I can't speak to 2.0, but in 1.5 there is a very hard division between Flex and the middle tier. Only mxml and actionscript are native to Flex, which is primarily a client-side presentation technology. The ONLY way to communicate with the server is via RemoteObject, WebService or HTTPService (and maybe XMLSockets).
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Thompson Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] ASP Shopping Cart Example Thanks Abdul. So the <valid>...</valid> returned by the login.asp page, how is that then interpreted by MXML? I guess maybe I'm missing something as I was reading some docs about Zorn/FlexBuilder 2, and I was under the impression that ColdFusion, JSP, ASP, etc. are all treated under the same mechanism/protocol, but from what you've said, it seems that only ColdFusion and MXML are the native technologies, and that ASP, JSP etc. are treated as secondaries (unequals having to use HTTPService). I hope not as I love Macromedia products but have always frowned on some pricing schemes and perhaps just a little too tad of favoritism to a less open model (but on fewer occasions that people like MS at least; but still...). -r --- Abdul Qabiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > You can use HTTPService in Flex/MXML to communicate > with server-side > scripts(ASP.Net f.ex.) using standard HTTP GET/POST > way. > > Following example is a simple login form which send > userid and password > to a server-side script: > > ##HTTPServiceExample.mxml## > > <mx:Application > xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.controls.*; > > > private function doLogin() > { > loginService.send(); > > } > > private function loginService_result(result) > { > if(result.valid == true) > { > Alert.show("Login Successfull"); > } > else > { > Alert.show("Login Failed"); > > } > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:HTTPService id="loginService" > url="http://localhost/login.asp"; method="POST" > result="loginService_result(event)" > fault="Alert.show('some error > occurred');"> > <mx:request> > <userid>{userid.text}</userid> > <password>{password.text}</password> > </mx:request> > </mx:HTTPService> > <mx:Form> > <mx:FormItem label="Username"> > <mx:TextInput id="userid"/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem label="Password"> > <mx:TextInput id="password" password="true"/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem> > <mx:Button label="Login" click="doLogin()"/> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > > </mx:Application> > > > ##login.asp## > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]"JAVASCRIPT" %> > <% > Response.ContentType = "text/xml"; > > > var userid = String(Request.Form("userid")); > var password = String(Request.Form("password")); > var flag = false; > > if(userid=="guest" && password=="guest") > { > flag = true; > } > > %> > > <valid> > <%String(flag)%> > </valid> > > > > Note: code not tested, there might be mistakes in > ASP code, but for > example I think this is sufficient. There are other > ways of using > HTTPService, where in you can pass parameter object > in > HTTPService.send(..) instead of static binding. > > Hope that helps... > > -abdul > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert Thompson > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] ASP Shopping Cart Example > > Thanks Manish, but what do you mean by "HTTP > Service" > -- is that an example somewhere? > > Or is there something I can do with the HTTP > protocol > to use ASP as the business tier / Flex as the > Presentation Tier, instead of Cold Fusion as the > business tier? > > -r > > --- Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/15/05, Robert Thompson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have a project coming up that has a > requirement > > to > > > use ASP instead of ColdFusion (yeah, i know :) > and > > I'm > > > looking for any examples of using MXML and ASP > as > > the > > > business tier which uses SQL Server 2005. > > > > You should look into HTTPService. > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! 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