Yeah, I was thinking about rooting around in the old source for getService to see exactly how it generates a netServiceProxy (which is what getService returns). But I am figuring if mike is so sure it works he should be able to easily tell us how :)
Hank On 10/19/05, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not Mike, but here's my take on it anyway ;-) > > The old getService() method is/was part of the Connection class, which > extends the NetConnection class. > In fact the whole remoting API is just a fancy way of using the NetConnection > class (if you know which headers to send along). > > As for the current docs regarding the RemoteObject, I wouldn't rely on it too > much (nor worry) as it is far from complete. > The flex-services.xml is part of the (not yet released) Flex Server and is > also used with the current Coldfusion adapter. > If I'm not mistaken (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) it allows > you to specify a list of services available to your > flex app (and probably including some form of security/restrictions). > > I'm sure all will become (more) clear in due time ;-) > > kind regards, > Muzak > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "hank williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:13 AM > Subject: [Flashcoders] Remoting (attn: Mike Chambers) > > > > Ok, so I am potentially back to my original position of being > > concerned that remoting is not supported. > > > > Muzak did some work with the netConnection class, but in the "old > > days" remoting worked by requesting a service from a NetConnection by > > calling connection.getService("servicepath"); > > > > There is no getService call documented in the actionscript > > documentation, so my question is how does this work now? > > > > I am thinking it is related to the mx.rpc.remoting package, but the > > documentation seems ah... scant. > > > > for the RemoteObject constructor is says: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > public RemoteObject(destination:String = null) > > Creates a new RemoteObject. > > > > Parameters > > destination:String (default = null) — [optional] Destination of the > > RemoteObject; should match a destination name in the flex-services.xml > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > but what is flex-services.xml. And if I am writing pure actionscript > > why would I need to establish a flex-services.xml file either locally > > or on a server. > > > > I ask this question because you (mike chambers) earlier today said we > > could do remoting via actionscript without flex components and without > > the flex enterprise services. So I am really just looking for the > > equivalent calls to using netConnection and a netServiceProxy. > > > > Thanks > > Hank > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >
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