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Integrating Flash with Web Applications: Overview

Flash movies can send information to and load information from remote files. To send and load variables, you use the loadVariables or getURL action. To load a Flash Player movie from a remote location, you use the loadMovie action. To send and load XML data, you use the XML or XMLSocket object. You can structure XML data using the predefined XML object methods.

You can also create Flash forms consisting of common interface elements, such as text fields and pop-up menus, to collect data that will be sent to a server-side application.

To extend Flash so that it can send and receive messages from the movie's host environment—for example, the Flash Player or a JavaScript function in a Web browser—you can use fscommand and Flash Player methods.