[flexcoders] Re: Forcing Recompile in production mode

2005-11-03 Thread jacksodj
we have only ever had success in getting chagnes to show up post 
restart.

In the docs it says production mode will not detect any changes and 
will not recompile.

I believe that to be accurate.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, David Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 Thanks for the answer Dave.
 
 I guess the next question is,
 Do the changes show up after a time period?
 If so, how do I find out what the time is.
 
 Cheers,
 
 David
 
 On 11/4/05, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   We never found one.  The SWF's are cached by the Filter in 
memory.
 
   In theory a hotswap reload of the web app should do it, but 
would
   then cause a pretty hefty leak, since thats how most containers 
do
   hotswapping, is they leak that ClassLoader.
 
   --
   Dave Wolf
   Cynergy Systems, Inc.
   Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner
   http://www.cynergysystems.com
 
   Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Office: 866-CYNERGY
 
 
   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, David Harris 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
Hi,
   
I have seached docs, but havn't turn up an answer yet,
so thought I'ld ask you guys...
   
We have a Developement Flex, and a Live Flex server.
   
The live server is in production mode.
   
We have done some fixes of our app, and moved them on to the 
live
   server.
   
Is there anyway to force a re-compile of a Flex App on a 
server in
production mode with out restarting the Application Server?
   
Cheers,
   
David
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[flexcoders] Re: HistoryManger state is undefined on loading

2005-07-07 Thread jacksodj
I personnaly have seen really flakey behavior from that history 
controller. I have posted before, but have not been able to see a 
good resolution
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rockmoyosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 My case:
 
 - saveState is executed 
 - On Back loadState is executed.
 
 But.
 Than my state is undefined
 
 
 private var changed:Boolean;
   
   public function initHistory():Void {
   mx.managers.HistoryManager.register(this);
   storeInternalState();
   }
   
   public function saveState():Object {
   // called by HistoryManager, tells the component
   // to create a state object and to return it\
   var state = new Object();
   state.model = Model.getInstance();
   state.view = this._scope.m_detailview;
   
   mx.controls.Alert.show
(+this._scope.m_detailview.visible);
   Log.debug(hello+state);
   return state;
   }
   
   public function loadState(state:Object):Void {
   // called by HistoryManager, passes in a state
   // object so the component can rebuild it's state
   mx.controls.Alert.show(state: +state.view);
   restoreInternalState(state);
   }
   
   public function savePresent():Void {
   storeInternalState( );
   }
 
   public function storeInternalState():Void {
   mx.managers.HistoryManager.save();
   }
   
   public function restoreInternalState(state:Object):Void {
   Log.dump(state);
   Log.debug
(state.view.visible: +state.view.visible);
   
   if(state.view.visible == true  
this._scope.m_detailview.visible ==
 false ||
   state.view.visible == false 

 this._scope.m_detailview.visible == true){
   toggleView();
   }
   Model.getInstance().restoreInstance(state.model);
   }




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[flexcoders] Re: Simple Database Access

2005-06-24 Thread jacksodj
What are you using for your backend?
MS SQL? Cold fusion?
if so I have some code for creating SCRUD webservices in CFCs that you 
may like, also if you use cairngorm, we programatically generate the 
services files and some crude interfaces as well.

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 Are there any examples or tutorials yet for a simple database front
 end, allowing single record viewing, first/previous/next/last
 browsing, editing, adding and deleting?  I don't want to reinvent the
 wheel, but if one doesn't exist I'll start making one.





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[flexcoders] History Manager

2005-06-22 Thread jacksodj
has anyone had luck getting the history manager to work correctly?
I am getting odd behavior, where it seems to skip around, and gives 
generally unpredicatable results.





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[flexcoders] Re: 'Active Directory' authentication

2005-06-03 Thread jacksodj
if you front end the system with IIS, you can enable ntchallenge and 
response authentication for the aplication directory.

based on the domain name that is used to access it, IE will pass the 
AD credentials automatically.

the security settings will determine that to some extent.
1. the security for the local intranet would need to be set to pass 
current login credentials automatically.
2. the domain name for the server would need to contain no .'s 
i.e. (localhost, intranet, servernetbiostypename) which 
automatically is interpreted as being on the intranet.
3. if the name contains a ., (127.0.0.1, intranet.mydoamin.com 
etc) then you need to explicitly add it to the list of servers that 
are in the local intranet (tools|internet options|security|local 
intranet|sites)

if you do those steps, the users will be authenticated using the 
account they are logged in with on the PC, and they will not need to 
retype their password etc. the username and domain are then 
avaialble as a CGI scope variable auth_user (cgi.auth_user = 
domain\username)

hope that helps
--Dennis

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, sanjayd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Thanks all for the responses. The 'problem domain' is coded in 
Java.
 (Tarik: I will look into the CFM code to grasp the concept. 
thanks) My
 question was more to the Client side...is there way to authenticate
 the user (via activeDirectory) on the client-side without involving
 any server-side code ?
 
 Thanks again - Sanjay
 
 
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tarik Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Whoops, thought that was a question from a BACFUG list. To 
preface this 
  response - that would be the Coldfusion way of doing things.
  
  Tarik Ahmed wrote:
  
   Well there's an article here:
  
  
 
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/server_archive/articles/integrating_
cf_apps_w_ms_active_directory.html#auth
 
  
  
   But if their windows login is the same as AD, so you can also 
try
 this:
 cftry
  cfscript
  ntauth = createObject(java,
 jrun.security.NTAuth);
  ntauth.init(SomeDomain);
  ntauth.authenticateUser(FORM.UserName,
 FORM.Password);
  auth = true;
  /cfscript
  cfcatch
  cfset auth = false
  /cfcatch
   /cftry
  
  
  
  
   sanjayd wrote:
  
   Guys:
  
   I need to authenticate my users via 'Active Directory'. Any 
ideas
 what
   is the best way to do this ? Thanks - Sanjay
  
  
  
  
  
  
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[flexcoders] Re: Flex on the Web

2005-05-19 Thread jacksodj
Also, last I saw posted to this group, there were only about 200 
licenses sold to date.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 Michel Jansen wrote:
  I am looking for Flex application on the Web. Can anynone send 
me some 
  URL's where i can find them? 
 
 As David noted, the bulk of Flex sales are made for intranet 
 applications, and the open World Wide Web is a slightly different 
audience.
 
 Allen had that good link to the Flex Examples page at DevNet:
 http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flex/example_apps.html
 
 ... and Jeff Tapper pointed to the Sample Apps section at 
cflex.net, 
 while Jeff Battershall had that nice example at Dow Jones:
 http://cflex.net/
 http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/portfolio/index.cfm?
event=showPortfolioGlobalRelativeRisk
 
 
 Another resource is the Macromedia Showcase, filtered on Flex:
 (URL is too long... try mm.com/showcase, then click Flex)
 
 For up-to-the-minute citations (although mixed with a variety of 
other 
 materials), try searching the Macromedia weblog aggregator with 
terms 
 like flex example:
 http://weblogs.macromedia.com/
 
 If you know of a particular type of application that you're 
seeking 
 (banking, business analytics, a particular company, whatever) then 
there 
 are possibilities in a general web search.
 
 But Flex on the Web would only be a small part of Flex in 
Realworld 
 Use... it's a subset of the whole at this time.
 
 jd
 
 
 
 
 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flex and .NET

2005-04-19 Thread jacksodj


That was mentioned in a presentation about flex on the macromeda site

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, nboulet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Hi everyone,
 Nice to meet you all. First post on this mailing list and I'm glad
 that there's a mailing list about this fantastic new technology which
 is Flex. I read somewhere that there will be a .NET version of
 Macromedia Flex. Is there anyone who got information about this?
 
 Thank you very much,
 Nicolas B.Lavoie





 
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[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm

2005-04-18 Thread jacksodj


is it just me or dont most open source project have more visibility? 
ie you can see the deve tree, and contribute to it, and the release 
are just the latest stable version.

I think if there were more transparency, then even though the 
cairngorm folks are busy, I think there are enought people taht 
could step up, like rocketboots did with thier great breeze 
presentation. or i think someone else added a state diagram I saw.

Or am I way off base here?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, viraf_bankwalla 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 Wanted to follow up to see when we can expect the next release of 
 Cairngorm.  
 
 Thanks.





 
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[flexcoders] Flash Forward in the news..

2005-04-07 Thread jacksodj


http://news.zdnet.com/Lessig+preaches+openness+to+Flash+faithful/2100-
9588_22-5657975.html?part=rsstag=feedsubj=zdnn

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5657666.html?
part=rsstag=feedsubj=zdnet

 






 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flash Forward in the news..

2005-04-07 Thread jacksodj


Here's some more..
http://news.zdnet.com/Big+changes+ahead+for+Flash/2100-3513_22-
5659052.html?part=rsstag=feedsubj=zdnn


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 jacksodj wrote:
  http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5657975.html
 
 That's a strange article, agreed... we know what Paul Festa wrote 
about 
 what Laurence Lessig said, but we don't actually know what 
Laurence 
 Lessig said. Some of the other staffers I've spoken with this 
morning 
 are already trying to learn more.
 
 Some of the things in the article, though, I'd really like to pick 
apart 
 and explore a little more. Today's a busy day (FlashForward and 
that 
 flash cookies story are my top priorities), but I hope to put 
some 
 commentary on it in my weblog later today.
 
 jd
 
 
 
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 Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd
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[flexcoders] Re: administrativa : yahoogroups thread mode is unusable.

2005-04-01 Thread jacksodj


Sounds like a perfect flex app. 
tree nav etc.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dduuggllaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 
 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





 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flex 1.5 price

2005-03-31 Thread jacksodj


I have been dealing with Macromedia/allaire since 1997. And I have 
never once seen a price decrease. and in all of that time I want to 
say the typical price increase has been about 100%. Or if not a 
price increase a drop off in what you are getting.. 4 CPus now is 
only 2. (CFMX) 2 Cpus is now only 1 (Flex).

I am trying to remember the first price I payed for Codl Fusion 
Proffesisonal Server.. $199 or $349 I guess I could look it up 
online at archive.org, but my point is, there is nothing you can buy 
at that price now. and you can see the decline in monster postings, 
and books on the topic that have matched the incline in price.

I told people that the price increase was what our sales rep was 
telling us. we got our order in under the wire.

Along time ago they decided to go with the strategy of Fewer 
customers paying higher bills. 200 new customers does not sound like 
a lot, which is why you have to charge a lot. it certainly is not on 
the install base of asp, .NET etc. Clearly they like FLEX becasue it 
is new and they can charge twice what they charge for CFMX.

In 2 years it will be FLEX 40k, and you will have only a small base 
of people to hire, and if you want a FLEX developer plan on building 
a 6 month training process into the hire.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Lucian Beebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 To Matthew below, certainly this is not a joke. But where you have 
been
 working on something great, lets talk. I'll contact you off line.
 
 On Laszlo, I am not going to start a whole Flex vs Laszlo 
discussion here,
 but suffice it to say that there are a lot of benefits for Flash 
Player 7
 *if* you take advantage of them. Simply compiling a Flash Player 5
 application for Flash Player 7 won't help a lot. There are values 
in
 accessibility, remote object binary protocols, performance 
optimizations,
 and dozens more, that all require lots of changes to leverage the 
new
 capabilities in Flash Player 7. We have most certainly done those 
all and
 many more in Flex 1.5.
 
 Finally, to the question of whether Flex is selling or not. The 
economists
 on this list have it right. We are selling Flex in great numbers. 
You may
 have seen that in December, we had over 200 customers. As a public 
company
 in the US, we are not allowed to give you specific updates, but 
suffice it
 to say that we are very excited about the success we are seeing 
and that has
 just encouraged us to adjust pricing and commitment in line with 
that
 success.
 
 Lucian 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Matthew Shirey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:17 AM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price
 
 
 What about a 2cpu license?  Please answer.  Your 'starter kit' is
 overkill for us.  If our price is based on a minimum 4cpu price, 
then
 this is no longer a joke at all.  We will have to drop Flex and 
never
 look back.  We will have wasted months of training and actual
 development time.  This is NOT a price I can justify to anyone.
 
 We're seriously disappointed in Macromedia at this time.  We're a 
very
 small shop and its starting to look like Macromedia does not care
 about the little guy at all anymore.
 
 -- Matthew
 
 
 On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:00:13 -0500, Darron J. Schall
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  Jeff Steiner wrote:
  
  Lazslo, while the samples look great, is still based upon Flash 
player 5
  (Beta 3 of Lazslo is player 6).  It is one of those things 
where you have
 to
  wonder - how does Lazslo know what to extend of the Flash 
Player.  The
  people that are contributing to it make guesses and try to 
extend the
  capabilities as far as they can, but they are still limited in 
their
  knowledge.  I have never seen an API to the Flash player made 
readily
  available to the public.  Also - as the Flash Player gets more
 complicated
  it will become more difficult to code hooks into the player to 
give
  developers the same functionality that is provided by Flex, and 
Breeze,
 and
  Flash, 
  
  
  As a Flash developer, I'd like to chime in here..
  
  The fact that Lazslo works on Flash Player 5 really isn't an 
issue.  In
  fact, I'd say it's a bonus!  Here's why:
  
  * Because Lazslo outputs to Flash Player 5, it has a larget 
target
  audience.  See the penetration stats:
 
 
http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_
penetra
 tion.html
  -- FP 5 is 97%.  FP7 is 82% - so apps created in Laszlo have a 
better
  chance of being viewed
  
  * There are no older is slower arguments.  The v7 player will 
play a
  v5 swf faster than the v5 player, because the v7 player itself 
is faster
  than the v5 player.
  
  * The internals are abstracted away.  Right now your Lazslo code
  publishes to .swf, but it's not tied to the Flash Player in any 
way -
  there are no MovieClip references, etc in your lazslo code.  In 
fact,
  you don't even use ActionScript, you write in JavaScript.  
There's
  

[flexcoders] Databinding to webservice strangeness...

2005-03-31 Thread jacksodj


I dont see where one of our developers posted this, but we have an 
extra bizzare error we are encountering when we databind text boxes 
to webservice arguments that call a remote CFC method.

since only 25% of you according to the poll use CF for the data 
layer, the background that is helpful is that the CFC web services 
require all parameteres to be passed or you get an error.

these are the use cases we tested and the results.

you leave the parameter blank ie wsargument/wsargument.. Flex 
submits a soap call with the field.

you bind the parameter to a textbox 
wsargumenttextbox.text/wsargument and DONT enter anything... 
flex omits the field and the call fails with a required argument not 
passed.

you bind the parameter to a textbox 
wsargumenttextbox.text/wsargument and enter anything... Flex 
submits a soap call with the field.

you bind the parameter to a textbox 
wsargumenttextbox.text/wsargument and enter anything, then 
delete what you typed... Flex submits a soap call with the field.

then it gets wierder... to get around the undefined, not submitting 
issue we tried to do a conditional assignment..
ie..
   wsargument{textbox.text == undefined ? `': textbox.text}
/wsargument

now when we leave the box alone and submit, the value is undefined 
and the argument is set to '', which does not get sent in the SOAP 
call.

however..
   wsargument{textbox.text == undefined ? `ANYTHING': textbox.text}
/wsargument

do the same thing, leave the box untouched and submit, NOW the field 
IS DEFINED, and the value is set to it presumably an empty string 
and not a null. and the SOAP call now includes the field in the 
arugments list.

EXTRA WEIRD.. Does this sound like a bug to everyone else too?

Also Kudos to Rick Law and Jason Doyle for working all of this out.





 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flex 1.5 price

2005-03-31 Thread jacksodj


I have had Some Shares for much longer, its about break even for 
me. :(

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tarik Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've owned MACR shares since Sept. It's one of my best performing 
stocks!
 
 
 
 JesterXL wrote:
 
 Forbes recommended that investors do so.
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: Michel Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:26 PM
 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price
 
 
 
 Lucian Beebe wrote:
 
   
 
 Finally, to the question of whether Flex is selling or not. The 
economists
 on this list have it right. We are selling Flex in great numbers.
 
 
 
 Thanx for the compliment. Although i am no economist, i'm not 
stupid.
 Just like you guys. Who is going to pull prices up if the product 
aint
 selling. The CFO that does this is the real moron!
 
 Good luck... Should i buy some shares???
 
 Michel
 
 
 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flex Pricing: Relax!

2005-03-31 Thread jacksodj


Here is my thinking, and having this aired out here has helped some 
on working through this.

1. Adoption of the language is the one thing that I as an investor 
in a technology platform is looking for. High prices seem to work 
against that. read everett rodgers diffusion of innovation it 
covers everything for diffusion it is a classic.

2. Stability of the platform. ie memory leaks etc, scalability. lack 
of wierd bugs (ie like the one i post and have not seen any comments 
on). Based on my CF experience, I see that as a realistic possible 
problem area.

3. I think the commodity nature of software is moving up the 
application stack. ie, hardware is pretty much a commodity, 
competition is based on price. OS's are heading that way espicially 
with Linux on the scene. Databases are going that way. and it seems 
that the middle layer tools are heading that way, laszlo, 
j2EE, .NET. if you look at the industry the big players are heading 
upstream. they are doing applications. look at the companies that 
microsoft is buying, look at who oracle is buying. Based on this it 
seems that the Laszlo business model makes way more sense. get the 
tools out there, charge for applications built on top of it.

4. what a business wants is solutions to needs. no business user 
comes to us in IT and says, I need you to go buy a new development 
tool. They say I need to add this new feature or offering. I need to 
eliminate costs. etc. So even if I could spend 80k on a software 
package, at the end of the day once it is installed it does not 
solve a single problem for the business.

5. The people that endorse a technology and get it in the door, 
really do tie thier livelihood and future to the results of that 
decision. And it is really disconcering to those people who have put 
the well being of thier family on the line, to see the vendor act in 
flakey ways. raising prices, de-emphasiszing products, having 
massive bugs and memory leaks show up at the last minute, jeopordize 
project failure on really large projects with limited scalability, 
that maybe know but is glossed over because that is the plan for 
later. That makes people edgy. that is probably why you get really 
emotional responses to price change announcements.

I have been pretty well rewarded for using cold fusion in the past. 
it is a great language. but a huge memory leak with handling of COM 
almost cost me dearly a few years back. it completely bucked under 
our real world load. the server crashed every 2 hours and needed to 
be rebooted. Macromedia opened a bug ID for it. it took almost 4 
months to get a fix from them. in the meantime, I tracked down 
cfx_xslt. I contacted the developer, had him make a small mod. and 
it was completely resolved, no memory leak within 2 days from 
contacting him. charge for the product.. no kidding.. $49. I knwo 
someone at macromedia is cringing that he did not find out how deep 
my pockets might have been and charged me 100 times that amount. But 
the point of that story is that the bug almost made the entire 
project a failure, and the best support could do was a fix 4 months 
later. could flex do this to me? maybe. am i taking on some personal 
risk for the sake of this product. 100% yes. 

--Dennis


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Vinny Timmermans 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have started many discussions on Flex pricing, and contributed 
heavily to
 each and every other previous Flex pricing post, because I was 
convinced
 that Flex pricing killed my and other Flex lovers' opportunities. 
The reason
 why I did not contribute until so far is simple. I have 
experienced that for
 hot opportunities Macromedia is willing to work out the right deal 
for you
 and your customer. They don't kill your opportunities. This is a 
proven
 fact. So if you think Flex may be the right solution for your 
customer's
 business problem, don't let the pricetag intimidate you. Contact 
Macromedia
 and work it out!
  
 The real threat, however, comes from a different corner. High 
price tags
 might frighten developers to seriously invest in Flex. Return on 
investment
 may seem far lower than from investing in any other platform. The 
number of
 experienced, professional Flex developers is low at the moment and 
may not
 rise fast enough to realize all Flex opportunities that pop-up in 
the market
 in the coming years. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that 
Macromedia
 will provide a range of other Flex packages soon. From low-cost 
(stripped
 down server-based versions) to no-cost (just mxml compilation 
without
 server-based features; the developer-centered Flash alternative).  
The
 critical success factor in the next period is not the Flex price 
tag, but
 the number of experienced, highly qualified developers out there 
that master
 MXML and AS2 and can rapidly create the killer applications Flex 
can offer.
 Don't make it a second ColdFusion: powerful platform, excellent 
programming
 language, not enough 

[flexcoders] Re: Flex license

2005-03-31 Thread jacksodj


even if the swf stay compiled on the disk, the calls to the 
webservices etc, all still go back to the server for processing by 
the gateway, correct?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 So then what is stopping an ISP from using that methodology?
 
 Jeff
 http://www.flexauthority.com
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: Lucian Beebe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:56 PM
 Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex license
 
 
 
  The Flex license allows you to deploy as many Flex applications 
as you
 would
  like to run on the CPUs licensed.
 
  Lucian
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Valy Sivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:53 PM
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [flexcoders] Flex license
 
 
  Is flex license per web application? Can I deploy
  multiple apps using the same license number on the
  same server?
 
  Thanks a lot.
  Valy
 
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[flexcoders] Cairngorm error

2005-03-18 Thread jacksodj


I have installed the sample from cairngorm 0.9
I am running flex on the stand alone jrun server. I am getting the 
mxml to compile, however on the call on the login button I am 
getting user not found on the mxml form. and in the window for the 
flex server I get the following messages.

03/18 19:53:20 user jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker: initError: Service 
com.iterationtwo.demo.business.CustomerDelegate not found.

03/18 19:53:20 info login

any suggestions? any help would be appreciated. thanks.

--Dennis





 
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