Table of Contents

XML Introduction; Flash and XML;AS2 revisited; Parsing XML with AS2;Parsing complex XML files; Tutorial - Creating a universal XHTML parser; XML sendAndLoad; The menu, menubar, tree components; The ComboBox component; The XML connector; Tutorial: Creating an RSS Feed; The Home, News and Contact us pages; Page 3, Search and display of database

About the Author

Joachim Schnier is a biologist and cancer researcher at UC Davis, and freelance Flash developer specializing in Actionscript development of web sites and XML databases. Joachim learned html in order to create a cancer web site, then delved into Flash so he might add a flash tutorial to that same site. He regularly contributes to Flashkit.com and hosts his own Flash tutorial site http://www.Flashscript.biz/.

Reviews

.keeping up with the latest best practices in Flash and database design is a difficult process. Joachim Schnier brings these practices together in a concise, and easy to follow manner in Flash XMLApplications. A must-have in the Web 2.0 era. - Erik V. Pohovich, Master Web Developer, New Web Technologies Using XML to interact with a database is a must-have skill for anyone that wants to deliver dynamic content . this book is a great overview of the right technologies for building serious Flash applications benefiting from the power of ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0. - Nuno Mira, Flash Developer