Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

Chapter 14. Sending and Loading Data

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• Loading Text 218

• Sending and Loading Variables 222

• Sending and Loading XML 226

• Using Web Services 227

• Using Flash Remoting 228

• Optimizing Data Communication 231

• Summary 235

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Flash platform applications almost always use data in one form or another. Generally, applications need to have some form of client-server data communication. In the simplest example, an application might have to load plain text. For example, an application might have one responsibility: displaying the day’s news post. And some applications might have significantly more complex data communication requirements. For example, a more sophisticated version of the news application might need to retrieve ...