Looks like you will need a meta-policy file: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/messages/105793?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1
HTH, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to make a URLRequest that uses basic HTTP authentication. The > credentials are default and unknown to the user. > > I first tried using what the documentation referred to as the > URLRequestDefaults class: > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=url_requests_2.html > > But this class doesn't seem to exist.... > > So then I tried setting the header manually: > > var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( GlobalSettings.HARVEST_GATEWAY ); > var authHeader:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("Authorization", > "Basic " + base64Encode(HARVEST_LOGIN + ":" + HARVEST_PASS)); > request.requestHeaders.push(authHeader); > > But then I get a runtime error: > > ArgumentError: Error #2096: The HTTP request header Authorization cannot be > set via ActionScript. > > > So... how do I set the authorization headers for a URLRequest? > > Thanks for any help! > ~Aaron >
