Insert data with Flash Remoting and Cold Fusion MX (RIA)

Hello people, how are you?
First I want to thanks to all the people that voted in my article about insert data into database. And all the people that are untill now sending me e-mails sugesting articles and giving me advices about my articles.

Well, to start this new article, I have to say that it is based on my last article about flash, but now it will use a new server technology that is called Flash Remoting, that consists in read c Cold fusion Component (*.cfc) and instatiate it to read, update, delete or insert data under the database.
And since now, enter in the wonserfull world of the Rich Internet Application.

Creating our Cold Fusion Component:

note: this article presume that the user already have some knowledgements about a Cold Fusion Component Buit-in

Insert.CFC
<cfcomponent>
          <cffunction name="InsertUser" access="remote" returntype="boolean">
               <cfargument name="name_user" type="string" required="true">
               <cfargument name="email_user" type="string" required="true">
               <cfquery datasource="easycfm">
                    INSERT INTO users (NAME_USER, EMAIL_USER)
                    VALUES ('#NAME_USER#', '#EMAIL_USER#')
               </cfquery>
               <cfreturn 1>
          </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

This component is based in a database that have 3 columns ("ID_USER - NAME_USER - EMAIL_USER")
The column ID_USER is an auto-identity column, and the other are text.

Made this, now we have to start to buid aor interface in Flash MX.
We have to make something like this:

With the interface already done, it's time to put some action script into flash actions.
First rename the layer called Layer 1 to Actions.
Open this layer in the expert mode (F9) and put the code bellow:

stop();
//stop any other action in the frame
#include "NetServices.as"
//Include the service to connect with flash remote
#include "NetDebug.as"
//Include the service to debug the movie
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayURL("http://localhost:8500/flashservices/gateway");
//make the connection to the gateway, wich in this case is in por 8500
conn_data = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
//Make a variable with the connection
service = conn_data.getService("Easycfm.insert", this);
//Take the service in the CFC
function makeUser() {
Parameter = new Object();
Parameter.name_user = Name_txt.text;
Parameter.email_user = Email_txt.text;
//Make some variables populating it with the data os the form

service.insertUser(Parameter);
//Insert the user
delete Parameter;
//Delete the parameter already used
}
function Insert_Result(results) {
if (results) {
gotoAndPlay(5);
//Test if the CFC already run
}
}
//End of the code

Whith this code already pasted in the apropriate frame, you can now test your application, remembering to publish it as an SWF File.
And start to develop new Rich Internet Applications from this simple tutorial, click here to take the example.

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Thanks for your attention,
Marcos Placoná