I think you'll find 1.5 a more stable development experience in the next month though of course 2.0 offers a lot of stuff. For RemoteObject in 2.0 for now you do need the 2.0 CF adapter, but as many folks will be happy to point out you could also just expose your Java objects via a WebService using Apache Axis instead (this should be done in the 2.0 samples maybe but is definitely in 1.5 for reference). The Flex 2 alpha will hint at functionality (like RemoteObject) that may not actually be functional in your configuration.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Having hard time understanding what features are available to whom when and how I cannot answer all of your questions, but here are my suggestions. - assuming on Windows, download Apache Tomcat - download Flex 1.5 demo - install Flex 1.5 demo with just FlexBuilder 1.5 - copy and paste the flex.war & samples.war files into Tomcat's webapps directory Hit the samples page to ensure all is well. On mine, it's: http://localhost:8080/samples/ I've yet to get Flex 2 to work with Remoting + AMFPHP. Considering AMF (the binary format used to send serialized class bits across the wire) is undergoing big changes, OpenAMF (Java) and AMFPHP (PHP) don't really work yet. I've heard of some people getting Remoting to work with the CFAdapter, but I don't use CF ( I do at work, but I don't code it). Some have reported success with the WebService/HTTPService. Me? I use Flex 1.5 every day and it works great. At night, I moonlight in Flex 2, but she's still alpha, so we have a ways to go. The bad news is, for those client developers (like me) who only care about the client, Flex 1.5 has the server requirement. However, you can still snag SWF's off of the server once compiled as well as to show clients of what's possible. Good news, she works great, HTTPService (GET/POST) works, WebService works, and RemoteObject works with AMFPHP, OpenAMF, and ColdFusion. Hope that helps some. Feel free to post more questions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BCichowlas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:22 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Having hard time understanding what features are available to whom when and how Hi! I'm an independent developer trying to put together an RIA demo for potential investors in a proposed enterprise. This proposed enterprise is not a software company but would make heavy use of an RIA application. My most reasonable choices seem to be Flex, Laszlo or Ajax (in its many variations). I spent the last week with the Iteration Two Flex book, downloading what is available freely to developers from the Macromedia/Adobe site. As part of my demo, I need to be able to change the color of irregular small shapes. The shapes themselves are known in advance and don't change. For the sake of discussion, it is as if I had an outline of New England, divided into the six New England states and I wanted to be able to choose one of eight colors for each of the states based on user interaction. After looking at the complexities of Ajax, Flex seemed like an ideal choice. Since I develop under Eclipse and since the 2.0 alpha seemed like a generally usable version, it was my first choice. However, the examples in the Iteration Two book seem to be written for 1.0 or 1.5, and I spent quite a while trying to run them under 2.0 with varying degrees of success. My database needs for this demo application are modest, but I did want to be able to use RemoteObject. I was never able to get anything using RemoteObject to operate successfully. I was developing under Eclipse and using the "Run Flex application" to try to run my application. I'm not sure exactly what runtime environment this results in, but I had been successful at getting some small forms running successfully and trading string messages with the server. Is RemoteObject supposed to be possible using only the 2.0 alpha materials? If not, what do I need? The Cold Fusion server extensions? The Enterprise version? Is what I need available now? Does it cost money just to use for a demo? Are there some examples of using a RemoteObject under 2.0 that I could try under Eclipse? Should I be using 1.5 instead? I am wondering if my expectations of the 2.0 alpha are inappropriate for programming a demo now and in January 2006. I'm not a Cold Fusion user and have only a rudimentary understanding of its operation. I'm now thinking that I should use Ajax or possibly Laszlo, but would listen carefully to any argument that Flex is the right choice. Thanks, Bruce -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. 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