Why is it always when in the middle of a Macromedia Flash project that you're faced with a problem you can't fix?
Well, there's no reason to despair. Toon Doctor MX 101 is the solution. It's a compilation of the 101 most asked question on Macromedia Flash answerd through animated tutorials. It's a great way to learn the program, from real examples. Grab your copy today.
Flash Remoting is a way Flash uses in order to talk to servers. This communication need to use ColdFusion, or install server side extensions in .Net or Java based servers. AMFPHP is a new proyect that offers the best of Flash Remoting in a free, open source PHP envinronment. This tutorial is a first step to build your own service trough a versy simple example. Also there's a page dedicated to those running Mac OSX
A few examples on calling Flash Methods from javascript. There is also a previous section about passing parameters from javascript to flash. Example flash fla are available for download.
This article shows you how to make those Flash files better than they were before -- better, stronger, faster. This tutorial requires a working knowledge of Flash.