Data Connection Kit now Available
The Macromedia Flash MX Data Connection Kit is now available on the Macromedia on-line store. What is the Data Connection Kit you ask? It provides prebuilt connections to web services, XML data, databases, and application servers so you can easily access, save, and display data in Macromedia Flash MX.
You can find more information on the Data Connection Kit here.
You can buy the Data Connection Kit here.
Still wondering why/how the DCK can be for Windows only. Where can I get an official explanation?
- Kris
Kristopher Schultz
1 May 03 at 11:38 am
From what I’ve read on other blogs, is that the installer is windows only at the moment.
So technically you could buy it, install it on yer windows box, copy the files from the windows box to yer mac… and delete from the win box when its all moved over..
But I don’t work for mm, so don’t take my word on it..
Ryan
1 May 03 at 12:20 pm
The installer has an error. It tries to copy sqlProcessor.cfc from H:\webserver which doesn’t exist on my machine. It also gives an error that I should free 8K diskspace on my drive H. This is my CD-Rom drive…kinda weird huh…
Frank
1 May 03 at 12:20 pm
From the product FAQ:
Is this product available for the Apple Macintosh OS?
http://www.macromedia.com/software/dataconnection/productinfo/faq.html#item-11
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
Mike Chambers
1 May 03 at 1:02 pm
Mike,
Does DCK work with Oracle? Which version of Oracle 8i, 8, 9i ?????
Patrick Whittingham
1 May 03 at 2:14 pm
Frank,
Could you please tell about the setup that you have on your computer such as OS, Flash, Webserver(Cold Fusion, IIS )….?.
Also, where does the sqlprocessor.cfc file currently reside?
Daniel
Daniel Gnanaprakasam
1 May 03 at 3:23 pm
The online API documentation doesnt appear to be working in Mozilla browser. I get page not found. It does work in IE but its seems very slow.
Win2k, Mozilla 1.3 and IE 6
John
1 May 03 at 3:39 pm
Yes. The Flash connector is good.
Documentation is shocking.
We need a “Firefly” forum at Macromedia.
Can you assist ASAP?
Any books coming?
Peter Tilbrook
4 May 03 at 6:02 am
>We need a “Firefly” forum at Macromedia.
via a newsreader:
macromedia.flash.data_integration
or via the webforums:
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/categories.cfm?catid=294
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
Mike Chambers
4 May 03 at 9:27 am
Hi Kris,
CyberSage wrote a Windows Service application for Firefly RC1 and RC2 which (I believe) was their attempt to prevent people from pirating the software. It disappeared in RC3 and to be honest this was a good thing, it slowed things down a bit in the Flash IDE, caused problems when local connection was dropped (known issue in 2000 and XP) and probably would have taken 15 minutes to circumvent by writing your own service app to reproduce the http localhost message (trival task in Delphi)…not that I tried! honest :)
So whilst there is some work involved, I don’t think it would be a huge task to port the installation process across to Mac’s, and I think Ryan is correct in saying you could grab the files installed onto windows box and copy them across to a Mac. Some searching required as there are a bunch of reference XML files and source along with the .fla components.
fwiw, i’ve been using Firefly for 6 months now and find the documentation pretty good! *shrug*
peace
si
si
5 May 03 at 3:19 am
I figured out what the online API documentation wasnt working under Mozilla. The directory paths are messed up.
Here is a sample link…
http://www.macromedia.com/software/dataconnection/resources/api_documentation/Firefly%20Components\DataLink\FxComboBoxClass\Methods\addItemAt.htm
For some reason, there are “\” where there should be “/”
John
7 May 03 at 11:10 am