The compiler might have issues, but it seems to work pretty well most of the time. I'm using it for years on a daily base. I have never used Coldfusion though, so i cannot say anything about the interface between Flex and Coldfusion. Anyways, a simple trace statement should give you clarity about what is going on.
Good luck, Ralf. On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do have another function that returns bool and it does work ok… And for > sake of argument I changed the "true" and "false" to 0 and 1 and had the > same effect. > > > > I just noticed that another one of my functions isn't returning the correct > information. It's returning the email address which was changed days ago. > I've had similar things like this happen in the past when I was playing > around with flex before being serious about developing with it. My solution > then was to recreate the application and copy over the mxml files. I'm > thinking something is stuck again with the compiler. > > > > Regardless, I'm going to look at that proxy. I've written a .cfm file to > test the component and everything tests out ok. > > > > Has anyone had issues with things getting "stuck" in the compiler as well? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of valdhor > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Re: AS3 function returning true when it > only can be false > > > > All that means is that ColdFusion is returning a boolean. When it goes > across the pipe and is returned to Flex, it may be a different type > altogether. > > I would suggest using an HTTP Proxy like Charles > (www.charlesproxy.com) to see exactly what is being returned over the > pipe. > > As an aside, I find that Charles is indispensable when trying to debug > remote calls and results. It has saved me countless hours and is well > worth the cost. > > --- In [email protected], "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Actually it does return a Boolean >> >> <cffunction name="userStatus" access="remote" returntype="boolean"> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ralf Bokelberg >> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:58 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AS3 function returning true when it only > can be false >> >> It appears to me, that your Coldfusion script returns a string instead >> of a boolean. Every string with a length > 0 evaluates to true in a >> boolean expression. >> Cheers >> Ralf. >> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > This is weird... >> > >> > >> > >> > I'm linking to a coldfusion component I'm creating. >> > >> > >> > >> > For the sake of playing around a bit, I created the variable "rc" >> > >> > >> > >> > The following AS3 function queries the CF server to see if the user is >> > logged in or not; returns true for yes, false for no >> > >> > >> > >> > public function userStatus():Boolean >> > >> > { >> > >> > rc = authManager.userStatus(); >> > >> > return rc; >> > >> > } >> > >> > >> > >> > That function always returns "true", even though the coldfusion > query is now >> > set to return false for both cases as you see below. >> > >> > >> > >> > This is the coldfusion function: >> > >> > >> > >> > <cffunction name="userStatus" access="remote" > returntype="boolean"> >> > >> > <cfif IsUserLoggedIn()> >> > >> > <cfreturn false> ß-- this is normally true but set it > to false >> > to verify what is going on >> > >> > <cfelse> >> > >> > <cfreturn false> >> > >> > </cfif> >> > >> > </cffunction> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > This is the actual Flex display/call: >> > >> > <mx:Text text = "{'Logged in? ' + idLoginForm.userStatus()}"/> >> > >> > >> > >> > This displays the following: >> > >> > >> > >> > Logged in? True >> > >> > >> > >> > Any idea on what is going on here? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > (as a side note, I can't set a break point in that function. The > break >> > point keeps moving to the bottom of the function and out of the > scope of the >> > variable so I can't watch it.) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Flexcoders Mailing List >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! 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