Marc, The local server model is great but there are some troublesome aspects that can bit you:
You need to serve a crossdomain.xml file over HTTP from the local server. This will allow a web based application to interoperate with a desktop based server. This is essential to get this to work. Basically this forces you to support both HTTP and XMLSocket/Socket in parallel. Other than getting the server installed you will be good to go. With a local server installed, it is quite easy to add fileIO and other features. In IFBIN we use a local server to run the service itself. Currently it runs a mixed HTTP/XMLSocket server locally providing secure authenticated file installation/configuration, IFBIN Service is just DRM lite. We wanted to provide our subscribers with 1 click file installation and this solution worked out very well. Marc, please contact me offlist and I will set you up with some examples of how to make this work. Cheers, Theodore Patrick IFBIN Networks Founder and CEO http://www.ifbin.com ________________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of apeonaut Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:01 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 2 socket interface Note to moderator: this is an update of a previous message that for some reason did not get sent to the group. Hi I have a console based, desktop network management app written in Java. I'd like to build Flex 2 browser-based GUI for this desktop app but I don't want to use Enterprise Services (or any commercial middleware layer) to communicate with this app (due to deployment license) I have noticed that the IFBIN service (ifbin.com) uses a class called SYNC to communicate via socket to a local Python based server, which would be ideal in my case. I can port my Java app to Python. Does anyone have any examples of SYNC in use with Flash or Flex? thanks marc -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice ________________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ________________________________________ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com 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/
