And don't overlook HTTPService. Any server side technology that can build an xml string and pass it back in the response can be used for an HTTPService data source.
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renaun Erickson Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: WebService vs. RemoteObject ?? The quick answer, WebService uses the SOAP specification to transfer data. This is a xml based specification that was created so people could expose their API to others on a common ground. (Its a specification so how its actually implemented across Java, .NET, PHP, etc... can be different, especially the charset encodings). http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/ RemoteObject is a Adobe/Macromedia data transfer format. It uses a binary format created by Macromedia called Actiom Message Format (AMF). Because it is not wrapped in XML it is a leaner method of transfering data, but its only specific to Macromedia. The nice thing about ColdFusion is that you can use CFC's and get a WebService and RemoteObject compatible object with out change any code. Its a quick answer, there is quite a few details I left out. And you can search the archives for a discusion of WebServices vs RemoteObject that we had here last year some time. Renaun --- In [email protected], "Ryan Pieszak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings all, > > I'm brand-spankin' new to Flex, and I'm really pumped to be learning it > as it seems very powerful. I'm in the process of digging through some > sample apps, and I noticed that some use <mx:WebService and some use > <mx:RemoteObject... can somebody explain the difference to me? > > Thanks.. > Ryan > -- 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
