Hi Don, Probably you can use XMLSocket. You connect it to your server and when connection breaks for any reason, XMSocket dispatches IOError event.
Cheers, Dmitri. --- In [email protected], "Don Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone point me to examples of how to alert the user if/when > connection to server is lost in a Flex app? So that they don't watch > the spinning clock and wait for the fault...then send in hundreds of > support requests:)? > > If the server is down or ColdFusion Flex Gateway is hung, I want to > alert the user in a friendly way. > > I have the same issue with my AIR apps. Additionally with AIR, in > cases where the user is outside the NASA firewall and can't connect to > flex gateway. > > Maybe there is some Actionscript I could use in both my Flex and Air apps? > > Or do I simply have to shorten the timeout period on the RemoteObject > and use a event:faultEvent to popup up a custom alert? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Don >
