Glad to hear that you got Ben's Phone Selector Sample Application up and going. It is pretty sweet, isn't it?
Now that you have your basic CF/Flex Builder 2/<mx:RemoteObject> configuration working, you might want to also check out some of the other amazing goodies that the good folks at Adobe put together specifically for CF developers moving to Flex 2 and using <mx:RemoteObject>
First on my list is the Flex Builder 2 "ColdFusion/Flex Application Wizard". Essentially it is a code generator. You use a visual query builder that is provided to build SQL against any tables in your datasources, and off the Wizard goes to create everything else: CFCs and MXML. (And of course the MXML uses <mx:RemoteObject> to call the methods on the CFCs that are generated. Pretty much RAD at its finest!)
There are two links for Captivate demos that provide introductions to using the "App Gen Wizard" at the following link (total runtime of the two demos combined is about 23 minutes):
www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/wizards.html
(There is also a link there for a third Captivate demo of "Other Wizards and Utilities" that are also a part of the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder 2.)
fyi ... At the end of your Flex Builder 2 installation a pop-up prompted you to install the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder 2. You can check if you have them installed by going to the main menu in Flex Builder 2 and going to either:
1) File --> New --> Other --> ColdFusion Wizards
2) Window --> Other Views --> ColdFusion
If you do not see either of these, post back and I will dig up the instructions on how to install the Extensions.
The documentation for the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder 2 is in Chapter 5 of the documentation that can be download from here:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flex/2/using_cf_with_flex2.pdf
Lastly, Nahuel Foronda and Laura Arguello published an article last month in the ColdFusion Developer's Journal that also focuses on using <mx:RemoteObject> and is entitled "Your First Flex Application with a ColdFusion Backend: The wow factor plus usability"
http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/256076_1.htm
I have not yet had a chance to go through this article, but Nahuel and Laura do top notch work, so I expect that this article will be another great resource.
Happy Flexing!
g
On 9/6/06, Darren Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Greg, where do I send the check? :-)
It did work, although I had to tweak a little... the
"CFIDE.samples.Phones.CF.Catalog" path is hard-coded all over the place and
I used a different path. Ben also forgot a file in his instructions (you
have to copy over the Thumbs.mxml file too) but that was obvious and I got
it working. Now I get to take it apart and learn how to plug RemoteObjects
into my own projects.
Thanks Greg!!
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