Flash Server Resources
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Flash : BooksComplete Flash MX Remoting
The only book completely devoted to this exciting new technology that enables Flash to utilize resources on the server side. Flash Remoting MX allows developers to turn Macromedia Flash movies into serious Web applications like message boards, e-commerce applications, and e-mail clients. Packed with hands-on instructions and fully-functioning Flash Remoting MX applications to help readers build their own applications quickly and easily. Written by an expert Flash developer whose clients include Warner Brothers, Sony, and Disney. Topics include ActionScript fundamentals, Flash Remoting ActionScript Basics, Using Databases and Record Sets, Understanding Flash Remoting for ColdFusion, Interacting with ColdFusion components, Creating Server-side ActionScript, Understanding Flash Remoting with J2EE, Accessing Servlets and JSPs, Interacting with Java Classes and JavaBeans, Using ASTranslator, Interacting with ASP .NET pages, and Flash E-commerce.
- Cost: $31.50
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0764525867
Flash and XML
Flash and XML shows designers and developers how to integrate these powerful technologies and create dynamic web sites by interfacing ActionScript with XML. Empower your Flash projects with dynamic content, backend databases, server-based applications, peer-to-peer, and more. Flash and XML is a tutorial that brings you up to speed on both technologies, offering clear and concise explanations. In addition, this book presents a number of important web technologies, including PHP, MySQL, and sockets. It shows how to work with these technologies to create n-tier, interactive systems that access the full resources of the Internet. Sample projects (trivia game, XML browser, simple chat) showcase the capabilities of Flash and XML together and demonstrate important concepts, approaches, and techniques. Topics include DTD specification, http request and response, SQL sytax, packet sniffers, cookies, XML sockets and streaming data, and server scripting.
- Cost: $24.49
- Pages: 368
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0201729202
Flash Communication Server MX
Flash Communicator Server MX is your complete guide to integrating rich media and real-time collaboration into your applications with Flash Communication Server MX! It includes 10 quick steps for getting started and covers ActionScripting, Flash Remoting, and other key implementation issues from a server-side perspective. It provides excellent tutorials for creating usable, media rich applications that allow real-time collaboration. There is much to learn in order to harness the true power of the Flash Communication Server MX. Macromedia's new server integrates support for streaming media, multi-way video, audio and text messaging, and real-time collaboration into a single solution. Flash Communication Server MX is an introduction to the technology, as well a guide to implementation of successful applications. Key concepts include digital communication solutions, flash objects, server side ActionScripting, Flash Remoting, and security issues.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0735713332
Flash Dynamic Content Studio
Dynamic content is one of the big futures of Flash. Flash will become the web standard way of giving users compelling sound and vision experiences when they visit data rich e-commerce, entertainment, and information sites. The book concentrates on the Window's OS, although other server options are covered. Dynamic content frees web designers from the constraints of static pages, and Flash dynamic content adds life and visual excitement to the dynamic interface. The combination of Flash and dynamic content is the web equivalent of the shift from black and white silent movies to full-color talkies. Guide to data driven, dynamically generated Flash applications for Web design which are functional and showy. Dynamic content generation tools covered will include Flash Action Scripting, Macromedia Generator, Flash Turbine, Swift Generator, and ASP. This book assumes that the reader already knows the fundamentals of creating Flash movies.
- Cost: $41.99
- Pages: 1000
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1903450063
Flash for the Real World
This book will have case studies directed to intermediate, advanced and professional Flash developers. It is assumed that all readers are familiar with Flash and how to use its tool sets. The advanced case study will mention additional web technologies such as ASP, JavaScript and SQL Server but these technologies will not necessarily need to be fully understood by the reader. The other technologies that are used in the book will not be explained in tutorial manner, instead they are mentioned in order to show how they were used to supplement and extend the capabilities of Flash. The goal of the case studies is not to provide copy and paste code or timelines but to reveal the process to the reader so they can elevate their projects to the same. Steve Street has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and has been working in the creative industry for 13 years and in the interactive arts for 8 years.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 304
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0672320797
Flash MX, Remoting, ASP.NET
Macromedia Flash MX has become the professional standard authoring tool for producing high-impact web experiences. Whether you are creating animated logos, web site navigation controls, long-form animations, entire Flash web sites, or web applications, you'll find the power and flexibility of Flash MX ideal for injecting energy into your websites. Flash MX along with its newest companion - Flash Remoting - easily integrates with existing web production workflow, and provides powerful development tools for creating advanced web applications and integrating with other server side applications and Web services. In this article, Pallav Nadhani will look at how Flash Remoting helps to make our lives easier in terms of Flash application development. To work with Flash Remoting, you need to have the following installed on your development machine: Macromedia Flash MX, The Flash Remoting components, Microsoft .NET SDK, Flash Remoting for .NET.
- Cost: $8.00
- Pages: 32
- Edition: e-book (Acrobat Reader)
- ISBN: B0000713V0
Flash Video Creativity
The Flash MX video object is a wondrous thing, but 90% of people seem to be happy keeping it constrained in a small, square window. Why? Video can be anything that you want it to be, and then some. The experiments in this book will take you through simple video manipulation, kaleidoscopes, emulating TV effects, 360-degree displays, animating vectors over film, dynamic masking, fake blue-screening, blur and focus, combining video with the Comms Server, and much more. But it's not just for fun. As the world turns broadband, video becomes a more and more obvious choice for content delivery. This is where the web goes another stage further than passive TV though, Flash allows video to be truly interactive and grab viewer imagination. In this fickle world, no-one's going to sit still for very long to watch videos play straight across their desktop. So, now's the time to get inspired by some of the hottest designers around, and see what is possible.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 272
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1904344216
Inside Flash MX
Inside Flash MX employs a comprehensive and comparatively advanced approach for designers and developers, addressing the emerging fact that Flash is both a designer's tool and a programming environment. Presents techniques for creating interactive and animated web sites with Flash, and describes features new to the latest version of the package, such as named anchors, shared objects, and the drawing API. Written for intermediate Flash users, the guide introduces the basics of ActionScripting and object-oriented programming, and addresses the advanced topics of components and server-side communication. Working professionals-designers, developers, and those who do both-who need a comprehensive, non-introductory tutorial reference. This is the largest growth area in the Flash market: NOT simply designers, but those familiar with the technology who use it as front end tool and as a programming tool as well.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 912
- Edition: 2nd Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0735712549
Macromedia Flash MX Unleashed
Macromedia Flash MX is the premier software for creating rich content for the Web and other media. Whether you're interested in developing complex Web applications, learning ActionScript, or mastering the new video capabilities in Flash MX, this book is filled with real world insights and tutorials on every major Flash concept. Flash MX Unleashed is the ultimate resource for anyone trying to take their Flash skills to the next level. It includes powerful tools and topics within Flash such as XML integration, components, and ColdFusion integration. Offers scripting capabilities and server-side connectivity for creating engaging applications, Web interfaces, and training courses. Covers those high-end topics, providing a solid reference for Flash developers. Topics include advanced ActionScript techniques, Flash animation, creating games in flash, database support for flash applications, flash video support, XML integration, and Flash components.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 1024
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0672324016
Macromedia Flash Remoting MX
Macromedia Flash Remoting MX is the connection between Macromedia Flash and a web application server, making it easy to create rich Internet applications. This distinctive book is the first product of the strategic relationship between Sybex and DevX, one of the largest developer Web sites. It is also the first Flash Remoting book written for both Flash designers and developers interested in hooking Flash into back-end servers. Another unique characteristic, Macromedia Flash Remoting MX teaches readers how to take advantage of the .NET and Java servers, not just the ColdFusion Server. Topics include: Building real world applications (document search engine, event calendar, shopping cart, and photo library manager) using ColdFusion, .NET, and Java; Foundations of Flash Remoting. Arman Danesh, author of more than a dozen computer books on related topics, offers extensive insights based on his experience developing sites using Flash Remoting.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 464
- Edition: 1 edition
- ISBN: 078214229X
Programming with ActionScript
Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript takes you beyond the level of "neat" code tricks and teaches you how to architect and implement true Macromedia Flash MX applications. Nearly a third of the book is focused on teaching you Flash MX:components. The topics range from understanding and using components, to constructing custom components. This book also recognizes the uniqueness of ActionScript and clarifies because the best practices when it comes to developing with it. The final third of this book teaches you the methods for working with advanced-level ActionScript-from debugging data structures to server-side interaction. Topics include applying OOP principles and design patterns to ActionScript; Creating well designed custom objects; Leveraging both OOP and design patterns in architecting Flash MX applications; Creating OOP and design pattern based applications from scratch; Flash MX Components; and connecting Flash MX to servers.
- Cost: $39.99
- Pages: 456
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0735711836
Reality ColdFusion MX
Come be part of a real-world development team, from the start of a project to the finish! In Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration, you get to experience how the power of ColdFusion can help drive the Flash experience by designing Web applications, discussing development issues, finding solutions, and implementating the final products. Written for ColdFusion developers who want to know more about Flash and Flash developers who want to add more power to their applications, Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration presents a thorough and complete study of how to integrate Flash and ColdFusion, using Flash as the client and interface to ColdFusion on the server. It comprises five sample Flash applications and includes all the documentation for the entire development process for each application, such as notes, whiteboard comments, meeting minutes, and memos. Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration takes readers to the next level.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 500
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0321125150
Teach Yourself Flash ActionScript
Macromedia Flash delivers sound, interactivity, graphics, and animations across multiple browsers and platforms. It enables developers to create interactive interfaces and distinctive Web applications. ActionScript is the behind-the-scenes programming language that offers greater control and functionality in Flash programming. Sams Teach Yourself Flash ActionScript in 24 Hours offers a clearly written, well organized introduction to programming Flash with ActionScript. The reader will be taught basic programming techniques while creating their own interactive Flash movies. Offers a clearly written, well organized introduction to programming Flash with ActionScript. Learn how to create user interactivity on your web site; manage how your Flash movies are streamed to users; use the Script Editing windows to navigate your scripts; create and use Smart Clips through scripting; communicate efficiently with web servers; and control the Flash timeline.
- Cost: $17.49
- Pages: 384
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0672323850
Using Flash with Domino
It's all in the Using Flash with Domino Solutions Guide, your best resource for building compelling online applications using Flash and Domino. The Using Flash with Domino Solutions Guide is another in our series of Solutions Guides. Each Solutions Guide takes a given topic, like integrating Flash capabilities into your Domino applications, and combines all the information you need in one easy to read and easy to understand Solutions Guide. Here is what you will learn when you buy this flash guide: Putting some Flash into your Domino applications (step-by-step); Creating your first Flash animations; Morphing and moving objects; How to make your Flash site even flashier; Fun vs. function; Flash input text boxes; Placement of a Flash form within a Domino form; Security, subforms, flash forms; Animation in layers; Using Hotspots on a Flash object; Locating some great Flash resources; How to make your database and Flash run on your server.
- Cost: $39.95
- Pages: 23
- Edition: e-book
- ISBN: B000071440
Exposé
Expose is a Flash based-animation which allows you to create a sleek presentation of your pictures online. Search functions are supported, as well as a slideshow mode. This utility only uses Flash, HTML and Javascript, so you can use it on any web server. It is also small, a 120Kb footprint for the Flash animation, which makes it suitable for low-bandwidth connections. You create albums by editing an XML file, which specifies the information about individual albums and the pictures that are in them.
- Cost: Free
- Version: 3
FusionCharts Instrumentation Suite
FusionCharts Instrumentation Suite is a collection of Macromedia Flash based instrumentation controls used to develop realistic instrument panels and financial applications. It brings the combined experience of programmers and graphic artists to you in a set of extremely easy-to-use controls. It helps you create eye-catching instrumentation controls and makes full use of the fluid beauty of Macromedia Flash to create interactive and visually arresting controls. This may be accomplished from any server side scripting language.
- Cost: Free/$99.00
- Version: 1.0
- Platforms: All
Ray - Community Widget Suite
Ray is an advanced flash based communication software for your unique website. The complete Ray product includes: flash chat with audio/video conferencing, flash audio/video instant messenger, audio/video recorder, music player, video player, whiteboard, web presence and desktop application. Your community site needs a place where all members can talk openly and feel the spirit of a real live, active community. Allow your users to have interactive communication with other members, or via private chat, to record their own video online, upload any kind of video/audio files and much more. Ray is especially developed to make your community more attractive, functional and interactive. Ray turns your site into an addictive communication venue, increasing page-views, returning visitors count and overall rate of your site popularity. Get Ray Community Widget Suite for FREE.
- Cost: Free
- Version: 3.0
- Platforms: Linux, Windows
Flash Guest Book
The flashGuestbook component is a highly flexible system for recording feedback and comments from visitors to your websites. The component is deployed on the server side using PHP and MySQL with the resulting messages displayed within the Flash movie. Entries can be moderated and manually approved using the backend admin panel. Features: 18 built-in standard fields such as name, address, gender, age, email, etc, and 5 custom fields; Validation for required fields as well as email and url syntax validation; Built-in search capabilities Web based moderation panel; Moderator can choose to receive email notification when new messages are posted; Powered by MySQL database; Fully customizable look (fonts, colors, layout, spacing, etc.); Option to use Flash UI components or the Bit Component Set; Works with TextFields, TextAreas, Checkboxes, RadioButtons, ComboBoxes, Lists, NumericSteppers and DateFields. Automatic pagination.
- Cost: $44.95
- Platforms: All
FLV Player
FlvPlayerPRO is a fully skinnable and customizable set of 3 Flash video player components. Includes full flexibility to play FLV files, create playlists, and automatic progressive download. The 3 components include of an FLV player with a pre-built skinnable control panel (flvPlayerPRO), a plain FLV player which allows you to use individual controls (flvDisplayPRO), and a separate playlist component (flvPlaylistPRO). Includes XML support. The flvPlayerPRO-Stream has the same features as the flvPlayerPRO with the additional option to stream FLV movies that are hosted on a streaming server. Features: Fully skinnable background and controls; Includes auto scrollable playlist component with thumbnails; Progressively downloads based on user's connection speed; Stream FLV videos from streaming servers (flvPlayerPRO-Stream only); Feed playlist and main parameters through XML; Zoom and pan controls; Displays titles, descriptions, running time.
- Cost: $59.95 - $79.95
Pet Feeding Game With Highscore
The aim of this game is to feed the four cute pets. Attention: There is a monster that eats up the food. Choose the food by clicking the symbols at the top right corner of the playing field. As soon as the food is above the pet, this can fed to the pet by clicking. This gives up to 4 points. If a heart appears, there are double points. There is a point deduction if the pet is missed or the wrong food is given. If a pet gets not enough food, it starves to death. The green bar indicates if the pet has enough food. The game gets faster with every level. Try as long as possible to play. The highscore will be saved in a file on webserver (PHP script) or in a local file (shared objects). The package comes with php files and source .fla files so that you can use on your own website.
- Cost: Free
- Version: 1.0.0
- Platforms: All
EasyTemplates
Creating your own entire website is peanuts using Flash templates from EasyTemplates. EasyTemplates offers you the most flexible and easiest way imaginable to create Flash websites. You don't need to know Flash or HTML to create your website. Just enter all your content in a standard text file, replacing the text and colors with your own, and upload the Flash templates to your web server. With Easy Templates, you don't need any tools besides Notepad (which comes standard on every computer) to modify the content. Offers many styles of templates.
- Cost: $67.50
- Version: 1.0
- Platforms: Windows
Unreal Media Server
Unreal Media Server is a software streaming server for Windows operating systems, offering rich choice of live and on demand streaming functionality. The server supports live media sources and recorded media files. The server allows live h.264/mp3 encoding and streaming of audio/video sources to Flash Player via RTMP protocol. Supported live media sources include: USB/Firewire digital cameras, IP network cameras, microphones, TV-tuner cards, analog video sources (analog camera or TV) connected to Graphics card, Video Capture card. Two live streaming delivery modes are supported: Near-Real-Time and Buffered. Supported file formats include all the types supported by Microsoft DirectX, namely: AVI, MPEG-1 (VCD), MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD), MPEG-4, MPA, WMV, WMA, ASF, MP3, QuickTime (version 2 and lower). Other file formats and compression types are supported with additional installation of corresponding codecs, such as DivX, XVid, VP6, MP4, AC3, H.264. Unreal Media Server supports variety of streaming protocols allowing playing with Flash player, Silverlight, Windows Media Player and Unreal Streaming Media Player on Windows, MAC, Linux and Mobile devices.
- Cost: Free / $695.00
- Version: 7.0
- Platforms: Windows
UNFLUX
Unflux provides intelligent & engaging designs with the bottom line in mind. They are striving to redefine design & development in a direction of positivity & diversity. Unflux is here to be your strategic technology partner whether you want to completely redesign, start from square one, add content or functionality to your web site, update your corporate image, have some new marketing collateral designed, or get advice on how your business processes or services can take advantage of the latest technology.
- Cost: Varies
Accelebrate Flash Training
Accelebrate delivers hands-on, instructor-led Flash training and ActionScript training classes on-site for clients worldwide. These classes teach the Flash MX or Flash MX 2004 design and programming skills that attendees need to succeed in their Flash development projects. Classes can be customized to clients' specific needs and taught at a location of your choosing. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Accelebrate serves clients in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and other locations worldwide.
- Cost: Varies
Flash Developer Resources
FlashDeveloper dot nl is a resource portal informing about Flash MX, Flash with XML, Flash versus SVG, and a Flash XML FAQ. Visitors can join the flash developer dot nl mailinglist, browse through book reviews about Flash, XML and SVG books and submit their own information. The focus of this extensive resource lies in making Flash MX communicate with other languages, documents, and to improve the use of dynamic flash. Make Macromedia Flash communicate with PHP, XML, mySQL, Perl, ASP, Access, Macromedia's Flashcomm server etc.
- Cost: Free
