Comments
litl_phil wrote: While it's nice that Google and Acer share the vision of cloud-based computing, it's also worth noting that we at litl already have a webbook on the market (available at litl.com) that runs our own cloud-based OS. Unlike Chrome, litlOS is focused on creating a new and better web experience for the home, so we don't have the usual browser interface, we have our own innovative UI. In conjunction with easel mode (litl's inverted-V position) and our growing cohort of litl channels (special apps t...
Cloud Expo on Google News


2008 West
DIAMOND SPONSOR:
Data Direct
SOA, WOA and Cloud Computing: The New Frontier for Data Services
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Red Hat
The Opening of Virtualization
GOLD SPONSORS:
Appsense
User Environment Management – The Third Layer of the Desktop
Cordys
Cloud Computing for Business Agility
EMC
CMIS: A Multi-Vendor Proposal for a Service-Based Content Management Interoperability Standard
Freedom OSS
Practical SOA” Max Yankelevich
Intel
Architecting an Enterprise Service Router (ESR) – A Cost-Effective Way to Scale SOA Across the Enterprise
Sensedia
Return on Assests: Bringing Visibility to your SOA Strategy
Symantec
Managing Hybrid Endpoint Environments
VMWare
Game-Changing Technology for Enterprise Clouds and Applications
Click For 2008 West
Event Webcasts

2008 West
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Appcelerator
Get ‘Rich’ Quick: Rapid Prototyping for RIA with ZERO Server Code
Keynote Systems
Designing for and Managing Performance in the New Frontier of Rich Internet Applications
GOLD SPONSORS:
ICEsoft
How Can AJAX Improve Homeland Security?
Isomorphic
Beyond Widgets: What a RIA Platform Should Offer
Oracle
REAs: Rich Enterprise Applications
Click For 2008 Event Webcasts
SYS-CON.TV
Top Links You Must Click On


MAX 2005 – Visual Programming in Macromedia Flash & SOAP Web Services
Take advantage of the benefits of Flash

4.  Add the ActionScript functions that handle these events. The code in Listing 3 does some interface work like enabling and disabling components while the search is in progress. Most importantly it iterates through the results returned from Google, formats them using HTML, and displays them in the txtResults TextArea instance (make sure you set txtResults' HTML parameter to true in the Component Inspector to display the HTML properly). If you want to change the data or formatting, consult the Web Services panel to see the output parameter schema returned from the doGoogleSearch operation.


on (click) {

var onGoogleSearch = function()
{
// Show the barber pole and disable search
_root.application.frmSearch.frmLoading.visible = true;
this._parent.txtResults.text = "";
this._parent.lblSearchTime.text = "";
this.enabled = false;
this._parent.txtQuery.enabled = false;
}

var onGoogleSearchResult = function()
{
var res = this._parent.GoogleSearch.results.resultElements; // shorthand
for (var i = 0; i < res.length; i++)
{
var s = "";
s += "<a href=\"" + res[i].URL + "\"><font
size=\"+1\"color=\"#0000FF\"><u>" + res[i].title +
"</u></font></a><br>";
s += res[i].snippet + "<br>";
if (res[i].summary != "") { s += "<font
color=\"#999999\">Description:</font>" + res[i].summary + "<br>"; }
s += "<a href=\"" + res[i].URL + "\"><font color=\"#009900\"><u>" +
res[i].URL + </u></font></a> - " + res[i].cachedSize;
s += "<br><br>";
this._parent.txtResults.text += s;
}

// Hide the barber pole and reenable the search
_root.application.frmSearch.frmLoading.visible = false;
this.enabled = true;
this._parent.txtQuery.enabled = true;
}

// Trigger Data Source Behavior
// Macromedia 2003
this._parent.GoogleSearch.addEventListener("send", onGoogleSearch);
this._parent.GoogleSearch.addEventListener("result", onGoogleSearchResult);
this._parent.GoogleSearch.trigger();

}
You're ready to publish your application. Publishing is the equivalent of building or compiling in Visual Studio and other IDEs. Select File > Publish or just press Control-Enter to publish using the default settings.

Now try out some Google searches!

Benefits of Flash
Let's review the benefits of Flash MX Professional as a visual programming environment:

  • More like the visual programming environment you know. There's no denying that Flash has a long heritage as a design and animation tool. With Flash MX Professional visual programmers can build visual applications that can - but don't need to - take advantage of the rich media capabilities of Flash. Forms, object-oriented ECMA-262-compliant ActionScript, components, and events make Flash programming more like VB programming than ever before. With unique rich media capabilities at your fingertips, Flash offers a lot more than traditional visual programming tools.
  • Rich applications. Even if you're not a designer, you can take advantage of easy-to-use Timeline effects and behaviors to add motion graphics to your form applications. Try doing this in Visual Basic!
  • True cross-platform, cross-device compatibility. Flash content can be viewed on almost any platform, including web, wireless, embedded devices, and (with Macromedia Central) on the desktop. Flash code is more reusable than Java code. You can move Flash applications among platforms without significant redesigning or recoding. For instance, converting the Google search application so it works on mobile devices or handhelds that support Flash Player 7 requires nothing more than resizing or rearranging the components on the Stage to fit a smaller screen size.

    Macromedia Flash MX Professional is not a replacement for a Windows application IDE like Delphi or Visual Studio. However, visual programmers who want to author rich applications for deployment online, on handhelds, or on devices will discover familiar scenery in this new version of Flash.

    References
    Google API: www.google.com/apis/ To examine the entire project, download the FLA source file:

  • google_web_api.zip (1.4 MB)
  • About Ian Bogost
    Ian Bogost is an academic videogame researcher, game designer, and educational publisher. Ian is Assistant Professor of Literature Communication and Culture at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he teaches and researches in undergraduate and graduate programs in digital media. He is also the founder of two companies, Persuasive Games, a game studio that designs, builds, and distributes electronic games for persuasion, instruction, and activism and Open Texture, a publisher of cross-media education and enrichment materials for families. He has over a decade of experience in digital media production for film, music, games, advertising, and eBusiness.

    In order to post a comment you need to be registered and logged in.

    Register | Sign-in

    Reader Feedback: Page 1 of 1

    A good description on how to perform work and create new things in Flash. Its on the initial stages that I have come across such good expertise on it by going through your article. Its just like the starting of me learning How to draw Yoda and then perfect it.

    I agree that hierarchical forms take a bit of getting used to for Windows forms designers but you are right that the benefit is striking.

    Visual Programming in Macromedia Flash and SOAP Web Services. If you are a visual programmer working in environments like Visual Basic, Delphi, REAL basic, or PowerBuilder, you may hesitate to take advantage of the benefits of Flash because of concerns about learning a new, unfamiliar environment. To show how easily you can transfer your existing knowledge to Flash MX Professional, in this article I will explain how you can create a simple web search application that queries the Google web API using SOAP web services:

    MXDJ Special - Visual Programming in Macromedia Flash. If you are a visual programmer working in environments like Visual Basic, Delphi, REAL basic, or PowerBuilder, you may hesitate to take advantage of the benefits of Flash because of concerns about learning a new, unfamiliar environment. To show how easily you can transfer your existing knowledge to Flash MX Professional, in this article I will explain how you can create a simple web search application that queries the Google web API using SOAP web services:


    Your Feedback
    darcymonash wrote: A good description on how to perform work and create new things in Flash. Its on the initial stages that I have come across such good expertise on it by going through your article. Its just like the starting of me learning How to draw Yoda and then perfect it.
    NicJob wrote: I agree that hierarchical forms take a bit of getting used to for Windows forms designers but you are right that the benefit is striking.
    SYS-CON Australia News Desk wrote: Visual Programming in Macromedia Flash and SOAP Web Services. If you are a visual programmer working in environments like Visual Basic, Delphi, REAL basic, or PowerBuilder, you may hesitate to take advantage of the benefits of Flash because of concerns about learning a new, unfamiliar environment. To show how easily you can transfer your existing knowledge to Flash MX Professional, in this article I will explain how you can create a simple web search application that queries the Google web API using SOAP web services:
    MXDJ News Desk wrote: MXDJ Special - Visual Programming in Macromedia Flash. If you are a visual programmer working in environments like Visual Basic, Delphi, REAL basic, or PowerBuilder, you may hesitate to take advantage of the benefits of Flash because of concerns about learning a new, unfamiliar environment. To show how easily you can transfer your existing knowledge to Flash MX Professional, in this article I will explain how you can create a simple web search application that queries the Google web API using SOAP web services:
    Enterprise Open Source Magazine Latest Stories . . .
    Oracle seems to have divided the open source ranks over the MySQL delay it’s having closing its acquisition of Sun. Eben Moglin, the GPL’s most ardent defender and delineator, the lawyer who has worked hand in glove for years with the Free Software Foundation’s founder Richard Stallman...
    Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON'...
    The irony is that Oracle has advanced MySQL, lost money in the process, and helped its competitors - all at the same time. When Oracle buys Sun and controls MySQL the gift (other than to Microsoft SQL Server) keeps on giving as the existential threat to RDBs is managed by Redwood Shore...
    WSO2, the open source SOA company, today announced the launch of the WSO2 Cloud Platform. Available today, the new WSO2 Cloud Platform features a family of WSO2 Cloud Virtual Machines; WSO2 Cloud Connectors for enabling fast, secure cloud services; and the multi-tenant WSO2 Governance-...
    Now, the open source Mozilla Thunderbird client software can be used with Open-Xchange collaboration software. The "Community OXtender for Thunderbird" software connector gives users full access to appointments and contacts stored in the Open-Xchange Server and enables them to use Thun...
    Morph Labs, a leading provider of enterprise cloud computing technology, today announced an introductory trial of the Morph CloudServer, an open, standards-based server IT organizations can use to rapidly model and evaluate their cloud implementations. A miniature "Cloud Environment in...
    Subscribe to the World's Most Powerful Newsletters
    Subscribe to Our Rss Feeds & Get Your SYS-CON News Live!
    Click to Add our RSS Feeds to the Service of Your Choice:
    Google Reader or Homepage Add to My Yahoo! Subscribe with Bloglines Subscribe in NewsGator Online
    myFeedster Add to My AOL Subscribe in Rojo Add 'Hugg' to Newsburst from CNET News.com Kinja Digest View Additional SYS-CON Feeds
    Publish Your Article! Please send it to editorial(at)sys-con.com!

    Advertise on this site! Contact advertising(at)sys-con.com! 201 802-3021


    SYS-CON Featured Whitepapers
    ADS BY GOOGLE