[flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest

2009-03-05 Thread Osman Ullah
Surprisingly, I am having a very difficult time finding any discussion on the advantages of using HTTPService instead of URLRequest. I've always used URLRequest to handle my web API calls. What are some of the benefits of using the HTTPService instead? I like URLLoader because my network

RE: [flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest

2009-03-05 Thread Jeff Vroom
in the flash documentation but there's no reason you can't use it for Flex too. Jeff From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Osman Ullah Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:57 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest

Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest

2009-03-05 Thread Guy Morton
One good thing about URLLoader is that you can load binary data with it. HTTPService doesn't seem to allow this, though I could be wrong about that. On 06/03/2009, at 2:56 AM, Osman Ullah wrote: Surprisingly, I am having a very difficult time finding any discussion on the advantages of

RE: [flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest

2009-03-05 Thread Ryan Graham
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService vs URLRequest One good thing about URLLoader is that you can load binary data with it. HTTPService doesn't seem to allow this, though I could be wrong about that. On 06/03/2009, at 2:56 AM, Osman Ullah wrote: Surprisingly, I am having a very