Hey Pete, thank you for the extensive answer! Since you know your stuff, and seem willing to help, I'll keep picking your brain.
So I'm clear, the only things that need to be installed on my development pc are the Flex Builder IDE and Flash Player? On the server, I need to install the CF Connecter, Flex Data Services, and Flex Charting? Then, I write the mxml syntax (which the compiler will read the convert into the swf layout?), and the actionscript syntax (which the compiler will embed into the swf and this is what is read by the flash player?). Then, once deployed to the server, the swf is included in a web page (html, cf, etc.), which the user will browse to, load the swf in their flash player, and how to exchange data with the server is basically hardcoded into the swf. If so, it's not a matter of copying that same swf from the development site to the live site, as the hardcoding will be wrong. We'll need to recompile the swf with proper "endpoints", right? Regarding remoting method, is there is speed benefit to any one method? I've heard the RemoteObject is the best method to use with CF as it's the simplest, is that true? Thanks again for all your help; truly appreciated. Ryan --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Farland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Ryan, > > From your original email it looks like you're not looking to use the FDS > 2 server but only ColdFusion. The workflow for your scenario might be > something like this: > > You will write code in ActionScript 3.0 and MXML for Flex 2 in your > favorite IDE. Ideally you'd use Flex Builder 2 which plugs in to Eclipse > as your development environment (Flex Builder 2 gives you among other > things a design view, code insight, compilation integration and a visual > ActionScript 3 debugger, etc). You'd compile a SWF from your MXML+AS3 > source code and then deploy it on to a web server. Note that this is one > of the major differences in the workflow from Flex 1.5 - you don't > deploy .mxml files - just compiled .swf files that will run in Flash > Player 8.5. > > As for communicating with a ColdFusion server to get data back into your > application there's several approaches to consider. You could use the > Flex 2 WebService API to contact a remotely accessible CFC through its > ability to particiapte as a web service; or you could contact a > ColdFusion template that dynamically generated XML from the HTTPService > API; or you could use one of the ActionScript 3.0 APIs for connectivity > such as flash.net.XMLSocket, flash.net.NetConnection, or > flash.net.URLLoader; or you could use the compact, efficient, strongly > typed RemoteObject API to connect directly to a CFC. Note that all of > these APIs are subject to the Flash Player 8.5 security sandbox. To > contact servers other than that which was used to host the SWF requires > a crossdomain.xml file to reside on each of the remote servers. > > Actually, RemoteObject deserves some more detail as it will lead to an > answer for your specific questions. Along with ActionScript 3.0, Flash > Player 8.5 introduces a new version of its ActionScript focused binary > communications protocol AMF, referred to as AMF 3. Further more, Flex 2 > Data Services are built on a common messaging architecture that provide > further benefits, one such example is channel endpoint failover. > RemoteObject is a Flex 2 Data Service that is built on top of this > messaging framework. > > ColdFusion will include updates that will allow it to both understand > AMF 3 and Flex 2 Data Services messages. In order for ColdFusion to > configure its support for this new messaging infrastructure it has to be > configured with a Flex specific file, namely the > flex-enterprise-services.xml. It's beyond the scope of this email to > explain this file in detail (there should be documentation on this file > on the labs site), but note that "endpoints" are what the client > messaging framework connects to. This configuration is specific to > services that use the Flex 2 messaging infrastructure - that is, it > isn't something native to the Flash Player. > > I hope this helps you get on the right path to groking all of this, > > Pete > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ryan Pieszak > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:22 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: What is the basic flow of Flex? > > Sorry, it's for Flex 2. And I'm talking specifically about ColdFusion > and Flex integration. Thanks. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Farland" <pfarland@> > wrote: > > > > Is this for Flex 1.5 or Flex 2? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Ryan Pieszak > > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:33 AM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] What is the basic flow of Flex? > > > > Hello again, > > > > I'm very new to Flex, and I've spent the past few days just getting > it > > installed, but I'm having trouble fitting it into our development > > environment. All the sample apps make the assumption that you're > > developing on the server, but we don't, and I can't get the apps to > work > > (and the online documentation is less than stellar). > > > > Can somebody just give me a 1000ft view of the logic flow? > > > > If I'm browsing to a .html page, when is the .mxml page utilized? > > The .mxml page just tells the compiler how to build the .swf? > > What is the purpose of the flex-enterprise-services.xml file and > when is > > it utilized? > > What is the purpose of the <endpoint ... /> line in the xml file? > > > > I really appreciate any help. It's been a long few days trying to > get > > started, and I think some basic understanding would go a long way > for > > me. > > > > Thanks all, > > 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! 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