First thanks for the response! Clears a lot of things up. But...if I read this correctly, then all the sites that I am requesting FROM have to have a crossdomain.xml file in their root web directory?
Thanks again, Michael --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Theodore E Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you set proxy="false" you need to have crossdomain.xml files set-up to > handle the flash player security sandbox. If you do not have crossdomain.xml > files configured, the player will block the URL request internally. > > Here is the lowdown on crossdomain.xml. > > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14213 > > Here are some sample crossdomain.xml files: > > http://www.macromedia.com/crossdomain.xml > http://www.yahoo.com/crossdomain.xml > http://www.ifbin.com/crossdomain.xml > > These files are typically found on the server where the data is being > requested. The Flash Player will automatically check this address for any > domain or subdomain that is accessed. > > The Flex proxy gets around this restriction. > > Cheers, > > Ted ;) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of heybluez > > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:15 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService useProxy question... > > > > Anyone bypass the flex proxy with useProxy="false"? I have a flex app > > that currently uses the server as a proxy but we want to bypass the > > flex server and go directly to the source HTTP post/request. > > > > For example, one source is an RSS feed that will come up in a browser > > but is an XML file. When I use HTTPService and hit that with the > > default settings (i.e. Flex Proxy) it works. As soon as I turn that > > off (i.e. useProxy="false") it says that it cannot retrieve data! > > > > I am looking to see what I need to do...I did see this in the manual: > > > > -- > > Note: You must use the Flex proxy to correctly return HTTP status > > codes from a service. > > -- > > > > > > Is this my issue? The direct hit on the .rdf (i.e. XML) file does not > > return status codes?! Is that possible? > > > > Ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > -Michael > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- 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/
