Coldfusion CFC access with Flash Builder

[Daniel_Pride]

Is it possible to access CFC's for development on a remote server without shared netword drive access?

Thanks

[KerrDoubleTake]

yes ... absolutely.  Flex works great with ColdFusion. You can use remoteObject calls on the Flex side to call functions inside your cfc.  Your cfc function must be set to access="remote" .  The remoteObject endpoint points to your coldfusion server (e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/flex2gateway/).

This is a good place to start

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_cf.html

Don

[Daniel_Pride]

Yes I know I can do all that when coldfusion is installed on my hard drive, but in this case

I can ONLY access the CFC over the internet.

I don't have LAN access. I can't mount a drive or browse to select the CFC

You are saying its still possible to develop against the flash remote cfc's when

you do not have access except via http?

Dan

[KerrDoubleTake · Accepted solution]

Yes.  No need for local CF server or LAN. 

All you need http access to your remote CF Server via the endpoint url in your remoteObject call http://www.yourdomain.com/flex2gateway/ 

When debugging or running Flex web or air app locally, you can still get data from your remote CF server.

<s:RemoteObject

                              id="cfdata" showBusyCursor="true"

                              destination="ColdFusion" endpoint="http://www.yourdomain.com/flex2gateway/"

                              source="mycfcpath.mycfc">

  <s:method name="getPhotos" result="getPhotos_Result(event)" />

  </s:RemoteObject>

Hope this helps.

Don