Jasper and Flash
- Configuring a movie via the movie URL
- Using list files to construct movie URLs
- Loading variables using the LoadVars class
- A slightly better method for data transmission
- How data is transmitted to and from the movie
- Writing the server side process using Jasper
- Conclusions
Jasper in fact grew out of a need to connect Flash movies with server side processes in a platform indepedent manner. List files in particular were a direct result of this work. If you are a Flash developer working with servers, therefore, you may well find the following pages particularly enlightening. You can read them without having to run a Jasper web application or even read the other introductory sections on this site.
The easiest way to explain the various processes involved is by example and here the choice is some simple login functionality, requiring the user to submit an email address and password. The response consists of a 'login' variable and a user identifier 'userid'. The result is hardcoded into the server side process for now, but the means of transmitting the data to and from the Flash movie will remain identical even when the response is generated dynamically.
Once finished, you might decide to give Jasper a go. Certainly it will provide a more gentle introduction to server side programming than many others and may well dispel a few myths. A link to get you started is in the related links section immediately below. Read these introductory pages first, though.
Related links
Last updated: Thursday, 16th December 2010, 05:10 PM
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