Yes your kind of right, what i think i really need to do is extend the HTMLLoader class so that i can override the load(urlRequestToLoad:URLRequest) method.
I have tried this and get similar results to the user from this post (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apollocoders/message/2900), the new extended HTMLLoader is not visible on the stage. Is it even possible to extend the HTMLLoader class? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Acheson <wesley.ache...@...> wrote: > > Is it not the responseHeaders that you need? on the following object > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/events/HTTPStatusEvent.html > > Regards, > > Wesley Acheson > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Barry Evans <bazza...@...> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This post is quite lengthy, but I really need to explain in detail what it > > is I'm trying to achieve here. > > > > I am developing an AIR application that has an mx.controls.HTML component > > as the only child; in essence the application is a custom web browser in > > AIR. > > > > I have created a custom HTMLHost component that extends the > > flash.html.HTMLHost class per the Adobe documentation, so that my > > application can intercept particular JavaScript calls; i.e. > > (AS)createWindow() -> (JS)window.open(). > > > > The main HTML component has its htmlHost property set to an instance of > > this CustomHTMLHost class, and every new window that is created via the > > createWindow() method also has its htmlHost set to an instance of the > > CustomHTMLHost class. > > > > In my CustomHTMLHost class, I also override the > > updateLocation(locationURL:String) method, enabling me to inspect the new > > URL that is being set on either the main HTML component, or any popup > > windows that are created. > > > > The web application I am loading into the main HTML component allows users > > to export reports in a number of formats (HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV, TXT) which > > can either be opened or downloaded when using a conventional browser > > (IE/FF/Safari). > > > > When the user exports a report, a popup window is displayed (which works > > fine with my application because of the overridden createWindow() method in > > the CutsomHTMLHost class). > > After the user clicks the final "Export" button on a PDF/HTML/TXT export, > > everything works fine and the report results are displayed as the AIR > > runtime can handle these files. > > > > However when the user exports to XLS/CSV nothing happens, which is expected > > because the AIR runtime does not support those file types. > > I intend to create a file download manager to handle this so that the user > > can just save the files to their local file system, and this is where I'm > > hitting a brick wall. > > > > I am able to capture the URL that is being requested to get these latter > > export types from the overridden updateLocation(locationURL:String) method > > in the CustomHTMLHost class, but the URL alone is not enough information for > > the AIR application to send to the web application that provides the report > > exporting functionality. > > > > I need to get access to the rest of the header information (such as POST > > variables, and also the cookie information) that is sent in the HTTP request > > when the final "Export" button is clicked by the user to ensure I am getting > > a valid response from the web application. > > > > So, to finally get to my main question... is there any way to intercept > > the URLRequests that are created and invoked from a HTML/HTMLHost component? > > > > What I really want to be able to do is to inspect the HTTP responses, so > > that I can determine content of the HTTP response i.e. > > Content-Disposition: filename*=Report.xls; > > Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel; charset=UnicodeLittle > > > > With this information I can let my AIR application display a save file > > dialog or something along those lines. > > > > Sorry for the long post, and any help would be appreciated as this is a > > critical part of my AIR application, and I REALLY need to figure this out. > > > > I understand that the approach I am proposing may not even be possible, as > > I have been doing a number of things to try and solve it. > > One of which was extending the HTMLLoader class and overriding the > > load(urlRequestToLoad:URLRequest) method to I could intercept all > > URLRequests, but I couldn't even get the HTML component that used this class > > as its htmlLoader property to load any HTML content. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
