Managed versus unmanaged data (Flash Professional only)

There are two basic scenarios for working with data in the Flash authoring environment:

Unmanaged In this scenario, you bind the results of your connector component directly to UI components within your Flash document.

Managed You bind the results of your connector component to the DataSet component and bind the fields of the DataSet component to UI components within your Flash document. In addition, you can bind the DataSet component to a resolver component to format the changes to your data before they are sent to an external data source.

A managed data solution requires more setup but gives you greater control over your data. In general, you should use a managed data approach for the following scenarios:

• You plan to send updates back to an external data source using the built-in features of the DataSet and resolver components (such as automated tracking of changes to your data that can be converted into multiple formats).
• You need to apply multifield sorts, filters, or ranges to your data.
• You are building an application that provides the ability to work offline (changes to the data are cached offline and can be applied at a later time).
• You want to receive changes from the server and apply them to your local cache of data.
• You want to create your own transfer object implementation to complement a business class on the server.