You can use relative paths. But that does dictate where you put data service.
I often pass urls into my Flex application through flashvars in the html wrapper. Among other things, it lets me switch my data services between development, QO and production servers very easily Once you have the url in Flex, you can simply assign the url to the url property: reportProfile.url = _sMyUrl; reportProfile.send(); Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of myworld100us Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Question on Mx:HTTP Service I am using an app Server{Jboss] to host Flex files . I want to call <mx:HTTPService id="reportProfile" resultFormat="e4x" useProxy="false" result="showReports(event)" url="http://machineName: <http://machineName:8080/ContextPath/flex/showReports.do> 8080/ContextPath/flex/showReports.do"/> how do i replace this part url= "http://machineName: <http://machineName:8080/ContextPath/flex/showReports.do> 8080/ContextPath/flex/showReports.do" with "/ContextPath/flex/showreports.do" . Otherwise its link depending on the environment i have to keep changing the machineName and port
