About server-side ActionScript

ColdFusion MX includes a module called the Flash Remoting service that acts as a broker for interactions between Flash MX and ColdFusion MX. Flash Remoting supports a range of object types, and lets you reference an ActionScript file that lives on a ColdFusion server. You can partition data-intensive operations on the server, while limiting the amount of network transactions necessary to get data from the server to the client.

Flash developers can create server-side ActionScript files to access ColdFusion MX resources; they do not have to learn CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language). This ability lets you logically separate the Flash presentation elements of your applications from the business logic. You have the option of creating ActionScript files that reside on the server to partition this processing away from your client applications.

You have a very simple interface for building queries using server-side ActionScript, and an equally simple interface for invoking these queries from your client-side ActionScript.

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