Ah that explains it! I was using a distortion effect on the image which was triggering the security violation.
Thanks so much, you just saved me many more hours of frustration! :) --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can load images from any domain, but you can't access their bits w/o > crossdomain.xml permission. > > > > The typical workaround is to use a proxy server where you request an > image from your server and your server goes to the other domain to get > the bits. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alan Gruskoff > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Populating an Image control from an > HTTPService request > > > > It may be easier than that. You dont so much want to use HTTPservice, > you just want to get an image. > > Define your image with an addressable ID, so we can code to it. > > <mx:Image id="someImage" source="http://somesite.com/someimage.jpg > <http://somesite.com/someimage.jpg> " > autoload="true"> > > Anytime you want to populate that someImage object, just tell Flex > where it's Source is, which can be local to the directory the .swf is > in or a full URL. > > private function getImage():void { > someImage.source = "http://somesite.com/otherimage.jpg > <http://somesite.com/otherimage.jpg> " > } > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "mammatusstratusnimbuscumulus" > <jon@> wrote: > > > > Could someone shed some light on how to go about populating an image > > control with the results of a HTTPService request? I've spent hours > > trying to get this to work to no avail and haven't been able to find > > any examples anywhere. The images are from other websites which may > > or may not have a cross-domain policy file and for those that don't I > > receive security errors when trying to use something like > > > > <mx:Image source="http://somesite.com/someimage.jpg > <http://somesite.com/someimage.jpg> ">. > > > > My plan was to send the HTTPService request via a PHP proxy script > > which I've done no problem for XML or other data types, but when I try > > to do the same for an image, HTTPService.lastResult comes back as > null. > > > > If anyone has a simple example or can provide a useful link I'd really > > appreciate it, and thanks for helping out a noob! :) > > > > Jon > > >
