Am I missing something. Can't you just set the headless server option? >From the Manual: A headless server is one that is running UNIX or Linux and often does not have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, or even a graphics card. Headless servers are most commonly encountered in ISPs and ISVs, where available space is at a premium and servers are often mounted in racks. Enabling the headless mode reduces the graphics requirements of the underlying system and can allow for a more efficient use of memory.
If you deploy a Flex application on a headless server, you must set the headless-server option of the compiler to true. Setting this option to true is required to support fonts and SVG images in a nongraphical environment. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian Sprenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <shodgson@> > > 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? > > > > > > > > > >
