Lesson 6. Using Remote XML Data

What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

• Externalize your data

• Distinguish embedded and loaded data

• Create an HTTPService object that returns data as Objects

• Understand security issues involved with retrieving data into Flash Player

• Search XML with E4X expressions

• Create an HTTPService object that returns data as XML

• Build an XMLListCollection from your dynamic XML

• Display your data in a List

Approximate Time

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

In this lesson, you will begin to connect the FlexGrocer application to XML data.

First, you will use a local XML file that you will embed in your application. This will demonstrate one technique used to separate ...

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