Thanks Steve, I will give it a go. My problem with the communication was that I didn't know the order of messages between exe and swf and so couldn't fix it. Perhaps I can now.
John valdhor wrote: > John > > Yes it does. It acts as a proxy between whatever application you are > using and whatever you are trying to contact. It automagically sets up > Firefox and Internet Exploiter. For other apps you may need to > manually set the proxy to the local machine and port. > > BTW. My name is Steve - Valdhor was my AD&D alias back in my > university days ;-} > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack <j...@...> wrote: > >> Thanks valdhor, >> >> Does Charles manage to capture the local host traffic? >> I want to capture the messages between an exe and an Adobe swf file. >> >> John >> >> valdhor wrote: >> >>> My favorite (The one I own) is Charles (http://www.charlesproxy.com). >>> >>> The two things that made it my pick is that it is cross platform and >>> that it understands AMF (ie. it will show you the returned objects and >>> what they contain - invaluable for debugging remote objects) >>> >>> >>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> John -- WireShark (free download from http://www.wireshark.org/) >>>> > is my > >>>> current favorite. It shows all the network traffic and can be >>>> > filtered > >>>> based on IP, etc. I've blogged about it here with instructions on >>>> using it: >>>> >>>> >>>> > http://devharbor.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-wireshark-to-sniff-http-packets.html > >>> >>> >>>> - Alex C >>>> >>>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks, Alex. It's not hanging on the Flex side -- the server >>>>> > response > >>>>> is never received. Using WireShark (http://www.wireshark.org/), >>>>> > I was > >>>>> able to see it's not hanging at all, but continually sending >>>>> > messages > >>>>> to the Java servlet but getting nothing back in reply. >>>>> >>>>> That's what led me to investigate the Java code more closely. The >>>>> BufferedImage object was receiving some JPG images that it couldn't >>>>> handle; so it spun away for a while before throwing an >>>>> > exception. For > >>>>> whatever reason, the exception never made it back to the Flex side. >>>>> >>>>> All is well now: I took out the BufferedImage object and am passing >>>>> the InputStream directly to the Java Advanced Imaging API code, >>>>> > which > >>>>> resizes the image and writes it to disk. One issue: JPG images with >>>>> CMYK color spaces come out with their colors mangled; but that's a >>>>> limitation of the server code and has nothing to do with Flex. >>>>> >>>>> - Alex >>>>> >>>>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It would be unusual for Flex to hang waiting for the server. Use a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> network monitor to see what's going on. Is Flex really hung? You >>>>> can't hit a button or anything? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >>>>>> > [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> On Behalf Of oneworld95 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:25 AM >>>>>> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >>>>>> Subject: [flexcoders] Detect exeptions - help!! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've run into a very frustrating situation and need your help: >>>>>> >>>>>> - Flex uploads a file to the server >>>>>> - The server reads it into a Java BufferedImage object. >>>>>> - However, Java sometimes takes 40 seconds or longer to reply >>>>>> - In some cases it has difficulty reading the file. >>>>>> >>>>>> In the cases of problems, Flex just hangs. It doesn't reply with >>>>>> anything. Is it timing out? Any help appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> -- >>> Flexcoders Mailing List >>> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >>> Alternative FAQ location: >>> > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > >>> Search Archives: >>> > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
