Daniel, Do you have ColdFusion 7.0.2? (For working with Flex 2, CF 7.0.2 is required for remoting, and has several other goodies for CF developers too.)
Also, in addition to Douglas's suggestions, for CFers just getting started with Flex 2 I personally really, really liked Ben Forta's article up on DevNet on "Using ColdFusion with Flex: Creating and Running a Phone Selector". www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/coldfusionflex_part3.html Ben's article provides a zip file and detailed instructions. All files needed are provided for installing: - a CFC that reads an XML file - Flex 2 MXML files that use <mx:RemoteObject> to call the CFC which returns text that is presented in the Flex 2 app along with appropriate gif images. Altogether, it is a pretty simple, straightforward starter application. If you can get Ben's Phone Selector application working, then you will have a working Flex 2/CF configuration, and a working application that you can model your own applications on. Please post back if you encounter any problems, or if this sample application is not consistent with what you are looking for. fyi ... I had made a similar post on another list and Darren Houle posted the following about tweaks he needed to make to get Ben's Phone Selector working: http://www.cflex.net/flexcoders.cfm?Message=msg40261.html Also, should you want background on Douglas's suggestion of "HTTP, WebService, or RemoteObject", following is a link for a Jeff Tapper article that does a good job comparing and contrasting the options and others (note: the article is from the Flash era but is still relevant to Flex 2): http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/21803/0/page/1 If you are doing database driven Flex applications and if you do choose to use Remoting/<mx:RemoteObject> then check out this post I put up about the Flex Builder 2 "ColdFusion/Flex Application Wizard": http://www.cflex.net/flexcoders.cfm?Message=msg40286.html Again, if you need help or have other questions on any of this, please continue to post back to this list. I hope this all helps, and that you will have a great weekend. g On 9/8/06, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > these would be good probably > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_cf.html > this one by fabio, hehe, would proabably be your first stop > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/helloworld.html > > DK > > On 9/8/06, D F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the tip Douglas. But I'm not sure where to begin. Is there a > > specific article that could help show me how to retrieve data from a CFC > in > > order to be used to populate a ComboBox ( using RemoteObject, > Webservice, > > etc ) ? > > > > > > > > >You don't really need to worry about coldfusion flex adapter / > > >ColdFusion Event Gateway Adapter to do Flex/CF development, at least I > > have > > >not had to worry about it. You can use either of the three services > for > > >what you want: HTTP, WebService, or RemoteObject. Pick your poison for > > >getting started! > > > > > >check out the quick starts > > >http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/?tab:quickstart=3 > > > > > > > > >DK > > > > > >On 9/8/06, D F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/message.cfm/messageid:3171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
