macromedia flash flash remoting: I work for a company where we are constantly asked to update the status of jobs
that we do for our customers. Would it be possible to create a stand-alone
flash movie that could allow the entry of a control / job number into a search
box, hit submit and get back the status of the job with it's details? The data
lives in a SQL database and I would want the remote flash application to update
automatically after the job was entered so the customer could allow the very
SMALL update window to live on their desktop and just update as the progress of
the job changed... Where do I start? Thanks in advance! Brent

In short, yes. You can do this. A couple of different methods available, but
each will probably need some middleware (CF, ASP, PHP, etc) to speak to the DB.
Start your education here:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/data_integration.html

Good luck!