Honestly, I'm not sure if its officially supported or not, although the
lack of documentation on it strongly suggests its not officially
supported. Guess we'll know more when Flex 2.0 comes out, perhaps they
will support it then.
At 07:54 AM 8/29/2005, you wrote:
>Wow, well done! Thanks for the reply, I will need to read it a few
>times to try and mimic your approach, but all this information is most
>appreciated.
>
>Quite a shame that Macromedia doesn't support WS calls through
>actionscript though...
>
>--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Tapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Officially, I don't believe it is supported to call a WebService
>directly
> > from an AS class, without first having an instance of the
> > WebServiceConnector in an mxml file within the application. That
>said, I
> > have seen it done...
> >
> >
> > Try something like this:
> >
> > class custom.DataService extends mx.core.UIObject{
> >
> > var remoteDataService:mx.servicetags.Service;
> >
> > function DataService() {
> >
> > }
> >
> > function init():Void{
> > super.init();
> > var props = new Object();
> > applyProperties(props, props);
> > _custom_DataService_webServiceSetup();
> > }
> >
> > function _custom_DataService_webServiceSetup():Void {
> > remoteDataService = new
>mx.servicetags.Service(this._url,
> >
> "<http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl>http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl";,
>
> new
> > mx.services.Log(1, "WebService"), null, this, null, null, null,
>null, false);
> > remoteDataService.__name = "remoteDataService";
> > remoteDataService.__faultHandler = function(event) {
> > faultHandler(event)
> > }
> > remoteDataService.__resultHandler = function(event)
> > {
> > resultHandler(event)
> > }
> > remoteDataService.__showBusyCursor = true;
> > }
> > function resultHandler(event){
> > // do something
> > }
> > function faultHandler(event){
> > // do something
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > I created this by turning on "keep-generated-as" in the flex config
>file,
> > and then ran an app with a WebService in it. The generated AS for that
> > mxml file will contain all the correct code to instantiate and use
>the service.
> >
> > I had a DataService.mxml file which looks like this:
> >
> >
> <s:ProxyFactory
> xmlns:mx="<http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml>http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";
>
>
> > xmlns:s="fast.services.*">
> >
> > <mx:WebService id="remoteDataService"
> >
> wsdl="<http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl>http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl";
>
>
> > result="resultHandler(event)" fault="faultHandler(event)"
> > showBusyCursor="true" useProxy="false"/>
> > </s:ProxyFactory>
> >
> > Which generated this AS:
> >
> > // C:\Program
> >
>Files\Macromedia\Flex15\jrun4\servers\default\flex\MAX05\start\custom\DataService-generated.as
> > class custom.DataService extends fast.services.ProxyFactory
> > {
> > var remoteDataService:mx.servicetags.Service;
> >
> > function DataService()
> > {
> >
> > }
> >
> > function init():Void
> > {
> >
> > super.init();
> >
> > var props = new Object();
> > applyProperties(props, props);
> >
> >
> > _custom_DataService_webServiceSetup();
> >
> > }
> >
> > // Event handler functions...
> > function _custom_DataService_webServiceSetup():Void
> > {
> > remoteDataService = new
>mx.servicetags.Service(this._url,
> >
> "<http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl>http://localhost:8500/mmcourses/faad2004/dbs/Bikeparts.cfc?wsdl";,
>
> new
> > mx.services.Log(1, "WebService"), null, this, null, null, null,
>null, false);
> > remoteDataService.__name = "remoteDataService";
> > remoteDataService.__faultHandler = function(event) {
> > faultHandler(event)
> > }
> > remoteDataService.__resultHandler = function(event)
> > {
> > resultHandler(event)
> > }
> > remoteDataService.__showBusyCursor = true;
> > }
> >
> >
> > }
> >
> > Once you have the genreated AS, you can rename it as DataService.as,
>and
> > rename the DataService.mxml to something else. So long as the
> > DataService.as file is in the same directory, it will continue to run
> > without issue. My example uses the Macromedia FAST Toolkit for the
>Data
> > Services, but that is not a requirement for making this work.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:44 PM 8/26/2005, inajamaica wrote:
> > >All,
> > >
> > >I have been up & down the flex documentation and the web (& searched
> > >through alot of this forum), but I can't seem to find a concrete
> > >example of calling a webservice and using the WebService object SOLELY
> > >with ActionScript.
> > >
> > >I have the following so far:
> > >
> > >//supposedly, this parses the wsdl so that...
> > >var ws = new WebService (wsdlLocation);
> > >ws.setEndpointURI
> > >("<<http://somewhere.com/endpoint>http://somewhere.com/endpoint>http://
> somewhere.com/endpoint");
> > >//...I can just do this:
> > >result = ws.anOperationDefinedInTheWSDL (parameter);
> > >
> > >But I know I'm missing something here...anyone have experience here?
> > >For the insane cost of Flex, it's hard to believe that I can't find
> > >ALL this info @ Macromedia's website.
> > >
> > >Thanks..
> > >
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