The same author wrote a jpg encoder. I was just hoping to leverage the existing middleware that accepts a multipart form upload to accept this binary data in the same manner.
Thanks for your advice! Mike Weiland wrote: > > Daryn, > > I see what you really want to do is more akin to this: > > http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/10/png-encoder-in-as3.html > <http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/10/png-encoder-in-as3.html> > > I’ve used this for something similar, I believe someone has written a > JPG encoder, but all you need to do is grab the bitmap data of the web > cam and upload the binary to the middleware that actually converts the > binary to an actual file. > > Sorry, I thought you were trying to save a Flash object like an array > of arrays or something. > > Good luck, > > Mike Weiland > > > > On 12/1/06 12:01 PM, "Daryn Nakhuda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Mike! > > I was trying to avoid using remoting, since I'm not using it anywhere > else in my application (yet). > > Basically, I have a file upload to upload your picture, and I > wanted to > have a webcam snapshot option, that posted to the same existing > backend > piece. Doesn't sound like that is currently easy/possible. > > I'll look at the FMS solution though, as I am already using that > elsewhere. > > Daryn > > Mike Weiland wrote: > > > > Daryn, > > > > It's possible, but probably not the way you are going about doing > it. > > I've taken 2 different paths to achieve this in the past, the first > > was on www.CertificateCreator.com when a user saves a certificate > the > > object that describes the certificate is sent to ColdFusion and I > > convert the object to WDDX and store that in the database. Then > when a > > certificate is opened it is retrieved from the database converted > from > > WDDX back to a ColdFusion object that Remoting converts back to a > > Flash object. I've done this similar thing with .NET and PHP > remoting, > > the trick is to find what format your middleware can store in your > > database. > > > > The second approach I've used was to use Flash Media Server to > store a > > remote shared object of the object. My app would make the remote > > connection get the object and start up. This approach worked great > > because there weren't a lot of objects that needed to be saved and > > retrieve and the application doesn't have many concurrent hits that > > would limit our license, plus after the retrieveal of the object the > > remote connection is closed. > > > > I believe FDS has the same remote object capabilites as FMS has > so you > > might already have that end. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Mike Weiland > > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > I have data in my flex app that I want to send to my server as if it > > were a upload from a filereference (aka, as a multipart form). > > > > Is there a easy way to do that? > > > > Basically, I already have a backend servlet that accepts file uploads > > from my flex app, and from an html browse form, and i'd like to use > > that same backend with arbitrary serialized objects in my swf. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Daryn > > > > > > > > > -- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
