Matt, I would be interested also - how to migrate to a Flex front end as a topic. Maybe even cover this over a couple of months as a series to let us get familiar with Flex.
Mike Sumner Nations Best Sports 817-788-0034 ext 244 817-788-8542 Fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Woodward Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:08 PM To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] Flex 2/Flash 9 release dates As an aside, I'm going to some Flex training at Adobe in San Jose in a couple of weeks--I'm assuming Flex would be a good future meeting topic people woudl be interested in? Just thought I'd get the level of interest on that. Matt On 7/6/06, Tom Woestman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Derek, > > > > I recommend loading the equivalent of a session variable into the Flex > app and including that in all requests to the server. The server > could then use the Flex session variable for authentication and identification purposes. > Guid's work pretty well for this type of operation and can be stored > in an application variable or object to minimize database hits. > > > > This approach allows you to keep the security risks low and still > provide the same session like capabilities in your Flex application. > > > > Tom > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of derek bumpas > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:29 PM > > To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] Flex 2/Flash 9 release dates > > > > > > A sample would be great.. I'm trying to build (for this experiment) a > Flex interface to an existing CF app. I want to be able to call all > the same CFC's (or wrapper CFC's) to handle authentication..CFLOGIN > etc.. and to load up all the vars, roles, etc Usually, in the CF app, > I load up some id's etc into SESSION.. of course this data is still > secured on the server.. but in the case of FLEX, I guess I need to > send that data to the FLEX app.. is that still secure? > > Maybe since doing all this stateless development.. I forgot how to do > client-server apps.. ack.. > > > Derek > > > > > On 7/6/06, Clint Tredway < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > if you want I can create a sample that does this. you really dont need > a session as flex apps are stateful. just load in their id into the > app and then you are good to go. If you want to time out the app, you > can use a time in AS to do this. > > > > > > On 7/6/06, derek bumpas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now that Flex 2 is out, I've been experimenting with it and can't seem > to find a good way to handle a login page and someway to mimick a session.. > Any thoughts? > > Derek > > > > > On 6/14/06, Tom Woestman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Matt - that covers the big questions. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt > Woodward > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:15 AM > To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > Cc: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] Flex 2/Flash 9 release dates > > As with most Flash Player releases the upgrade's pretty painless so I > typically don't have any qualms requiring the latest download. The > big, big advantage of Flash Player 9 is how extremely fast it is for > Flex 2 apps because it includes a lot of the Flex runtime stuff right > in the player itself. General overall speed is also much faster > because of the new virtual machine architecture. We won't see much in > the way of speed benfeits (other than the general player speed > benefits) in CF 7 Flash Forms because they're based on Flex 1.5 so > those runtimes are included in the Flash Player from what I > understand. > > I've been running the beta for quite a while and the only problems > I've seen is when sites are looking for flash player 6, 7, or 8 > specifically (as opposed to just > 6 or something like that), but I > haven't seen any problems with existing Flash bits working in FP 9. > > Hope that helps--if you have any specific questions I can always > float them by the Adobe lists and see if anyone can share any info. > > Matt > > On 6/14/06, Tom Woestman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the news on the last beta status. > > > > Any advice on when we should start requiring people to download the > > Flash player version 9? What are the downsides to requiring this > right > after Flash 9 is released? > > > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt > > Woodward > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:01 AM > To: > Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > Cc: > Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: > [DFW CFUG] Flex 2/Flash 9 release dates > > Didn't mean to get your > hopes up--either way I don't know. ;-) The > player's in Beta 3 > already and I've heard rumors that this will be the > last beta, > which should mean it will be released sometime soon. > > > > Matt > > > > On 6/14/06, Tom Woestman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Flash player - usually the browser plugin. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt > > > Woodward > > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:12 AM > > To: > Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > > Subject: Re: > [DFW CFUG] Flex 2/Flash 9 release dates > > > > Do you mean the > Flash player or the Flash IDE? > > > > > > On 6/12/06, Tom Woestman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Good morning all, > > > > > > > > Is anyone aware of expected release dates for the Flex 2/Flash > 9 > > > products? More important is the Flash 9 release date. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Tom Woestman > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > > > [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > List Archives: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > > > www.HostMySite.com > > > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Matt Woodward > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > > [email protected] > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > > List Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > > www.HostMySite.com > > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > > [email protected] > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > > List Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > > www.HostMySite.com > > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matt Woodward > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > List Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > www.HostMySite.com > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > List Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > www.HostMySite.com > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > -- > Matt Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.HostMySite.com > www.teksystems.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.HostMySite.com > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.HostMySite.com > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > -- > > > > > diabetic? 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