WARNING: Required FLASH MX 6.0 only
Macromedia Firefly Components is a key part of Macromedia Flash MX
Data Connection Kit designed to transform Macromedia Flash MX into a
powerful application environment for building data-rich Internet
applications in minutes. Using Firefly Components, developers can
build data-rich applications with the features that users have come
to expect from traditional programming environments such as Visual
Basic, Delphi, or Java. This article provides an overview of the
Firefly Components application framework to help you understand how
the Firefly components work together to make your life as a
Macromedia Flash MX developer easier. The Firefly Components suite
provides developers with a flexible component-based architecture for
retrieving, manipulating, and saving data from multiple data sources.
The foundation of this architecture consists of a client-side data
management engine that is represented by three components: Connector,
Dataset, and Resolver. These components provide developers with
complete control over their data. The Firefly components also provide
developers with several visual components, including FxGrid,
FxComboBox, and FxEditBox. These components plug in seamlessly to the
FxDataSet component, so that users can view and edit their data and
the edited data is updated in real time. Multiple visual components
can point to the same field in the Dataset. When the value of the
field changes or when a new record is selected, all the controls are
automatically updated to show the correct value.
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