Re: [flexcoders] FDS deployment issue

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:38:07 -0700

Ok, so I have figured this out and boy was it complicated.

There were two issues that combined to make this problem very difficult to track.

First, though flex may be in "build automatically" mode, it does not rebuild when a dependent xml file is changed. So if you make a change to the services-config.xml file, you *have* to clean the project so that everything will be recompiled. Actually I guess you could just open a file and hit space and save it but whatever, you must force a compile.

This was a problem of course because I was not seeing the effects of many changes I was making because I didnt realize I was running the same code!.

The second issue is that {context.root} is undefined until you manually define it. I figured this out fairly early on, and thought I had the solution by setting the context-root element in the flex-config.xml file. But the flex-config.xml file is *only* used if you are compiling your file on the server. It is not used if you are building your apps locally. This means you must define the context-root on the command line.

This is not at all obvious, and in fact as far as I can tell, though it is a basic and critical requirement of FDS, the information is burried in the documentation. This should be one of the primary things that is discussed in relation to an FDS setup, because if you are compiling locally you must add this to your command line.

I think this demonstrates an area where the FDS setup documentation, which is not nearly as nice as the flex setup/getting started doc could be substantially improved. Truth be told, I hate required command line options. Its fine to have it for people who want it, but to have all this cool eclipse UI stuff and then to have something so basic not have its own little text edit box and description is a bit of a waste of the power of the eclipse IDE.

Hank

On 7/19/06, Dimitrios Gianninas < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
For my own project I am creating a war, and I don't need to hardcode anything. I have deployed it in 3 different servers including my local PC. You have to leave the default setting of {server.name} and it should work. No need to hardcode anything.
 
Perhaps you can post the file where you made the change and we can you what to correct.
 
Dimitrios Gianninas
RIA Developer
Optimal Payments Inc.
 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of hank williams
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:37 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] FDS deployment issue

Thanks Kazuya.

After spending all day on this I finally got it to work.

The issue that you are describing is where the problem was. I was specifying localhost, and then context.root, instead of hardcoding the server name.

But to me this is a very bad solution. This means that whenever you prepare a war file, it must be targeted at a specific server. If there is no way around this then that really sucks from a deployment perspective. The whole concept of a portable WAR file goes out the window. But it cant really work that way. They must have figured out a way to do it. They just havent told us yet!

Regards
Hank

On 7/19/06, KOMON Kazuya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hank,

I see. So it seems not to be caused by some exception...

How about flex-services.xml?
If you difined the original gateway in <channels> - <channel-definition> tag
or hard code(ex. <endpoint uri=" http://yourserver:8080/flex2_example/gateway"),
you should change to fit to your environment.
I have some experience which everything is working.

Kazuya

--- In message ---
  2006/07/20 09:27
  "hank williams < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>" wrote:

> Well, there is no error on the server side. There are no messages on the
> server side which indicates that the flex app cant speak to the server.
> Obviously there must be an error on the flash side, but all I see is a
> failure to connect. It just sits there. I wish I could see what it was
> sending so I could figure out why it was failing.
>
> Hank
>
> On 7/19/06, KOMON Kazuya < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > Is there any error messages when your flex app is speaking to the server ?
> >
> > Kazuya
> >
> > --- In message ---
> >   2006/07/20 08:42
> >   "hank williams < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>" wrote:
> >
> > > No, I'm not using ant.
> > >
> > > I am sure that for some reason my app is not reaching the server. I am
> > > wondering if there is way to remotely debug so I can see what is going
> > on. I
> > > know the client is not reaching the server because there is no activity
> > on
> > > the console but I dont know why.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > On 7/19/06, Allen Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  Are you doing your deployment through Ant? If you are, make sure you
> > pass
> > > > the compiler all of you DS config files. If you look at
> > > > Project->Properties->Flex Compiler, you'll see that the config files
> > get
> > > > passed in. We are using Ant and doing the above, and everything is
> > working.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  ------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ]
> > *On
> > > > Behalf Of *hank williams
> > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:28 PM
> > > > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] FDS deployment issue
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been developing and testing on one machine that is both client
> > and
> > > > server. In other words, my tomcat installation is at localhost, not
> > some
> > > > remote server.
> > > >
> > > > Now I am trying to deploy my war file and when I run it, The flex app
> > is
> > > > not speaking to the server. I am wondering if there is some
> > configuration
> > > > that is getting compiled into the swf that tells it where the FDS
> > server is?
> > > > I know I set some properties as to where the flex server is, using the
> > > > eclipse property window. Is this a parameter that gets built into the
> > swf
> > > > using a compiler command line? I cant think of how else it could work,
> > but
> > > > if this is the case I would like to know more about it. I am sure
> > there are
> > > > docs on this but I havent seen them. Anyway, unless I use ant, that
> > would
> > > > suggest I need to change this parameter and recompile before building
> > a WAR
> > > > file. Is that right?
> > > >
> > > > Any insight greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> >
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