I’m going to start developing a simple Flash application which will then be exported as an *.exe file and used on desktop. The application gets the information from a MySQL database (+ PHP on server).
i just wanted to get suggestions on ways how this can be done and preferably which make the application work fast.
For websites I normally use loadVariables which links to a PHP file on the server, performs query on the database, stores contents into a variable and then forwards the variable back to the SWF file… which in turn displays it
Is this a good system for a desktop application?
I was thinking maybe there’s a way to sort of “synchronize content”…
on first launch of application it looks for server and gets all info, and somehow saves it (??)… then on subsequent launches the application just looks to see if there’s any new content on server and downloads just that info… this would make for a faster approach… but i have no clue how to save information on the user’s machine.
any ideas are appreciated and maybe links to tutorials!
thanks.
