Specifications

272 Data Integration: Using the Macromedia Tips Web Service (Flash Professional Only)
Create a user interface and bind
the components with the web
service
Next, you use components to create a simple user interface that you can use
to select a product, click a button, and see a random tip about the product.
You create this application by binding the user interface components on
the Stage to the parameters and returned results of the Macromedia Tips
web service.
1. In the Components panel, select UI Components > ComboBox. Drag
a ComboBox component to the Stage. In the Property inspector, enter
the instance name products_cb.
2. In the Components panel, select UI Components > Button. Drag a
Button component to the Stage. In the Property inspector, enter the
instance name submit_button and for the label property type Get Tip,
as follows:
3. In the Components panel, select UI Components > TextArea. Drag the
component onto the Stage. In the Property inspector, enter the instance
name tip_ta.
4. In the Components panel, select UI Components > Label and drag a
Label component onto the Stage. Place it above the ComboBox
component.
5. In the Property inspector, in the Instance name field type products_lbl
and for the text property type Select a Product, as follows:
The Property inspector showing the instance name products_lbl and the text
“Select a Product”