DJ,
Peter Martin has description how to run gflashplayer in a framebuffer
here:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/pmartin/archives/2007/01/
continous_integ.html
HTH
florian
Am 27.06.2008 um 20:20 schrieb netdeep:
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?
>
