You could then create a URLRequest object, which specifies the POST URL and
the byte array of image data you want to send. (See
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/net/URLRequest.html#data).Youcan
then pass the URLRequest object to a URLLoader to do the actual
sending/loading etc.
Tim
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Wally Kolcz <wko...@isavepets.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have this so far. Where I have the ?? is where I would like to know a way
> to either transfer the newly created image to a folder on the server...or I
> am at the point I could just let them download it/save it and then reupload
> it (dont prefer that).
>
> public function saveImage():void {
> var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(canvas.width,
> canvas.height);
> var rightNow:Date = new Date();
> bitmapData.draw(canvas,new Matrix());
> var bitmap : Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);
> var jpg:JPEGEncoder = new JPEGEncoder();
> var ba:ByteArray = jpg.encode(bitmapData);
> ??(UserDataModel.getInstance().person.username + '-' + rightNow +
> '.jpg');
>
> Alert.show("Your image has been saved and is in your photo
> gallery", "Image Saved");
>
> }
>
> On 3/5/2010 10:21 AM, Michael wrote:
>
>
>
> In order to save the image file to disk, you need to use the AIR File API,
> which is available only to AIR applications.
>
> You can capture the image, encode it as PNG or JPEG using
> mx.graphics.codec.JPEGEncoder or mx.graphics.codec.PNGEncoder, then upload
> the resulting byte to a server. Then your server application can save the
> file to disk on the server.
>
> I found these two links helpful:
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/780018/in-flex-how-do-i-create-populate-and-display-a-bitmap
>
>
> http://blog.everythingflex.com/2008/02/25/create-images-with-air-and-jpegencoder/
>
> Hope this helps,
> Michael Portuesi
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Wally
> Kolcz <wko...@...> <wko...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Can someone point me to an example of using the BitmapData.draw() to
> > capture an image of a container on the screen and save it to the
> > harddisk of the server. I see some that show me how to capture and
> > process the image, but the saving it to the server is a mystery.
> >
> > I want my kids to be able to save their drawings/colorings to the web
> > site art gallery. Thanks!
> >
>
>
>
>
