Course Synopsis: Flex 3 and LiveCycle Data Services: Integrating with ColdFusion 8 provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex fontends to remote, dynamic data using LiveCycle Data Services. This two day course instructs developers how to connect with remote data using web services and LiveCycleData Services’ features allowing communication with a ColdFusion backend. In addition, skills will be learned how to manipulate and format the returned data.

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for application developers who want to connect their Flex fontends to dynamic data using ColdFusion 8.

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, you should:
• Have attended the Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications course.
• Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in F3RCA.

What You Will Learn:
• Integrating with ColdFusion
• Understanding Flash Remoting
• Managing Data on the Client
• ColdFusion Wizards for Flex Builder
• Providing XML to Controls with E4X
• LiveCycle Data Services Features
• Using the Message Service
• Uploading Files to ColdFusion

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications and Fast Track to ColdFusion 8. Please take a look at our other course outlines at our web site, http://www.ledet.com.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

Flex 3 and LiveCycle Data Services: Integrating with ColdFusion 8

LESSON 1
Introduction to Flex and ColdFusion
• Flex 3 and ColdFusion
• Reviewing the course prerequisites and objectives
• Reviewing the course outline
• Integrating Flex applications with
ColdFusion
• Understanding the Flex services configuration file
• Using the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder
• Using CFEclipse

LESSON 2
Using ColdFusion Components with Flash Remoting
• Understanding Flash Remoting and the RemoteObject class
• Calling CFC methods with RemoteObject
• Using RemoteObject Events
• Complex Remote Method Calls
• Remoting Service Runtime Configuration

LESSON 3
Using the ColdFusion Wizards for Flex Builder
• Understanding the ColdFusion Wizards for Flex Builder
• Using the CFC Value Object Wizard
• Using code from the CFC Value Object Wizard
• Modifying data with Wizard methods
• Using the ColdFusion/Flex Application Wizard

LESSON 4
Managing Data on the Client
• Understanding collection classes
• Filtering Data on the Client
• Sorting data on the client
• Using the IViewCursor interface

LESSON 5
Providing XML to Controls with E4X
• Understanding XML structure
• Working with XML data in
ActionScript 3
• Using E4X Expressions
• Using the Tree control
• Using Tree Control Events and Properties
• Using E4X Expressions for Search
• Removing Items from XML

LESSON 6
Introduction to LiveCycle Data Services
• Introducing LiveCycle Data Services
• Creating a Flex project for use with ColdFusion and LiveCycle Data Services
• LiveCycle Data Services Features
• Using BlazeDS

LESSON 7
Using the Message Service
• Introducing the Message Service
• Sending Messages
• Receiving and processing messages
• Sending and receiving complex data
• Using the Message Service with ColdFusion Event Gateway

LESSON 8
Using the Data Management Service
• Data Management Service Overview
• Creating a Data Management Service destination for use with ColdFusion
• Using the Data Management Service in a Flex application
• Managing changes to data
• Using DataService Events
• Advanced Data Management Service Features

LESSON 9
Uploading Files to ColdFusion
• Implementing file transfer basics
• Uploading a file