Not supported in Flex 1.5, supported in an
upcoming version.
Matt
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Tapper
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:07
AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re:
Calling a webservice solely through AS
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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