Re: [Flashcoders] navigateToURL or getURL and pop-up blocking
Personally I would get flash to display a box that tells the user to expect a pop up and what to do if they dont get it. You might find a way round it, only to find that the pop up stopper can later defeat the method you use. Cheers, Tom On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:23:56 -0700, you wrote: I have a client Flash AS3 project where I need to open a new window from within Flash. I won't have any control over the html wrapper for the SWF so I can't use javascript within the HTML page. I've read suggestions about using Javascript:window.open but seems that will get blocked as well. Any suggestions? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Re: Welcome to the Flashcoders mailing list
Yaaay!!! :) :) :) Ahemsorry about that...got over excited. Im all better now. Back to Flash. On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:26:53 -0400, you wrote: Hi, everyone! The Flashcoders list has been migrated to a new list server, and should be fully operational. I apologize for the downtime. Please send any questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!Welcome to the Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com mailing list! To post to this list, send your email to: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com General information about the mailing list is at: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/options/flashcoders/flashcoders%40zerofiveone.com You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: tiimof Normally, Mailman will remind you of your chattyfig.figleaf.com mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on your options page that will email your current password to you. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper - removing a flashpaper mc properly seems impossible
I have altered my code but I dont seem to be having much luck. Would you care to share some code for your loading process? Do you just loadclip over the old flashpaper mc and the rest as per the help files? Cheers, Tom On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:08:27 -0500, you wrote: I'm facing exactly the same problem developing a content browser (viewing hundreds of single FP pages) in flash 8... My load times jump from 300ms to 10 seconds if i try to unloadMovie() first. I haven't found a solid fix, but I do have a partial workaround - don't unload the flashpaper. At least with my single pages I've managed to keep it from taking more than 500ms in subsequent loads. If this scales to your 90 pages (maybe) you could shave off a good portion of those 30 extra seconds if you just load the clip over the existing one. hope that helps, Jon On 11/22/06, Tom Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im on flash 8 Pro creating a projector to view Flashpaper documents. I have tried various methods to remove a Flashpaper instance from memory. Sure the document goes off screen and gets deleted from the mc tree but the memory is still occupied by the flash player. The problem gets worse the next time you try to load up a Flashpaper document. You take a massive performance hit loading a document up after removing a previous one. The documents I am talking about here are 90 or so pages, one document is about 4mb. When loading these documents the first time round it only takes a few seconds for them to load. thesecond time round it can take as much as 30 seconds to load up the document introducing the warning about scripts running slowly. Can anyone suggest a better way to entirely get rid of a Flashpaper document once its been loaded into the stage? Cheers, Tom ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper - removing a flashpaper mc properly seems impossible
This does make a small difference but with the larger documents the increase in witing time still exists after you first load in a flash paper document. I did try to get two flash paper documents on screen at the same time using different movieclips. The result was interesting...the first clip got removed automatically from screen. This could be what is causing the delay, a check for other instances of flashpaper perhaps? Who knows...maybe Adobe have a fix for FP3. Cheers, Tom On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:44:32 -0500, you wrote: that's correct - i simply loadclip using the old mc. same code as adobe's tutorial. but i reiterate - never tried it on a large document so i dont know if it'll work in your case On 11/23/06, Tom Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have altered my code but I dont seem to be having much luck. Would you care to share some code for your loading process? Do you just loadclip over the old flashpaper mc and the rest as per the help files? Cheers, Tom On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:08:27 -0500, you wrote: I'm facing exactly the same problem developing a content browser (viewing hundreds of single FP pages) in flash 8... My load times jump from 300ms to 10 seconds if i try to unloadMovie() first. I haven't found a solid fix, but I do have a partial workaround - don't unload the flashpaper. At least with my single pages I've managed to keep it from taking more than 500ms in subsequent loads. If this scales to your 90 pages (maybe) you could shave off a good portion of those 30 extra seconds if you just load the clip over the existing one. hope that helps, Jon On 11/22/06, Tom Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im on flash 8 Pro creating a projector to view Flashpaper documents. I have tried various methods to remove a Flashpaper instance from memory. Sure the document goes off screen and gets deleted from the mc tree but the memory is still occupied by the flash player. The problem gets worse the next time you try to load up a Flashpaper document. You take a massive performance hit loading a document up after removing a previous one. The documents I am talking about here are 90 or so pages, one document is about 4mb. When loading these documents the first time round it only takes a few seconds for them to load. thesecond time round it can take as much as 30 seconds to load up the document introducing the warning about scripts running slowly. Can anyone suggest a better way to entirely get rid of a Flashpaper document once its been loaded into the stage? Cheers, Tom ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with putting image in flash blog
Ok firstly you need to do this in stages.
1) Load your meta data from the web server. This includes the url, width and
height of you image. Put all this data into a container MC as variables or
objects, or whatever you want to store them as. A nice class would be good
here.
3) Create new movieclips inside the container MC. titlea, imagea and texta for
example. Set the title.
4) Since you know the position of your title and the position of your image,
arrange imagea and texta according to those positions.
5) Load your image into the placeholder, add some sort of preloader.
Im not going to delve through your code to figure this out for you but thos
esteps should make it easy to work it out.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Tom
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:46:19 +0200, you wrote:
I'm making a blog in flash with amfPHP. And till now everything went well.
I get all the data in the database from flash and I can loop through
de object I get back from amfPHP, I put everything in a text field
that renders as html.
But know I wanted to submit pictures with a post.
I made an upload interface that puts a string off the filename in my
DB so I can load it when I read my DB and the image is resized with a
php script.
My first idea was just using an img tag in my html string, but after
some trying I noticed that this was very buggy with big images. There
was no way to find out if the image was loaded(if someone knows?) so I
coudn't get the image height what I really need when I want to use the
img tag or my text gets behind my picture and I can't position the
next posts ._y.
So I tried to put the image height in my DB when I resize the picture
with PHP but with big images (+800+600) this is not reliable.
Than I tought I could do it with 2 textfields and a movieclip where I
put my image in.
So I have a textfield for my title under it my picture and than my text body.
I tried to make a listener that loads my image into the movieclip and
when I have my height I call a function that put the body text under
it.
But thats my big problem when I loop through all the data and I create
my listener object I can't pass variables to the function that do the
rest. So I can't know what ID the post have.
I put my code here so it's a little easier to understand what I want to say.
function showPost(re,IDmin)
{
var mcl:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object=new Object();
//reset Heights
readMessageHeight =0;
totalHeight = 0;
postHeight = 0;
if(IDmin == undefined){
IDmin = 0;
IDmax = 5;
}else{
IDmax = IDmin+1;
}
var blogItem = _root.readMessages.createEmptyMovieClip(blogItem,
3400);
for(var s = IDmin; s IDmax; s++)
{
var post = re.result.getItemAt(s);
var txtHolder =
_root.readMessages.blogItem.createEmptyMovieClip(txtHolder+s,
3500+s);
txtHolder.ID = s;
//I make a title textfield and put the text in it
/
var blogTitle =
txtHolder.createTextField(txtBlogTitle+s,this.getNextHighestDepth(),0,
0+postHeight ,312,10);
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].html = true;
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].wordWrap = true;
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].multiline = true;
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].styleSheet = styles;
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].autoSize = true;
var htmlTitleTxt:String = 'htmlimg src=listIcon
vspace=2' +
' b'+ post.id
+ - + post.title + '/b (' +
post.date.substr(0,10) + ')br /' +
'. . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .br /' +
'/html';
txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s].htmlText = htmlTitleTxt;
var titleHeight = txtHolder[txtBlogTitle+s]._height;
//I put the image under it
///
var imgMC = txtHolder.createEmptyMovieClip(imgMC+s, 4500+s);
mcl.loadClip(files/tn_+post.image,imgMC);
myListener.onLoadInit=function(evtObj,re){
var imageHeight = evtObj._height;
//I try to give the id but this is not working post.id
gives undefined
doRest(imageHeight,post.id);
postHeight += titleHeight+imageHeight;
}
mcl.addListener(myListener);
txtHolder[imgMC+s]._y = 30+postHeight;
}
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 generate xml file for input
Well Id personally let your server do the conversion from the flash output. This will give you more more scope for error checking and taking the role of this away from flash provides your client with more security. If you decide later on that you want to add more options to flash you can easily add them and then add the processing routines to your PHP script. You could do the transfers from Flash to your server using Flash remoting (AMFPHP). While your reading is email really the right path to go down? Surely a web based interface to view the orders would be a far better option. You could add the functionality to alter orders before they are processed. You could even add the functiopnality to add a custom handler so when your client clicks a link set up on this interface the file opens in their tshirt program, emails the client to say they are being printed and no more changes can be made...payment is now being collected etc. Cheers, Tom On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:48:30 +0100, you wrote: I am creating an online app in Flash 8 that allows users to design t-shirts by adding various elements from drop down boxes, and entering some text to appear on the t-shirt. They can set the formatting of the text using drop down boxes. In order for the client to recreate the orders at their end I need to send the custom design data to the client which they can then import into a copy of the t-shirt designer app and the design will be recreated. Anyway I am thinking the best bet is to generate an xml file of the data and email this to the client. The version of the app the client has will then have the ability to import the xml file. So basically I am looking for any resources or tips on generating an xml file from flash and emailing this xml file to a specified email address. My server supports PHP so ideally a solution using PHP is required assuming Flash cannot do all this on its own. Many thanks Paul ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Data serialization - am I using the correct method?
Is there some magical method to get flash to serialise my objects correctly when Im sending data to the webserver? Im trying to send an array of objects up but all flash sends is an array with the right number of elements inside with no data. as: var testobj1:Object; testobj1.cid = testcid1; testobj1.mid = testmid1; testobj1.name = testname1; testobj1.description = testdesc1; var testobj2:Object; testobj1.cid = testcid2; testobj1.mid = testmid2; testobj1.name = testname2; testobj1.description = testdesc2; var testaray:Array = new Array(testobj1,testobj2); var resultobj = soapservice.getContentMeta (testarray); SOAP request: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:ns1=urn:LearnTools ns1:getContentMeta SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; ContentList xsi:type=soapenc:Array soapenc:arrayType=ns1:ContentMetaItem[2] xmlns:soapenc=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem mid / cid / name / description / /item item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem mid / cid / name / description / /item /ContentList /ns1:getContentMeta /SOAP-ENV:Body /SOAP-ENV:Envelope you can see that the SOAP request is correctly formed..so flash obviously understands what is needed but why isnt it putting the object data from testobj1 and testobj2 into the SOAP request? Cheers Tom On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:31:35 +0700, you wrote: One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if you guys have some experience with it. note: this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Data serialization - am I using the correct method?
Well I figured it out.
You need to create custom classes for all the data objects you want to send
back to your SOAP service.
-- snip 8 --
//Relevant actionscript for sending the SOAP call.
var testobj0:ContentMetaItem = new
ContentMetaItem(testcid0,testtitle0,description0);
var testobj1:ContentMetaItem = new
ContentMetaItem(testcid1,testtitle1,description1);
var testarray:Array = new Array(testobj0,testobj1);
var resultobj = soapservice.getContentMeta (testarray);
//ContentMetaItem.as class file
class ContentMetaItem
{
// variable declarations
var cid:String;
var mid:String;
var title:String;
var description:String;
// constructor
public function ContentMetaItem (cid:String, mid:String title:String,
description:String){
this.cid = cid;
this.mid = mid;
this.title = title;
this.description = description;
}
}
//Actual SOAP request from flash to the webserver
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance;
xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema;
xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/;
SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:ns1=urn:LearnTools
ns1:getContentMeta
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/;
ContentList xsi:type=soapenc:Array
soapenc:arrayType=ns1:ContentMetaItem[2]
xmlns:soapenc=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/;
item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem
mid xsi:type=xsd:stringtesttitle0/mid
cid xsi:type=xsd:stringtestcid0/cid
name /
description /
/item
item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem
mid xsi:type=xsd:stringtesttitle1/mid
cid xsi:type=xsd:stringtestcid1/cid
name /
description /
/item
/ContentList
/ns1:getContentMeta
/SOAP-ENV:Body
/SOAP-ENV:Envelope
-- snip 8 --
You also need a correctly formtted WSDL file so flash knows how to serialize
the data correctly.
This all seems sort of obvious now...I suppose it would in hindsight.
As per my other post on Flash and SOAP Ill eventually put this stuff on teh web
for any one else struggling with flash and SOAP.
Cheers,
Tom
Cheers,
Tom
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:08:55 +0100, you wrote:
Is there some magical method to get flash to serialise my objects
correctly when Im sending data to the webserver?
Im trying to send an array of objects up but all flash sends is an
array with the right number of elements inside with no data.
as:
var testobj1:Object;
testobj1.cid = testcid1;
testobj1.mid = testmid1;
testobj1.name = testname1;
testobj1.description = testdesc1;
var testobj2:Object;
testobj1.cid = testcid2;
testobj1.mid = testmid2;
testobj1.name = testname2;
testobj1.description = testdesc2;
var testaray:Array = new Array(testobj1,testobj2);
var resultobj = soapservice.getContentMeta (testarray);
SOAP request:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance;
xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema;
xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/;
SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:ns1=urn:LearnTools
ns1:getContentMeta
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/;
ContentList xsi:type=soapenc:Array
soapenc:arrayType=ns1:ContentMetaItem[2]
xmlns:soapenc=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/;
item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem
mid /
cid /
name /
description /
/item
item xsi:type=ns1:ContentMetaItem
mid /
cid /
name /
description /
/item
/ContentList
/ns1:getContentMeta
/SOAP-ENV:Body
/SOAP-ENV:Envelope
you can see that the SOAP request is correctly formed..so flash
obviously understands what is needed but why isnt it putting the
object data from testobj1 and testobj2 into the SOAP request?
Cheers
Tom
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:31:35 +0700, you wrote:
One of my prospective clients want to have flash app with US map. My
partner found this nice tools, www.flashmaps.com and I'm wondering if
you guys have some experience with it.
note:
this message is cross-posted to Flashnewbie list, hope you wouldn't mind.
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Re: [Flashcoders] flash player
Firstly Im not sure that you taking over the role of distributing the Adobe flash player is legal and secondly a good idea. The install process for different browsers is different. You cant just install the OCX inside Firefox for example. You are also not equipped to provide support to users in case of an installation issue/problem/error etc. I would personally leave it to Adobe to provide the installation and leave it to you to direct them there if they did not have the player installed. Cheers, Tom On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:09:41 +0200, you wrote: Hi, yes and no:). I see a standalone installer, Download the *Flash Player* 9 (Complete * Standalone* Installer) http://www.softwarepatch.com/internet/flash.html but it's on some softwarepatch site, instead of macromedia. I can download the archived standalone installers for 8 and older, but for 9 i have two options: - visit the top page from your search result with internet explorer, it will install the ocx (but i cant download an installer) - visit it with another browser, i can download an installer but it wont install the ocx i think I just found a link on the adobe site where you can download install_flash_player_active_x.msi and i think that is the one i need, but it may be that you have to sign the free license with them. Ah well that's no problem either, I'll do that i think. Just seems so much hassle to provide the ocx to non internet explorer users, or am I missing things here? greetz Hans On 8/18/06, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=standalone+flash+player+installstart=0ie= utf-8oe=utf-8client=firefox-arls=org.mozilla:en-US:official Not sure if this is what you are after? T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: 18 August 2006 11:56 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] flash player Hi list, ok this feels a bit like a stupid question, but i haven't been able to find it anywhere, is there anyway to install the latest flashplayer ocx without visiting the adobe site with internet explorer? I can download the archived players, but i can't download the latest, except through a browser install. any ideas? greetz Hans ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects
I think the problem I have got here is that Perl is really flexible when it comes to making objects. The WSDL is generated by hand, not automated. This leaves a simple question...what services on the web allow public access to methods that return a complex object? Any ideas anyone? Cheers, Tom On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:27:54 -0400, you wrote: Yeah, sorry, this is more of a Perl SOAP WSDL generation issue than a Flash issue I think. I don't do the WSDL creation in .NET here, I have a .NET C# developer I work with. Nobody here knows Perl SOPA WSDL creation in my group. I do know that using native complex objects are fine with Flash and .NET produced WSDLs, and they semi-problematic in ColdFusion (according to some recent posts on this list - they recommended sticking with the straight XML response instead), but I know nothing of Perl-based WSDL SOAP requests. I only know the basics of a SOAP WSDL format, so I couldn't begin to debug yours... sorry. Have you compared your SOAP response to working ones on the Web? Best of luck to you, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Shaw Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:28 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects Hi Jason, Im using Perl with Apach2-SOAP under mod_perl. If you are sending objects back and forth then I dont see why I should be having problems. It must be a problem with my WSDL or Perl SOAP Response. Since flash decodes the response according to the WSDL file then it seems likely there is a problem with this bit. I have included the WSDL file and a copy of the request and response. Does the response look vastly different for an array of objects that you might expect to see on your working Flash/SOAP project? This is an example and triggers my problem and is as short as I could make it. - snip 8 -- Request ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:ns1=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; ns1:getPeople SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; author xsi:type=xsd:int/author /ns1:getPeople /SOAP-ENV:Body /SOAP-ENV:Envelope Response ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; xmlns:namesp2=http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:SOAP-ENC=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; SOAP-ENV:Body namesp6:getPeopleResponse xmlns:namesp6=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; SOAP-ENC:Array xsi:type=SOAP-ENC:Array SOAP-ENC:arrayType=namesp2:SOAPStruct[3] item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringTom/name age xsi:type=xsd:int24/age /item item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringChris/name age xsi:type=xsd:int26/age /item item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringAndrew/name age xsi:type=xsd:int56/age /item /SOAP-ENC:Array /namesp6:getPeopleResponse /SOAP-ENV:Body /SOAP-ENV:Envelope And finally the WSDL - I tried to keep this as short as possible for this example. ?xml version=1.0? definitions xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:SOAP-ENC=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:si=http://soapinterop.org/xsd; xmlns:tns=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; xmlns:soap=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/; xmlns:wsdl=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; xmlns=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; targetNamespace=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; types xsd:schema targetNamespace=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; xsd:import namespace=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; / xsd:import namespace=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; / xsd:complexType name=Person xsd:all xsd:element name=name type=xsd:string / xsd:element name=age type=xsd:string / /xsd:all /xsd:complexType xsd:complexType name=PersonArray xsd:complexContent xsd:restriction base=SOAP-ENC:Array xsd:attribute ref=SOAP-ENC:arrayType wsdl:arrayType=tns:Person[] / /xsd:restriction /xsd:complexContent /xsd:complexType /xsd:schema
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects
Ignore than...googles API will do for testing. Ill report back when I have it fixed. Cheers, Tom On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:56:05 +0100, you wrote: I think the problem I have got here is that Perl is really flexible when it comes to making objects. The WSDL is generated by hand, not automated. This leaves a simple question...what services on the web allow public access to methods that return a complex object? Any ideas anyone? Cheers, Tom On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:27:54 -0400, you wrote: Yeah, sorry, this is more of a Perl SOAP WSDL generation issue than a Flash issue I think. I don't do the WSDL creation in .NET here, I have a .NET C# developer I work with. Nobody here knows Perl SOPA WSDL creation in my group. I do know that using native complex objects are fine with Flash and .NET produced WSDLs, and they semi-problematic in ColdFusion (according to some recent posts on this list - they recommended sticking with the straight XML response instead), but I know nothing of Perl-based WSDL SOAP requests. I only know the basics of a SOAP WSDL format, so I couldn't begin to debug yours... sorry. Have you compared your SOAP response to working ones on the Web? Best of luck to you, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Shaw Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:28 PM To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects Hi Jason, Im using Perl with Apach2-SOAP under mod_perl. If you are sending objects back and forth then I dont see why I should be having problems. It must be a problem with my WSDL or Perl SOAP Response. Since flash decodes the response according to the WSDL file then it seems likely there is a problem with this bit. I have included the WSDL file and a copy of the request and response. Does the response look vastly different for an array of objects that you might expect to see on your working Flash/SOAP project? This is an example and triggers my problem and is as short as I could make it. - snip 8 -- Request ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:ns1=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; ns1:getPeople SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; author xsi:type=xsd:int/author /ns1:getPeople /SOAP-ENV:Body /SOAP-ENV:Envelope Response ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; xmlns:namesp2=http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:SOAP-ENC=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; SOAP-ENV:Body namesp6:getPeopleResponse xmlns:namesp6=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; SOAP-ENC:Array xsi:type=SOAP-ENC:Array SOAP-ENC:arrayType=namesp2:SOAPStruct[3] item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringTom/name age xsi:type=xsd:int24/age /item item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringChris/name age xsi:type=xsd:int26/age /item item xsi:type=namesp2:SOAPStruct name xsi:type=xsd:stringAndrew/name age xsi:type=xsd:int56/age /item /SOAP-ENC:Array /namesp6:getPeopleResponse /SOAP-ENV:Body /SOAP-ENV:Envelope And finally the WSDL - I tried to keep this as short as possible for this example. ?xml version=1.0? definitions xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; xmlns:SOAP-ENC=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:si=http://soapinterop.org/xsd; xmlns:tns=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; xmlns:soap=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/; xmlns:wsdl=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; xmlns=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; targetNamespace=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; types xsd:schema targetNamespace=http://ice.zerofiveone.com/Objecttest; xsd:import namespace=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; / xsd:import namespace=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/; / xsd:complexType name=Person xsd:all xsd:element name=name type=xsd:string / xsd:element name=age type=xsd:string / /xsd:all /xsd:complexType xsd:complexType name=PersonArray xsd:complexContent xsd:restriction base=SOAP-ENC:Array xsd:attribute ref=SOAP-ENC:arrayType
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects
All fixed! Similar to Jasons problem this was a SOAP generation problem in Perl and the simple fact I wasnt doing it correctly. for anyone else who is having problems using Perl you must make sure you correctly type all your output to match the WSDL file. Google API is an excellent resource to see how it should be done correctly. I will put up some example source files and documentation when I get time. Cheers, Tom On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:28:56 +0100, you wrote: Hi all, This is my first post on the list so Ill say hi now and hope you are all friendly :) Ive been going round for days on this one and have searched high and low for an answer. I even looked under the bed but all I found was smelly socks, so before I actually go mad could anyone shed some light on this rather annoying problem with Flash 8 Pro. I have a SOAP server set up under mod_perl which delivers an array of objects. To avoid reinventing the wheel I wanted Flash to decode the SOAP response from the server. the result Im actually getting is an array of XML Objects. I could parse these XML objects but then I might as well and decode the entire response manually anyway. the overhead for getting flash to decode the object has already been incurred so Id really like to figure this out. Now while this might seem trivial I do want to return some rather more complex objects so this has effetively stopped my development for now. I dont want to go down the path with flash Remoting at the minute but for those who might suggest it I have considered it and may implement it in the future. If anyone is getting Flash to fully decode Arrays of Objects or any other remotely complex data structure could they please post their SOAP response and reply for me to study so I can try and find out what exactly is wrong. I have a few more questions to ask but for clarity Ill leave these for another day. Im not sure if posting my SOAP reply would help at this point...I will create a simple example and post it shortly. Id really appreciate some help here so Ill cross my fingers and hope for the best. Cheers, Tom ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects
Hi all, This is my first post on the list so Ill say hi now and hope you are all friendly :) Ive been going round for days on this one and have searched high and low for an answer. I even looked under the bed but all I found was smelly socks, so before I actually go mad could anyone shed some light on this rather annoying problem with Flash 8 Pro. I have a SOAP server set up under mod_perl which delivers an array of objects. To avoid reinventing the wheel I wanted Flash to decode the SOAP response from the server. the result Im actually getting is an array of XML Objects. I could parse these XML objects but then I might as well and decode the entire response manually anyway. the overhead for getting flash to decode the object has already been incurred so Id really like to figure this out. Now while this might seem trivial I do want to return some rather more complex objects so this has effetively stopped my development for now. I dont want to go down the path with flash Remoting at the minute but for those who might suggest it I have considered it and may implement it in the future. If anyone is getting Flash to fully decode Arrays of Objects or any other remotely complex data structure could they please post their SOAP response and reply for me to study so I can try and find out what exactly is wrong. I have a few more questions to ask but for clarity Ill leave these for another day. Im not sure if posting my SOAP reply would help at this point...I will create a simple example and post it shortly. Id really appreciate some help here so Ill cross my fingers and hope for the best. Cheers, Tom ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of complex objects
? ColdFusion? If .NET, yes,
you can easily send objects back and forth. It serializes as SOAP
formatted XML inbetween, but you'll never notice. You can read an object
with arrays, set properties, and send it back. I can't send you our
SOAP message because it might be considered propriety bank information
(even though it's not really), but there are some tutorials on the web
http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/webServiceConnector/
Here is the WSDL is uses:
http://www.xmethods.net/sd/2001/BabelFishService.wsdl
Here is some code I use to test loading in an object from a wsdl SOAP
object from .NET
import mx.services.*;
function startmyws():Void{
ws = new WebService(http://blahblahurl/theService.asmx?WSDL;);
ws.onLoad = trace(The webservice loaded fine.);
methodResultObj = ws.GetProject(0);
methodResultObj.onResult = showResult;
methodResultObj.onFault = function(fault) {
trace(!! Flash Web Services Component Error. \n Fault Code:
+fault.faultcode + , Fault: + fault.faultstring);
}
}
function showResult(projObj:Object){
//test object value:
theVar = projObj.Content.Topics[0].TextAreas[0].Content
trace(theVar)
}
startmyws();
Don't bother with parsing through XML if you are using .NET. And wash
those socks. :)
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Shaw
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:29 AM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Decoding a SOAP Response - Array of
complex
objects
Hi all, This is my first post on the list so Ill say hi now and hope
you are all friendly :)
Ive been going round for days on this one and have searched high and
low for an answer. I even looked under the bed but all I found was
smelly socks, so before I actually go mad could anyone shed some light
on this rather annoying problem with Flash 8 Pro.
I have a SOAP server set up under mod_perl which delivers an array of
objects.
To avoid reinventing the wheel I wanted Flash to decode the SOAP
response from the server. the result Im actually getting is an array
of XML Objects.
I could parse these XML objects but then I might as well and decode
the entire response manually anyway. the overhead for getting flash
to decode the object has already been incurred so Id really like to
figure this out.
Now while this might seem trivial I do want to return some rather more
complex objects so this has effetively stopped my development for now.
I dont want to go down the path with flash Remoting at the minute but
for those who might suggest it I have considered it and may implement
it in the future.
If anyone is getting Flash to fully decode Arrays of Objects or any
other remotely complex data structure could they please post their
SOAP response and reply for me to study so I can try and find out what
exactly is wrong.
I have a few more questions to ask but for clarity Ill leave these for
another day.
Im not sure if posting my SOAP reply would help at this point...I will
create a simple example and post it shortly.
Id really appreciate some help here so Ill cross my fingers and hope
for the best.
Cheers,
Tom
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