[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Server-Side Technology Recommendations
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So Tom, when are you going to include newer MySQL drivers by default, instead of requiring users to manually update the drivers and specify them when creating a DSN? I'm using MySQL 4.1 and even that old of a version of MySQL requires me to manually update the drivers on a new CF install and manually enter all the information when creating a DSN to talk to it. The people who own MySQL (it is proprietary BTW) did not allow us to redistribute the latest JDBC MySQL driver for free. If I recall, they wanted quite a bit of money. Since *you* could download it for free, and we had the older version that could work[1] with the newer servers if you change the authentication method, we stuck with that. The good news is that we expect to enhance our support for MySQL in Scorpio, the next major release of CF. [1] MySQL tech note: http://www.adobe.com/go/6ef0253 -- Tom Jordahl Adobe ColdFusion Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Server-Side Technology Recommendations
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Mulvihill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, What do you all recommend for backend server-side technology to work with Flex? I'm planning on some work with MySQL and not particularly interested in .NET. Hi Kevin, I would say that you should look at ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 as the premier server side technology that closely integrates with Flex 2. Some advantages - Application Wizard gives you a working Flex/CF app in minutes. - Tight integration with the FDS Messaging and Data Mangement features - Easy to use Flash Remoting support allows you to invoke ColdFusion Components - Its ColdFusion! The fastest, simplest and most productive server side scripting technology around. Disclaimer: I am (very) biased. -- Tom Jordahl Adobe ColdFusion Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Server-Side Technology Recommendations
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So CF would replace ASP.Net as the middle tier. I have no exposure to CF, so that clears things up a bit. But, no native databases in CF? sales pitch Well, ColdFusion talks to databases using JDBC, the Java equivalent of ODBC or OLEDB. We include drivers for most databases in the box, including a 'native' SQL Server driver. So in that respect we are very much like ASP. CFML is a tag based markup language that is very easy to learn, especially if you know HTML. And we connect to almost everything: SMS, IM, LDAP, POP, COM, CORBA, HTTP, SMTP, JMS, databases, Web services (publish and consume) etc, etc. Plus among other things we have printing (generate PDF with a single tag) and reporting features, including a free report builder tool. We include the Verity/Autonomy K2 enterprise text search engine. The list goes on and one. CF is very cool. :-) Download the free 30 day trial and check it out. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/ /sales pitch -- Tom Jordahl Adobe ColdFusion Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: Beta 3 WebService Result
The important thing with tns1:string vs. s:string is that the namespace prefixes (tns1 and s) point to the XML Schema namespace: xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; In general with Axis, 'tns1' points to something other than XML Schema, for instance (from a ColdFusion CFC web service): xmlns:tns1=http://rpc.xml.coldfusion; I hope that helps a little -- Tom Jordahl Adobe --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, someguy7_7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine have type=s:string as well. I also have a field called totalresults that is at the same level as the items which is an integer and seems to be fine. I am able to reference that using lastResult.totalresults. The strings for category and categoryid are the ones I am having problems with. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Kelly Birr kelly.fx@ wrote: The only difference I can see between your WSDL and mine is that mine has type=s:string in the simple string elements. I've looked through my services and have found type=tns:whatever in some places and flex does interpret those as more complex types. I can only assume this is what's happening to you. If you have control over your WSDL you may try type=s:string. I had to do something similar in my .NET web services to get the WSDL to read type=s:string instead of type=s:dateTime for date/time values so Flex would leave them as strings and not convert them to Date objects and mess up the time zone. - Kelly -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of someguy7_7 Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:32 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Beta 3 WebService Result Our webservices are written in J2EE 1.5 with Axis. I can get the specific version of Axis if you think it matters. Here is part of wsdl that pertains to the question. Sorry about the formatting. complexType name=SearchResponse sequence element maxOccurs=1 minOccurs=0 name=items nillable=true complexType sequence element maxOccurs=1 minOccurs=0 name=totalresults type=tns1:int/ element maxOccurs=unbounded minOccurs=0 name=item nillable=true complexType sequence element maxOccurs=1 minOccurs=0 name=category type=tns1:string/ element maxOccurs=1 minOccurs=0 name=categoryid type=tns1:string/ /sequence /complexType /element /sequence /complexType /element /sequence /complexType Thanks Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
CF/Flex wizards (was Re: [flexcoders] Re: any disadvantages to using FDS + CF vs
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Knudsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking of these wizards, how can we modify the templates they are generated from? How difficult would it be to make them scriptable or add the ability for them to act on mulitple tables? Hi Doug, The CFC wizards do not currently support this kind of customization. We designed them as a productivity tool to get users up and running quickly and to remove some of the tedium in coding value objects in AS and CFML.We fully expect that the resulting code would not be final and developers would edit them for their needs. -- Tom Jordahl Adobe CF Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: Working with CFC's
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bacardi Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops, as you can see, I'm new to the list as well. The problem is the results ARE NOT being loaded into the datagrid. Thanks, Bacardi Bryant Bacardi, There are several article on the Adopbe Developer Center that might help, along with the CF 7.0.2 docucmentation. I know there is a new set of chapters Using CF with Flex 2.0, but it isn't up on livedocs yet. Try this article from Kyle to start: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/helloworld.html -- Tom Jordahl Adobe CF Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: ColdFusion vs. PHP as the back-end
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ville Walveranta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * If you want to go hardcore though, Java is your best option. Why Java over PHP in this instance? PHP is a very capable language, albeit maybe a little fragmented due to it's nature. Perhpas the biggest thing that bothers me in it is the lack of thread safety (which, obviously, is not an issue with languages such as CF or Java that have been written from ground up, and that don't rely on a plethora of third party modules). I would certainly say that ColdFusion is the clear choice given its tight integration with all the Flex 2.0 features, including AMF3 support, value objects and FDS integration with DataManagement and Messaging. Not to mention the Eclipse Application Wizard and CFC-AS code writing wizards. We put a lot of work in making ColdFusion *the* premier backend for Flex 2. I am (obviously) very baised, as I did a lot of that work. -- Tom Jordahl Adobe CF Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: any disadvantages to using FDS + CF vs. FDS + Java?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since we have more CF developers in-house, we're wondering if there are any disadvantages or limitations of using CF with FDS instead of using Java. Just wanted to jump in here and say that using ColdFusion does have some advantages over Java. For one thing, not having to write Java code to do JDBC manipulation of your data is a big one. We believe that for RAD development, CFML (especially given the Flex Builder wizards we provide) will get you up and running much quicker. A CF solution should scale very well, as you are offloading the processing of the DB operations on to the CF server. You do pay a small price in moving the result sets from CF to Flex over a network if CF and Flex are on different machines. We fully support the change object model of writing Assemblers as ColdFusion Components. The one thing we do not support writing in CFML is the 'server push' API which allows a Java application running in the Flex web application to 'push' changes to the data in to the Flex managed result sets. We are currently evaluating supporting this in a future release. I hope this (biased) information helps. -- Tom Jordahl Adobe CF Team Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: any disadvantages to using FDS + CF vs. FDS + Java?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Tom. The primary responsibility of our server-side logic is to push data out to clients (updating user lists, sending validated chat messages, etc.), so it sounds like that's a deal-breaker for CF. :( Well, so let me clear. If you are talking about the *Data Management* part of FDS that is fine. We just don't (yet) support the ability for CFML code to call up to Flex, which is obviously a bit simpler when you are part of the same VM/web app. We do fully support Flex calling down to us to manage the Data Set. But if you are talking about the *Messaging* feature of FDS, then ColdFusion would most definitely meet your needs using the Flex Messaging Gateway. You can publish and subscribe to a Flex destination. -- Tom Jordahl Adobe -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: Beta Flex 2 release Date? Any one for a Guess
Hello, I am working on the ColdFusion MX 7 and Flex2 integration. Here is what we currently have scheduled to be available around the same time as the next Flex2 beta. - An update to the CFC Adapter that is currently available on Macromedia labs. This is mainly bug fixes, and updates to stay in sync with the current Flex2 code. - A CF Event Gateway Adapter for Flex2 and Flex Asynchronous Event Gateway for CFMX7. These two pieces together allow you to publish and subscribe to Flex Enterprise Services destinations from a ColdFusion Component. You can publish messages from a Flex client that a CFC will receive. You can publish messages from CFML code that a Flex client can see. For an idea on how this can be used, see the Flex JMS (Java Messaging Service) Adapter example. This is for Async Messaging and does not integrate ColdFusion with Flex Data Services (see below). So the major new piece here is integration with the publish/subscribe functionality in the Flex2 Messaging services. We are also looking to create an adapter that will enable a ColdFusion Component to be the back end to the Flex Data Services layer, similar to the way Java Objects can currently be used. I don't expect this to be available at the same time as the next beta, but miracles can happen. :) Rest assured that we want to get this kind of functionality into your hands and get as much feedback on it as we can. FYI, we also are hard at work on some CF-specific Flex Builder 2 productivity extensions that should dramatically increase the productivity of RIA construction for CF customers, and make the leap to RIA development for CF customers new to RIA with Flex2 a super easy, fun and productive experience, but more on that later :) Questions: - Do you think you can use the pub/sub functionality as described? - How do you envision a CFC backend to Flex2 Data services? -- Tom Jordahl Adobe ColdFusion Architect --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Vinny Timmermans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, I am working on an Flex 2 /CFMX7 Enterprise project and my main concern at the moment is whether the Flex Enterprise Gateway beta for CF, announced at MAX, will be released at the same time as the Flex Enterprise Services beta. In other words, can we get our hands dirty connecting the new Flex 2 Dataservices with CFMX 7 Enterprise in a straightforward way in 3-5 weeks? Best, Vinny _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Mendels Sent: woensdag 4 januari 2006 22:15 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Beta Flex 2 release Date? Any one for a Guess Hi all, Good to hear you are eager. The team is hard at work. The next beta will be a big leap forward. I am not going to give a specific date or commit to anything...we need to make sure the beta is ready before we ship it, but I would expect it in 3-5 weeks. NO guarantee. In the meantime, I'd love to hear more about what kinds of projects you are working on for Flex 2, were you using Flex 1.X or is this your first Flex project, nature of team, high level impressions, concerns, etc. Regards, David Adobe _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose (DSM) Lora Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:34 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Beta Flex 2 release Date? Any one for a Guess Same here, I have a development team waiting for that Beta _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sufibaba Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:15 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Beta Flex 2 release Date? Any one for a Guess Hi All, Can anyone give an estimate on when Flex 2 will be released? It doesn't have to be a final word, just an approximate time. We are working on a Flex 2 project that is being slowed to a halt do the many bugs in Flex Alpha. Sincerely, Tim -- 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/
