Hi Sam, I've made the same decision :D What about nullable boolean and the rest of the possible types?
cheers, Diego. On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:51:43 +1300, Sam Shrefler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Diego: > > First: Compare...I haven't used WebOrb at all past that. So my table > consists of: > > Free vs Paid - i've chosen free at this point. WebOrb looks like an > awesome > product always being updated, but ihaven't had the need/chance to use it > yet > > Second: > > Nullable objects! Ah yes...something I beat my head against the desk for > quite some time with DateTimes. > > in .NET: public Nullable<DateTime> myDateTime; > Nothing changes in Flex. > > Hope that helps > > Sam > > > On 12/12/06, Diego Guebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Sam, >> I've read your tutorial, good stuff. I've been using flourine for a >> while >> in different projects but I haven't got the chance to use weborb. >> As you've tried both of them, I was wondering if you can make a >> comparison >> >> table or a pro and cons of each of them. It would be great. >> >> BTW, how do you send nullable objects back and forth? >> >> Cheers, Diego. >> >> >> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:08:06 +1300, Sam Shrefler >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<sshrefler%40gmail.com>> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Robin: >> > >> > It sounds like you may be looking for a Remoting Gateway which uses >> AMF >> > rather than Web Services and has the ability to translate .NET <-> AS >> > Objects. >> > >> > I've got articles written on two different options, Fluorine and >> WebOrb. >> > >> > http://blog.shrefler.net/?p=6 >> > http://blog.shrefler.net/?p=10 >> > >> > Hope that helps >> > >> > Sam >> > >> > >> > On 12/12/06, Robin Burrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <rburrer%40hubb.com>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Darron's ObjectTranslator works perfectly – thanks for the tip! I >> >> still have to do some manual work though since I'm going to have >> nested >> >> VOs…. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> R >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] >> <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: >> [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] >> >> *On >> >> Behalf Of *Robin Burrer >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 December 2006 3:32 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> >> *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and .net webservices >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks Ben, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I tried that. It still does not work ..:-(. I got rid of everything >> >> which >> >> could cause errors. … >> >> >> >> Here's the code. I reckon this is as basic as it gets … >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> public function onMyResult(event:ResultEvent):void >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> { >> >> >> >> // this works fine >> >> >> >> var myObject:Object = >> >> Object(event.result); >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> // this causes an error >> >> (Error >> >> #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert [EMAIL PROTECTED] to >> >> webserviceClasses.Employee.) >> >> >> >> var myEmployee:Employee >> >> = >> >> Employee(event.result); >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> // does not work >> >> >> >> trace ( >> >> myEmployee.employeeName); >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> // does work >> >> >> >> trace ( >> >> myObject.employeeName); >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> } >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ]]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> /// the web service object >> >> >> >> </mx:Script> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <mx:WebService showBusyCursor="true" >> >> wsdl="http://localhost/ComplexDataTypeService/Service1.asmx?WSDL"; >> >> id="myWebservice" makeObjectsBindable="false"> >> >> >> >> <mx:operation name="getDetails" result="{ >> >> onMyResult (event)}" resultFormat="object"/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> </mx:WebService> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> // the Employee object: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> public class Employee (AS) >> >> >> >> { >> >> >> >> public var employeeName:String; >> >> >> >> public var employeeID:int; >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> } >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> (c#) >> >> >> >> public class Employee >> >> >> >> { >> >> >> >> public string employeeName; >> >> >> >> public int employeeID; >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> } >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robin >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] >> <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: >> [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] >> >> *On >> >> Behalf Of *ben.clinkinbeard >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 December 2006 2:02 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> >> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Flex and .net webservices >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Robin, >> >> >> >> I have good news :), both of these issues should go away by setting a >> >> single attribute on your WebService object. Try setting >> >> makeObjectsBindable = false. This will cause Flex to deserialize your >> >> ws responses into regular Object and Array instances instead of >> >> ObjectProxy and ArrayCollection instances. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected] >> <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Robin >> >> Burrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hi there, >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I have been playing around .net and flex for a while. Primarily I >> want >> >> > to send value objects (consisting of strings, intergers and arrays >> of >> >> > VOs) back and forth. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I could not figure out how to do the following things though: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > 1. Sending arrays to a webservice works fine. However when I >> >> > receive an array of the .net data type "array" flex creates and >> Array >> >> > Collection data type. Sending arrays as "array collections" to a >> web >> >> > service causes an error. That's really annoying when you try to >> keep >> >> > the VOs consitent on both ends. What's the solution for this? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > 2. When I receive a complex data type from a .net web service flex >> >> > creates an Object but when I try to cast this object to the >> dataType >> >> it >> >> > represents I get a complier error, even though the received object >> has >> >> > exactly the same properties as underlying VO. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > E.g. I get the following error code if I try to cast the result of >> a >> >> > webservice call to my custom data Type "TelephoneNumber". Note >> casting >> >> > to an "Object" works fine. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert >> >> > mx.utils::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to webserviceClasses.TelephoneNumber. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Any help is highly appreciated. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Robin >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
