Seth, thanks for the reply. What I'm wondering is how to trick the server into running the browser in a headless environment.
Does anyone know how to get flex to run this way, in the background? Thanks, DJ --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Seth Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're rendering the charts in the browser player and then pushing a > bitmap back to the server, that needs to run in a browser (or in AIR, also not headless). > > Seth > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of netdeep > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:44 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] flex and automation > > There are no flex user groups in my area and I've been trying for a long time > to find a > solution to this problem with no success. > > I need to generate a series of charts every few minutes/hours/days on an > automated basis. I > pull the data for the charts from the database and draw the chart, then save > it as an image > and potentially notify someone where they can find the image as a png or a > pdf. > > I am using java on the backend to communicate with the database and flex to > draw the > charts. The same app which draws the chart can also be called by a user to > get a live > snapshot. But the automation just isn't working. It works fine on my local > development > machine, but this application is deployed on a headless server and the flex > process never > gets to launch since it needs to run on a browser. I've looked at solutions > for getting it to > run headless but so far I can't get it to work. > > Does anyone know how to automate flex in this way? I know flex is meant to be interactive, > but is there anyway I can still use the flex charting for automated output? >
