[flexcoders] administrativa : yahoogroups thread mode is unusable.
Could someone please instruct me in how to drive thread mode in the group. It behaves about as broken as is possible. My needs are simple, folks. - I want to walk the thread forward in time - I want to walk the thread backward in time I want to do either with out loosing my mind. -Douglass Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[flexcoders] Need definitive process for deploying swf created from mxml
Could someone please post the definitive way to host a swf generated from an mxml file. This is a simple Hello World kinda swf no WebServices, no RemoteObject calls. Thanks. -Douglass Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Still Need Example of Custom Component Built in Flash
Matt, My friend. Is it not possible for someone from the Macromedia braintrust to post a link to a simple component built in Flash that is usable in Flex. This is a very simple and request and I would think you guys have a closet full of shiney Flash widgets you can share with us timeline/movieclip averse types. Come on, share. Cheers, Douglass Turner
Need example of Custom Component Built in Flash
Hello, Would someone be willing to post a simple example of a custom component built in Flash for use in Flex? The simpler the better. Thanks. -Douglass Turner
Re: Doesn't a Web Service return XML? Confused
Bingo! Coolness Matt. Thanks. mx:operation name=doGoogleSearch resultFormat=xml / Matt
Flex Docs really need to be up on safari.oreilly.com
If there are any Macromedia people out there or others who can influence decision makers at Macromedia you *really* need to get your documentation up on safari.oreilly.com. Having all docs entirely indexed and searchable is a huge win and will greatly improve our productivity and will increase adoption of this technology. The current setup is extremely awkward and difficult to use. I have spent hours wading through the current setup (bizzarly using frames!) that is encased in some odd Flash template that makes proper bookmarking an exercise in futility. I am convinced Macromedia is turning away potential users of Flex not because of the technology (which is world class) but because of the dilapidated state of the documentation. Not a rant, Douglass Turner
Need an easy way to dump XML results to a file?
It would be convenient when receiving an XML payload via a remote service to be able to dump the returned it to a file for debuggin, diagnostics, etc. Can someone suggest a simple way to do this? Perhaps using mx:Model ? Thanks. -Douglass
Re: Need an easy way to dump XML results to a file?
Spike, Actually, I'm consuming a web service and want to dump the XML to a text file (foo.xml). Whatever service I use (HTTP, Web, Remote Object) I thought there must be a way to generate such a file. You can then output that as you see fit. And that would be ...? What I'm looking for here is a method on a data container (my thinking was mx:Model must have such a method) to dump to foo.xml. Cheers, Douglass
Re: Need an easy way to dump XML results to a file?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, mx:Model can not be used on runtime. You can look at FlexBuilder debugger and network monitor, its just super cool You can also install Mozdev's Live HTTP Header extension in Firefox to see the HTTP Header and other data passed while communication to server... Are you talking about a flex app that does this? -abdul Wow. I just assumed this was trivial to do. I had no idea I have to jump through so many hoops. Let me try a different tack. Is there no way to write an object in XML to a file on disk? Does the method foo.write(bar.xml) for any object not exist? -Douglass
Doesn't a Web Service return XML? Confused
I implemented the Google WebService in Flex. Works fine. I now want to
snoop in the returned results. I'm having a very difficult time
extracting the XML payload.
My service:
mx:WebService id=ws wsdl=http://api.google.com/GoogleSearch.wsdl;
mx:operation name=doGoogleSearch
// ...
/mx:operation
/mx:WebService
The query:
mx:HBox
mx:TextInput id=query width=400/
mx:Button label=Search click=ws.doGoogleSearch.send()/
/mx:HBox
According to a Macromedia technote this should work:
mx:TextArea id=theDump text={ws.doGoogleSearch.result} /
Nope. Instead it produces this:
[object Object]
Huh?
So I tried:
mx:TextArea id=theDump
text={ws.doGoogleSearch.result.resultElements} /
Producing:
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object
Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object
Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Huh? Again.
What am I missing here?
-Douglass
flex-config.xml odds and ends
Sprinkled throughout flex-config.xml are numerous variable names
surrounded by curley braces.
For example in the white-list section you'll find
urlhttp://{localserver}/*/url.
Can someone tell me where localserver and the other variables get
defined? Thanks.
-Douglass Turner
Need help understanding error message.
I'm working through the nice Christophe Coenraets tutorial here: http://coenraets.com/tutorials/restaurant/index.jsp In Lab 1 there is a HTTPService example that calls a JSP page. When I tried coding it up I got this error: 03/09 13:13:50 ERROR %%404%%/restaurant/restaurant.jsp I checked my white list and it looks fine. Is this a path problem? My tree looks like: Tomcat\webapps\flex Tomcat\webapps\flex\restaurant Tomcat\webapps\flex\restaurant\restaurant.mxml Tomcat\webapps\flex\restaurant\restaurant1.jsp Tomcat 5.5\webapps\flex\WEB-INF Tomcat 5.5\webapps\flex\WEB-INF\classes\samples\restaurant\*.class I was able to get the restaurant-admin app running without a problem. Thanks, Douglass Turner
Tomcat Hosting : Any recommendations?
If anyone out there knows of a top notch Tomcat hosting service that they have had a good experience with please get in touch with me offline. Cheers, Douglass Turner email: douglass_dot_turner_at_gmail_dot_com
Debugging Cairngorm apps builts with FlexBuilder. Please clarify.
Can someone please clarify how I enable debugging of a Cairngorm app built in FlexBuilder? I entered the following URL: http://localhost:8080/turner/play/Index.mxml?debug=true Up pops a dialog saying: Where is the Flash debugger host running? (*) Localhost ( ) Other Machine Enter IP address [ ] [OK] [Cancel] Huh? I click OK Then another dialog pops up saying: A connection to the Debugger could not be established by Macromedia Flash Player 7. Make sure you have selected Enable Remote Debugging on the Debugger Panel's pop-up menu. Again, huh? I've had no luck finding this debug panel in FlexBuilder. Sigh. -Douglass Turner
Cairngorm namespace bug false alarm. Joy returns.
The problem was I had not done a thorough enough job or replacing [Dd]emo with [Pp]lay. All Cairngorm all the time. Rock. Cheers, Douglass Turner
Debugging Cairngorm apps builts with FlexBuilder.
I've got my Cairngorm app running. Now I want to poke around using the debugger. So I typed this URL: http://localhost:8080/turner/play/Index.mxml?debug=true A dialog pops that says: Where is the Flash debugger host running? (*) Localhost ( ) Other Machine Enter IP address: [ ] [OK] [Cancel] Huh? I click OK, and then get this dialog. A connection to the Debugger could not be established by Macromedia Flash Player 7. Make sure you have selected Enable Remote Debugging on the Debugger Panel's pop-up menu. Again, huh? Cheers, Douglass Turner
Cairngorm namspace bug
Is anyone else seeing the following Cairngorm bug: Symptom: Changing namespace reference causes my application to hang. I started with the Index.mxml file from the Cairngorm samples folder, built an app, made some minor changes, everything was fine. However when I changed xmlns:demoView to xmlns:playView in Index.mxml (similarly in Login.mxml) like so: cairngorm:CairngormApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml; xmlns:cairngorm=com.iterationtwo.cairngorm.application.* xmlns:cairngormBusiness=com.iterationtwo.cairngorm.business.* xmlns:playView=com.visualio.play.view.* xmlns:demoBusiness=com.visualio.play.business.* xmlns:demo=* pageTitle=Visual i|o Toy marginBottom=5 marginLeft=5 marginRight=5 marginTop=5 The application haaa ... Tomcat logs look fine. I've poured through the Cairngorm code, nuthin. Any thoughts? Cheers, Douglass Turner
Re: Cairngorm namspace bug
Steven, Yes. I cloned the demo package tree, and replaced demp with play and throught the directory tree. Note, if I use xmlns:demoView=com.visualio.play.view.* it works just fine, so the problem does not appear to be with the com.visualio.* hierarchy. I've even hacked a bit on the java classes, recompiled them viaEclipes and it all works fine as long as I use the string demoView. Does Services.mxml do anything dependant on the demo string? I turned on the keep-generated-as tag in flex-config.xml and stared at Services-generated.as but saw nothing weird. -Douglass
Can't find entry point for Cairngorm
I'm up to speed on Tomcat now and attempting to install Cairngorm. As the docs are rather thin, I'm assuming Cairngorm is an application skeleton with an entry point. The file INSTALL.txt mentions an Index.mxml file that does not appear to be included in the cairngorm zip file. Can someone from iteration::two place shed some light here? Thanks. Cheers, Douglass Turner email: douglass_dot_turner_at_gmail_dot_com
Re: Can't find entry point for Cairngorm
Steven, Actually, I have and very enjoy your excellent Flex book. Very helpful. What I mean is that it is unclear how you intend users of Cairngorm to take it out for a spin. Do I now stair at the included code for a while until I discover an entry point to hook into with a .mxml file I code up? Has that task been left as an exercise for the student ;-) or what? Cheers, Douglass Turner
Re: Can't find entry point for Cairngorm
Cool. Thanks very much Steven. -Douglass
MXML - ActionScript : where is the code cached?
Hello, In an effort to get a better feel for the mapping from MXML to AS2 I'd like to spend some time staring at the code generated by MXML. Can someone please tell me where it is cached? Thanks. -Douglass Turner
Re: MXML - ActionScript : where is the code cached?
Coolness. Thansk Matt.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You keep the generated ActionScript files by setting the following
in the
flex-config.xml file:
keep-generated-astrue/keep-generated-as
The generated files should be in the same directories as the mxml files,
with the name {filename}-generated.as.
hth,
matt horn
Re: Experienced programmer new to java app servers, quick question
Steve, I'm trying to compile from the command line: javac -classpath /clearly/the/wrong/path CustomerDelegate.java Here is my setup: The java portion of the Cairngorm tree is here: C:\iterationtwo\cairngorm-0_9\samples\java cd'ing to C:\iterationtwo\cairngorm-0_9\samples\java\com\iterationtwo\demo\vo LoginVO.java compiles just fine, presumably because it's package dependancy is not a problem (java.util.Date I get for free) There is no joy however when I cd to: C:\iterationtwo\cairngorm-0_9\samples\java\com\ite rationtwo\demo\business and try to compile CustomerDelegate.java which imports com.iterationtwo.demo.vo.LoginVO What I need is the correct -classpath incantation to satisfy the path dependency for com.iterationtwo.demo.vo.LoginVO within CustomerDelegate.java so that it compiles. Cheers, Douglass Turner email: douglass_dot_turner_at_gmail_dot_com
Re: Experienced programmer new to java app servers, quick question
I was able to finally compile the file by switching to a DOS shell rather then the Cygwin shell I prefer. Under Cygwin javac refuses to parse either Unix style paths or Windows style paths. Isn't that special ... Anyway I followed the instructions in INSTALL.txt, copied the Index.mxml file from the Cairngorm tree I unzip'ed into the Tomcat try (an oversite, not mentioned in INSTALL.txt) and ... nuthin'. All I see is the Index.mxml source, not functionality. I checked the Tomcat logs and it mentions something about a missing web.xml file. Huh? How do I make this thing actually do anything. By the way as I am new to Tomcat, what is the significance of the environment variable $WEB_APP? Must I define it on Windoze? Almost there, Douglass Turner
Re: Experienced programmer new to java app servers, quick question
Good point Steve, I'll dive into the O'Reilly Tomcat book for a while and see if that helps. I think you'll find there are a lot of folks like myself who are drawn to Flex and come from other environments (.Net, php, perl, C++ in my case). Perhaps a tutorial of some kind to smooth the transition out would be helpful. Cheers, Douglass Respectfully, you're not almost there. :-) You have to create a web application under Tomcat (or any other appserver - this is not a tomcat specific error you're seeing, rather, you haven't created an application context under your application server). The easiest way of doing this is to take flex.war, unarchive it (which will give you a WEB-INF directory, as well as all the other files and directories necessary for a webapp) and then deploy into that webapp. You're going to have to make sure that you deploy your compiled class files into that webapp as well... To be honest, I'd suggest that you put Cairngorm aside for a second, and start with: o Creating a new webapp under Tomcat o Creating a new flex webapp under Tomcat for MXML only o Compiling a Java class into an existing flex-based webapp - setting up a RemoteObject call to that java class Once you can do/understand those processes above, then you might want to think about taking Cairngorm for a spin; but I think it's getting in the way of some more fundamental learning about what's required to get running with Flex in a Java Application Server environment. Cairngorm isn't a short-circuit way of getting started with Flex; rather, once you're already a little immersed in Flex, Cairngorm allows you to go from understanding Flex, MXML and ActionScript 2.0 to building enterprise-scale RIAs by leveraging some knowledge of architectural best-practice gained on prior Flex RIA developments along the way. Cheers, Steven -- Steven Webster Technical Director iteration::two
Experienced programmer new to java app servers, quick question
Hello, A quicky: I'm trying to install Cairngorm into my Tomcat installation and can't get CustomerDelegate.java to compile. It's a classpath thing and I am completely stumped. Could an old Java hand please take 10 seconds and tell me how to properly construct the classpath incantation for javac so I can get some real work done? Unless I can get this sorted Cairngorm will sit on my hard disk gathering bit rot. Thanks. Cheers, Douglass Turner email: douglass_dot_turner_at_gmail_dot_com
Re: MVC Framework for flex
Steven, I just installed Tomcat and and trying to insert Cairngorm into it's directory tree. I'm am pulling my hair out trying to compile the two Java source files that come with Cairngorm. I am tripping over the classpath hell of javac. Can you please provide us with the correct classpath syntax to satisfy javac? Thanks. -Douglass Turner email: dturner_at_visual-io_dot_com Have you tried the Cairngorm framework, which a large number of the folks building big RIAs with Flex on this list are using currently... Download here: http://www.richinternetapps.com/archives/94.html Presentation here: http://www.richinternetapps.com/archives/99.html More information here: http://www.iterationtwo.com/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi? IncludeBlogs=1search=cair ngorm Best, Steven
