[R] Dynamic visualisation of R data using Adobe FLEX

[Harsh]

Hi useRs,

I had posted about Adobe FLEX talking to R for rich visualisation.
Reply from Jeffery Horner contained links to the
revolution-computing.com webpage which had information pertaining to
the Bay Users R group Meetup on Web Dashboards with R.

I have a very specific project that I need to implement.
I wish to use the graphics capabilities provided by Adobe FLEX to
visualise outputs from R.
For example:
I would like to fit a regression model to a dataset in R and provide a
FLEX interface wherein, a user may manipulate a slider which would
increase or decrease
a parameter estimate (between the confidence intervals of the
estimate) of a variable to see the effect on the predicted values.

I necessarily have to use FLEX for the interface.
In trying to make sense of how to go about this task, I have
speculated on the following technologies:
1) Using RSOAP which requires a Python client. I am not sure how I can
implement this in Flex.
2) Using RSOAP provided by the Biocep project. This is a java
implementation and maybe this would suit my requirements.
3) The StatDataML package in R provides the creation of xml files of R
objects. Maybe I can use these XML files as encapsulators of R object
data and pass it on to FLEX.
4) Since R has interfaces that connect to most SQL database servers, I
can convert results of lm objects (summary(lmobject)) to data frames
and push them into the SQL database. FLEX can
then read the table and extract the relevant fields for output.

I am aware that I not a computer programmer which is why I may not be
making a whole lot of sense in describing the above scenarios, but I
am trying to gain as much information and programming skills to
'decipher'
the secret behind using FLEX and R.

I have looked at Jeffery Horner's  BBPLOT project
(http://data.vanderbilt.edu/rapache/bbplot) and honestly I'm amazed.
Replicating this with a FLEX interface is the closest I can get in
describing my requirements.

Any information/technical sources/tutorials etc in this regard will be
much appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

Regards
Harsh Singhal
Decision Systems
Mu Sigma Inc.
Chicago, IL