How can I add my own dynamic flash to Apex Applcation?

Question

Hi all,
Can I add my own flash to Apex applcation and enable the flash to communicate with my applcation using XML?
I want to customise the action of my flash. The flash will get a xml from a PL/SQL procedure just as flash charts get xml from apex_util_flash.
Is it possible to call a PL/SQL procedure or an apex application process from a flash?
Is there another way of doing this?
thanks

Answer 1

I haven't tried any coding experience in flash , so my answer would be a bit vague.
But I am basing my logic on this thread Calling PHP function from Flash (it says PHP but the code example involves a server request from flash)
Set up an Application process that returns your XML (as the server response using ht.p)
// object which sends to php
var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
// object that receives
var load_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
// the load_lv accepting variables
load_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean)
    if(success)
             //Do your thing here
             //Parse the XML in flash using this valiable as the source
        else
            trace("load error goes here")
  $.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: "wwv_flow.show",
  data: {
  p_flow_id : $v('pFlowId'),
  p_instance : $v('pInstance'),
  p_flow_step_id : 1,
  p_request : ""
//This section is based on the documented server request format using jQuery (given in comments above)
// send_lv sending out variables and instructing the returned variables to go to load_lv
send_lv.p_flow_id = <fetch page element value of pFlowId>  //corresponding to $v('pFlowId')
send_lv.p_instance = <fetch page element value of pInstance>  //corresponding to $v('pInstance')
send_lv.p_flow_step_id = <page number>
send_lv.p_request  = 'ON Demand Application Process Name'
send_lv.sendAndLoad("wwv_flow.show",load_lv,"POST");-------------------------------------------
You might also be interested in this flash library named SWFHttpRequest Flash/Ajax Utility
Apparently, it adds a JavaScript object for performing XMLHttpRequest-like requests fro flash.
Hence you should be able to use you standard javascript like Ajax request using that.
Else check for similar libraries for flash/give the server request section of your flash documentation a good read.
You might have to play around a bit with the code and your flash documentation to get it working , but I hope this would have given you some pointers.