Thanks, Good clarification. Thor plans to include that in an upcoming FAQ.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM, flexible_developer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just to be sure no one else makes the same "mistake" as we did: > > To make your SWF file - that is using the Google Maps functionality - > work when it is hosted on an https-server, you don't need "SSL support > for the Flash API". > "SSL support for the Flash API" really means that you want the > outgoing calls to the Google Maps server over https. > > Our story: > We have written code in Flex and ActionScript that uses the Google > Maps functionality and results in a SWF file. > When we hosted that SWF on an http server all worked well. > But when we hosted that same SWF file on an https server, whenever we > wanted to visualize a map we got an error. > That error basically told us that "the parent http://maps.googleapis.com/... > could not access our SWF file (@ https://ourdomain) > So apparantly Google Maps (@ http://) tries to access our SWF file (@ > https://) > After quite some frustrating hours of trial and error we managed to > solve the issue by adding an extra security call in our action script > code: > > Security.allowInsecureDomain("maps.googleapis.com"); > > By adding this, you allow "unsecure" (http) access coming from > maps.googleapis.com to your swf file. > > To avoid people having that to discover that again and again > theirselves I suggested that this knowledge be added to the online > Google Maps docs. > Thor Mitchell of Google Maps API Premier Support mailed me to say that > he will work with their doc writers to get this added to their docs or > FAQs. > > Hopefully this is useful information for homer or everyone stumbling > upon this thread. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
