> I'm hoping someone can clear up some confusions I > have regarding Flex and Coldfusion. Currently I am > hosting my site with a well-known hosting company. I > have many Coldfusion sites running in their shared > environment. Today when I talked to them about > loading my Flex site up (which includes a couple CFC > components) - they stated "they don't support Flex in > their shared environment". > > What is needed in their environment that is outside of > their typical Coldfusion server that would keep a Flex > site from running? I thought that the Flex generated > swf file was downloading to people's PC and running on > their version of Flash Player - and there wasn't any > magic that would make this work on a typical > Coldfusion server.
Most of this has been covered in the responses you've already received, but I think a more complete response might be useful anyway. First, yes, there's nothing special about Flex applications, they're just SWF files. As long as you compile them normally, and upload them to the server, there's nothing special needed to run the Flex application itself. If your Flex application needs to fetch or send data at runtime, there are several methods it can use: 1. HTTPService This lets you send generic HTTP requests, which can return XML or name-value pairs or arbitrary strings. This doesn't require anything special on your server. 2. WebService This lets you invoke SOAP web services. This requires that you publish SOAP services; in CF, that means web-accessible CFCs with remote methods. 3. Flash Remoting This lets you invoke services through AMF, which is basically a more efficient, non-XML version of SOAP. This requires that the Flash Remoting gateway be working; in CF, this is working by default, so it shouldn't be a problem for you. It also requires that you publish CFCs, of course. 4. LiveCycle Data Services This was formerly called Flex Data Services. LCDS contains a suite of related services, including asychronous messaging and data synchronization, optionally using Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) instead of HTTP. It can be installed as part of the CF 8 install, but requires a separate license to be used in a multiprocessor environment. Without a license, you get LCDS Express. In your case, this was probably not installed on the server due to license restrictions. 5. BlazeDS This is a free subset of LCDS functionality, that doesn't include data synchronization or RTMP. This is not installed with CF, but can be installed separately. In your case, this was probably not installed. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more informat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
