July 2003
Intermediate to advanced
896 pages
45h 43m
English
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Chapter 27. A Personalized My Page Application
Personalization is an important part of many web applications, as
seen in so-called My Page applications,
such as those available at My Yahoo!, My
Excite, and My MSN. Typical My Page applications
offer
modules that the user can turn on or off and
position within the page. A module can be a .swf
file that gives access to a web service or performs some service
function, so we often use the terms
“service” or
“service module” interchangeably
with “module,” even if the module
is not a formal web service. Examples of modules offered by My Page
applications include:
Scheduler
Email
News
Weather
Stocks
Web search
Shopping
These modules usually can be customized according to the user’s preferences. For example, if the user activates a weather module, he is given the option of specifying the city for which to display the weather forecast.
In this chapter, you will create a My Page application in Flash. This application draws on many skills detailed throughout recipes in previous chapters, including:
Local shared objects
Loading and processing XML
Using predefined components
Creating custom components
Using the Drawing API’s methods
Loading external SWFs
Using Flash Remoting to consume web services
Controlling movie clips with ActionScript
Formulating the Application Overview
Before starting any application, formulate a plan. Clarify the project goals and map out a strategy to meet them. A My Page application requires a framework that allows various modules to ...
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