There is still a lot to do in data integration in Flash. About 80% of the Flash tool is now available via JavaScript (JSFL).
Data connection wizard to make it easier to work with data sources. The wizard will look at the data and try to interpret it as the appropriate Flash data type. It also lets you convert the format of the data for each type for each data instance. Finally the export puts it all together in a format that can be used natively. When data gets returned to the server though it will maintain the server format if it differs from the display format.
There is also a data grid wizard that allows you to format data grid display.