hey thanks, seems to be it, the samples config file was in the samples install dir...
saying that...(my samples are on an e:\sites\ drive where all my website folders are while the cf/flex files are in the c:\cfusionmx\wwwroot\web-inf\flex dir)...when i deploy flex apps is the main config file always added to or can you contain flex apps in their own sub dirs with their own config files, etc. (which is how i have it now). also, i see the {context.root} all over the config file...am i supposed to edit this to a mention a path? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This means Flex's proxy couldn't find a service called "FormatSourceService" > in the flex-config.xml configuration. > > Can you check: > > a) that the /WEB-INF/flex/flex-config.xml file exists > b) that this file contains the necessary sample configurations (i.e. > includes an entry for FormatSourceService) - if not, perhaps you've mixed up > the samples flex configuration file and a "bare bones" flex configuration > file. > c) that there weren't any configuration errors in the web application > startup logs when trying to deploy the flex/cf applications > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: chrs_hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:22 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Samples Error: FormatSourceService > > > > > I get the dreaded error on the samples installation and cant for the > life of me fix it, please help somebody...its a win32 coldfusion > installation...C:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\WEB-INF > > Any ideas where to look for problems...is it path related? > > This was in the log file: > > 02/01 23:24:19 DEBUG Mxml Base Servlet: keep generated SWFs = false 02/02 > 14:15:25 DEBUG Mxml Base Servlet: keep generated SWFs = false 02/02 14:15:26 > WARNING PROXY SECURITY : Bad service name : > FormatSourceService > 02/02 14:15:26 ERROR %%Server%%java.lang.RuntimeException: Bad > service name : FormatSourceService > java.lang.RuntimeException: Bad service name : FormatSourceService > at flex.server.j2ee.proxy.ProxyServlet.service > (ProxyServlet.java:396) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service > (HttpServlet.java:853) > at flex.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service > (BootstrapServlet.java:69) > at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:91) > at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext > (JRunInvokerChain.java:42) > at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke > (JRunRequestDispatcher.java:249) > at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch > (ServletEngineService.java:527) > at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable > (JRunProxyService.java:192) > at > jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable > (ThreadPool.java:348) > at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable > (ThreadPool.java:451) > at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable > (ThreadPool.java:294) > at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links