I actually got it working: Problem with Flex not getting data was ... >From Help: Each XML message is a complete XML document, terminated by a zero (0) byte After I added it to my server message to Flex it worked fine. Thanks everyone for help.
--- In [email protected], Guy Morton <g...@...> wrote: > > Firewall? Is the port you're using open? Is the data event firing at > all? If so, what's in it? If not, either your server is not serving > data like you think it is, or the data can't get to your flex app > because there's something in the way. > > > On 16/02/2009, at 3:50 AM, markgoldin_2000 wrote: > > > I was able to create a server socket using VB code. I am sending > > data from a Flex test application to my server socket but cannot > > send any data to Flex. Any idea? > > > > --- In [email protected], Guy Morton <guy@> wrote: > > > > > > As Tracy said, yes. A socket is just a network connection. Your > > flex > > > XMLSocket doesn't know or care what language the program > > listening on > > > the other was written in. A socket connection is like a call > > connected > > > between two telephones - if no-one at either end talks or > > neither end > > > understands the other nothing much will happen. It's up to you > > to make > > > conversation by defining how you will pass messages back and > > forth and > > > how you will process them at either end. > > > > > > > > > On 15/02/2009, at 3:41 AM, markgoldin_2000 wrote: > > > > > > > I am not sure myself about my question :). > > > > First, can Flex be listening to a socket that is created within > > > > any program? I mean, if a vb program creates a socket using > > > > Winsock will Flex be able to listen to such socket? > > > > Second, if yes, how would data actually be transfered? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Guy Morton <guy@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Well...nothing would, normally. You'd have to set up a > > server to > > > > talk > > > > > to you on that socket, develop a protocol for conversing over > > > > the > > > > > socket, etc. > > > > > > > > > > An XML socket is just a pipe to communicate over. Unlike > > normal > > > > http > > > > > requests which encapsulate the http conversation so you don't > > > > see it, > > > > > a raw XML socket requires you to define what messages are > > going > > > > to be > > > > > sent by whom and what those messages mean. > > > > > > > > > > Does that help, or have I misunderstood your question? > > > > > > > > > > Guy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 14/02/2009, at 10:50 PM, markgoldin_2000 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to understand how socket communications work in > > > > flex. > > > > > > This code will connect to a port 8080 on a local computer: > > > > > > > > > > > > var xmlsock:XMLSocket = new XMLSocket(); > > > > > > xmlsock.connect("127.0.0.1", 8080); > > > > > > > > > > > > But what I dont understand is what would be sending data to > > > > that > > > > > > port? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
