flash data integration: Hi all,

I am new to XML & would like to know what are some of the online resources you veterans find useful out there? Or even books perhaps.

XML is a wide subject. You probably only need a Dummys level book for what you
are doing and probably a vast number of Flash projects.

Also take a look at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001592.html
in the Flash 8 documentation.

Hi Yes...I believe so. As i am relatively new to web development, coming from
a design background with a great interest in web functionality.

With regards to the query in my post, I think it will perhaps be most ideal to
provide the client with an application that will allow them submit changes
almost effortlessly without having to access the xml & reflect it on the
application.

Any suggestions to how can I achieve this,anybody?

Then you need to provide either a Flash or HTML entry screen for them to update
the XML. We sort of call that content management.

On a simple level you can use an XML file on the server. The XML file provides
the data needed to drive the web application.

A content management screen would also get the XML from a PHP script that
reads the XML file. Then the data is updated on the content management screen.
The screen submits back to a PHP script which writes out the new XML file.

Drawback is that the XML file is completely written over each time and so you
would be expecting a single user updating at any given moment which is likely
for a simple application.