In my case it was an offline process so it didn't need to communicate back to the client. It's probably best not to treat it as server call that expects a reply. If there are a bunch of simultaneous requests, it's likely that the AIR app might get backlogged. You could have the client pole the server to see if the image is ready, but let the user continue using the site while the image is being generated.
J On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:02 PM, lagos_tout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > J- > > In your application, was the image generated as part of a single call to the > server? Or did you have some other way of notifying the client-side app that > the image had been generated on the server? Also, what server-side language > did you use? > Thanks again! > > LT > > --- In [email protected], Jamie S <jsjph...@...> wrote: >> >> I was in a similar boat, having to generate an image server-side to >> that matches what the user sees in a flash movie client-side. >> Unfortunately there is no command-line version of Flash but AIR is >> almost as good. You can launch an AIR app from the command-line on the >> server and pass it in your data as command-line arguments. When >> finished the AIR app can save the image to the file system and >> terminate. >> >> J >> >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM, lagos_tout <lagos.t...@...> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Thanks for your response. >> > >> > Since I already have a swf that generates a complex view using data >> > provided, what I'd like to be able to do is not have to recreate this >> > logic >> > in some other language just so that the server can generate images of >> > the >> > result. >> > >> > AS3 provides image generation for display classes. And if I could run >> > the >> > swf on the server, instead of on the client-side, there would be no >> > network >> > overhead of having to send the rendered image to the server. >> > >> > LT >> > >> > --- In [email protected], "Kevin F. Benz" <kbenz@> wrote: >> >> >> >> Well. >> >> >> >> You can run a swf in Air but I expect that is the least of your >> >> headaches. >> >> >> >> I mean, what's the real objective. If you need to dynamically create >> >> images, >> >> why not do that in the server script as you won't have all the other >> >> goo? >> >> This was figured out years ago as the age of the link will attest. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2000/jw-0505-servlets.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> K >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> >> Behalf Of lagos_tout >> >> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:46 PM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [flexcoders] Run swf on server >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, all. >> >> >> >> I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to implement the following use >> >> case: >> >> >> >> (1) a swf running in a browser on the client-side sends simple numeric >> >> data >> >> to a server-side script. >> >> (2) the server-side script calls a second swf located on the same >> >> server >> >> as >> >> the script, passing it the numeric data. >> >> (3) this swf uses the data to generate a layout in flash that is >> >> rendered >> >> to >> >> an image and either (a) returned directly as binary data to the >> >> server-side >> >> script or (b) saved locally on the server so that the server-side >> >> script >> >> can >> >> access it. >> >> >> >> It's steps 2 and 3 that have me stumped. How can I call a swf without a >> >> browser, and by extension, without the Flash Player? Is there some way >> >> to >> >> call a swf directly as an executable that can return output to the >> >> calling >> >> process? >> >> >> >> Thanks much! >> >> >> >> LT >> >> >> > >> > >> > >
