Yes. Flex is a J2EE application, so it must run under some servlet container. If you are not a J2EE guy, and don't want to become one yet, install flex using the "Integrated JRun" option. This will give you a working Flex installation immediately.
Your access urls will be: http://localhost:8700/flex/myApp/myAppMain.mxml http://localhost:8700/samples If/when you find you want to serve Flex from IIS, you must move to some full web server, since the integrated JRun does not support the necessary connectors. I have come to like Tomcat as my servlet container. It is free, fairly easy to set up, and seems extremely stable. Be aware that when the Flex trial expires, it reverts to a perpetual developers license, with restricted IP access. Flex builder does not, but will simply stop working. You might be able to get an extension from MM. If you can use Eclipse, you are positioning yourself well for Flex Builder 2.0 which is built on Eclipse. Below is a list of good resources. Tracy Flex sites/blogs: http://www.cflex.net/showfaq.cfm?Object=faq&channelID=1&faqtype=&default fields=&defaultValues= http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.flexauthority.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.clinttredway.com/blog/ http://www.richinternet.de/blog/ http://www.everythingflex.com Flex style Explorer: http://www.markme.com/mc/archives/FlexStyleExplorer.html Documentation: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/asdocs_en/index.html http://www.macromedia.com/go/flex15_java_livedocs http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm Lists: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=3 46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ Bugs/enhancement requests: http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Michael Barrett Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Installing Flex on windows If this gets listed twice I am sorry: ----------------------------- Hi, I just joined this group`-` I am using Coldfusion MX 7 on the Mac, and I love flash forms,and so I thought I would try flex. I downloaded Flex 1.5 & flex builder on wondows(I wish it was on the mac, but I guess I will have to play with flex at work no mac version:( ), and I think that the port should be 8700, but I had no luck. Once I create an application with flex, how can I view it on my local server? With coldfusion, I just view at: http://localhost:8500,and so I thought that: http://localhost:8700 would work, but when I looked at macromedia it says that it should be: http://localhost:8700/flex-->no luck Is there anything that I did wrong with the download? I picked the full(none jrun) option, as I figured I have jrun with coldfusion, and that I did not need 2 versions. Do I need jrun for flex to work? Thank you so much for any help that anybody could provide, John __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
