	p. 220
Signing up for the Google web service API	p. 221
Creating a web service proxy using ASP.NET	p. 222
Using an Application class in ActionScript	p. 226
Creating a Flash presentation tier for the Google web service	p. 227
Summary	p. 233
Database Connectivity	p. 235
SQL	p. 236
Using SELECT statements	p. 236
Using UPDATE statements	p. 238
Using INSERT statements	p. 238
Using DELETE statements	p. 238
Introducing ADO.NET	p. 239
DataSet vs. DataReader	p. 239
Read-write access	p. 240
Data direction	p. 240
Database access	p. 240
Speed of access	p. 240
Connected vs. disconnected	p. 241
Working with ADO.NET data providers	p. 241
Data provider elements	p. 242
Connections	p. 242
Connecting to an Access database	p. 243
Working with commands	p. 248
Working with DataReaders	p. 249
DataAdapters and DataSets	p. 252
Using DataAdapters	p. 252
Using DataSets	p. 252
Filling a DataSet and passing it to Flash using a web service	p. 253
Summary	p. 255
Product Viewer Application	p. 257
Setting up	p. 258
Creating the Microsoft Access data tier	p. 258
Creating the ASP.NET logical tier	p. 260
Creating the Flash presentation tier	p. 267
Summary	p. 279
Session State and Security	p. 281
Session state	p. 282
ASP.NET server-side state management	p. 282
ASP.NET application state	p. 283
ASP.NET session state	p. 285
The ASP.NET global.asax file	p. 287
Adding a global.asax file to an ASP.NET project	p. 287
Using session state in ASP.NET web services	p. 289
Using application state in ASP.NET web services	p. 291
Adding a shopping cart to the storefront example	p. 293
Securing an ASP.NET web service using session state	p. 303
Summary	p. 307
Flash Remoting	p. 309
Why Flash Remoting?	p. 310
The technology behind Remoting	p. 311
Examining the methods for using Flash Remoting	p. 313
Setting up Flash Remoting .NET	p. 314
Installing the Flash Remoting service	p. 314
Examining the files within the flashremoting directory	p. 315
Installing the Flash Remoting components	p. 316
ActionScript 2.0 Flash Remoting Connector	p. 316
NetConnection Debugger	p. 317
Enabling the Flash Remoting NetConnection Debugger	p. 317
Connecting to an ASP.NET page	p. 318
Creating the ASP.NET	p. 318
Creating the Flash	p. 320
Accessing ASP.NET session state via Remoting	p. 323
Setting up the ASP.NET page	p. 323
Creating the Flash interface	p. 324
Testing the code	p. 326
Connecting to a .NET DLL via Flash Remoting	p. 327
Creating a .NET DLL	p. 327
Calling DLLs from Flash	p. 330
Passing data from a .NET DLL to Flash	p. 331
Setting up the DLL	p. 332
Retrieving the DataSet in Flash	p. 333
Passing objects from .NET to Flash via Remoting	p. 334
Retrieving the objects in Flash	p. 336
Passing objects from Flash to .NET via Remoting	p. 337
Sending an object from Flash	p. 338
Connecting to a third-party web service using Remoting	p. 339
Potential problems with web services and Flash Remoting	p. 341
Summary	p. 343
Creating a Video Weblog Using SQL Server and Flash Remoting	p. 345
File uploading with Flash and ASP.NET	p. 346
The Flash.net.FileReference class	p. 346
Handling file uploads in ASP.NET	p. 348
Uploading a file from Flash to ASP.NET	p. 348
Creating a video weblog using .NET Flash Remoting and SQL Server	p. 355
SQL Server	p. 355
Creating a new database on SQL Server with Visual Studio .NET 2005	p. 357
Stored procedures	p. 359
Creating a new stored procedure in Visual Studio	p. 360
Creating stored procedures for the video weblog	p. 362
Creating the ASP.NET logical tier	p. 363
Executing a stored procedure using a SqlCommand	p. 364
Creating the BlogEntries.cs file	p. 365
Creating the Flash admin presentation tier	p. 370
Creating the video weblog front-end	p. 384
Summary	p. 395
Index	p. 397
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