Franck, this is exactly what I was looking for - thank you!! -Ryan
--- In [email protected], "Franck de Bruijn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Webservices are indeed never meant to be hard and if they work it's totally > simple. If they don't work ... you're in for trouble: check the posts ... :) > Unfortunately, my feeling tells me that Flex has more problems communicating > with .Net webservices than Java (AXIS based) webservices. > > > > For the problem mentioned originally by Scott, the following: > > > > You cannot access the webservices behind a firewall directly from the Flex > application. The Flex application will be served to the client, but in the > end it does not matter. The Flex application will run locally. And if the > local machine cannot reach behind the firewall you're out of luck. Even if > the webservices are not behind the webservices you probably will have a > problem accessing them, since Flash only allows you to address URLs with the > base identical to the URL you have downloaded your app from. Since you are > talking about two different machines, these base addresses will not match > and you'll have a security issue. > > > > To solve this you have to the 'proxy' way, which gives you 2 directions: > > * On the machine where you host your Flex application, set-up a server > hosting your own webservices. These webservices can be called from the Flex > app. The implementation behind these webservices can then forward the Flex > requests to the real server. > * On the machine where you host your Flex application, set-up FDS. But > here my experience lacks, so I cannot give you guidelines how to accomplish > that. > > > > Good luck! > > Franck > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Samuel D. Colak > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex Data Services > > > > You can use Flex alone with its webservice support. > Im not sure what all the fuss is with FDS but webservices were never meant > to be that hard in general. > > > On 15/8/06 08:10, "scott.kinder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > I'm new to Flex 2 and Flex Data Services. I have a problem and I need > to find out if I need Flex 2 Data Services. I have an external server > serving up a SWF, and then a server behind the firewall that contains > .NET web services. If I want my users to be able to browse to the SWF, > and then communicate with the .NET services behind the firewall, do I > need to use Flex Data Services or can I use regular Flex 2? > > Cheers > > Scott Kinder > -- 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/
