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The Real Estate Sample Application – Part 2: Managing Property Listings Through Flash Forms

In Part 1 of this tutorial, you built a search interface for the Real Estate sample application. In Part 2, you will learn how to populate a form by binding the fields to a datagrid, and then edit, add, and remove records from the database. You will add functionality to the one-screen interface you started to build in Part 1, using ColdFusion and Flash Remoting.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

ColdFusion MX 7.01

• Try
• Buy
• Get the updater

Database: Microsoft Access, SQL Server, or MySQL

Tutorials and sample files:

• realestate_pt2.zip (ZIP, 132K)

  This tutorial builds on the files from Part 1. You can use your files from there and add the functionality from this tutorial. If you prefer, you can download this file, which has the complete code for Part 2.

  To install the sample application for Part 2, unzip the files, copy the realestate folder to your web root, create a data source called realEstate in the ColdFusion Administrator, and then browse to http://localhost/realestate/index.cfm or http://localhost:8500/realestate for ColdFusion stand-alone installations. See the full instructions in the Readme file.

Prerequisite Knowledge

• Part 1 of this tutorial
• Basic knowledge of ColdFusion components and Flash Forms
• Ability to set up a data source and write simple SQL statements

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