I want a user to press an excel button and get prompted to download an excel file. I normally do it like this:
var dest:String = excelEndpoint;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
request.url = dest;
fr.download( request,'Locates.xls' );
fr.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, handleStatus);
fr.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleErr);
However, now I need to pass an object to the servlet. Seeing that you can't do that with URLRequest I tried using HTTPService:
var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService();
service.url = excelEndpoint;
service.method = "POST";
service.showBusyCursor = true;
service.addEventListener("result", httpResult);
service.addEventListener("fault", httpFault);
service.send( myObject);
Now I can get my data (myObject) to the servlet successfully, but I don't get prompted for a download.
How can I do that? Is it even possible with HTTPService?
Thanks for any helpful tips.
I don't think there is anything you can do w/ a remote request from the Flash Player to prompt the user to download something. The way I have done this in the past is two fold:
Remote request pings server that generates the excel file and saves it to a temporary directory. The request returns a URL to the Flex app as the result of the call.
When Flex app gets the result--a URL--it creates a URL request and pops it open in a new window, prompting the user to download the generated excel sheet.
I don't see a way to do this in one shot; because the return value from the Flex HTTPService call goes to the Flash Player, not the browser.
SOLVED:
I wanted to accomplish this with 1 remote call and the way I found to do this while passing an object that contained collections is this:
var uv:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
uv.typesColl = myObj.types.toString();
uv.partiesColl = myObj.parties.toString();
uv.statuses = myObj.statuses.toString();
Basically, create a property on the URLVariables object for each collection and then set all collections toString();
Hope that helps someone.
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I’m using the following AS3 code to write and read data in two arrays to a local file, using Animate CC 2019 on Windows 10 and AIR 30.0 for Desktop/Flash (.swf) publishing settings. I use two input text boxes, input1 & input2, to add new data to the arrays.
When I test the FLA, the data file created has a .sol extension and is placed in a folder path:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\FLA filename\Local Store#SharedObjects\FLA filename.swf\
If I publish and install the program using an .air installer package, the exact same file, in the same folder path, is also accessed by the installed version of the program. Same location is used if I install on another computer running Windows 7, so the file location seems pretty consistent.
Question:
How can I force the code to save to a different location on the local hard drive on Windows? For example, in the documents folder or to create a new folder on the system drive and save the file there? Or, even better, prompt the user to choose the folder and file himself?
Please consider I’m looking for an answer using SharedObject, if possible, and not alternative methods like URLLoader, File, FileStream, FileMode. The reason is this way I can store multiple array contents in a file, without having to deal with the in-file data arrangement. So, I can read back the data for each array easily as shown below.
Thanks in advance
This is the code I use to access the local file:
var datavariable:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("filiename");
var data1:Array = new Array ();
var data2:Array = new Array ();
btn_read.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, readfromfile);
btn_write.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, writetofile);
btn_new.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, newentry);
//To add new data from input text boxes to the arrays:
function newentry(e:Event):void
{
data1.push(input1.text);
data2.push(input2.text);
}
//To write to the local file:
function readfromfile(e:Event):void
{
data1 = datavariable.data.d1
data2 = datavariable.data.d2
}
//To read from the local file:
function writetofile(e:Event):void
{
datavariable.data.d1 = data1
datavariable.data.d2 = data2
datavariable.flush();
}
I don't know of a way of changing the shared object storage location. That mechanism is designed to be abstracted out from the developer.
Since you are using AIR, you can actually forget shared objects, and just write your own files anywhere your app has permission to do so. You can do this using the same format as shared object and don't have to worry about in file data arrangement (you save an object, you read back an object - just like Shared Object does), the only difference is you load/save the file where you choose.
Here is an example:
function writetofile(e:Event):void
{
//create an object that holds your data, this will act the same as the 'data' value of a shared object
var saveObject = {
d1: data1,
d2: data2
}
//using the File and FileStream classes to read/save files
var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("saveData.data"); //or where and whatever you want to store and call the save file
var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
fileStream.writeObject(saveObject); //write the object to this file
fileStream.close(); //close the File Stream
}
function readfromfile(e:Event):void
{
var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("saveData.data");
var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
fileStream.open(file, FileMode.READ);
var savedObject = fileStream.readObject();
fileStream.close();
data1 = savedObject.d1;
data2 = savedObject.d2;
}
If you want to save complex objects (objects that aren't primitives), you need to register the class first. This goes for shared objects as well. See this answer for example of that.
I'm trying to change page and send some data to the new page just create. Basicaly, I have a page where the user could log, I'm gonna save the informations and then I'm going to open a new page by sendind the information to my "profil" page, where the user will have the information about his account. I'm using the MVVM patern, I don't know if it's going to change something but I ad this precision ;).
Edit: The only solution i have found is to pass the string of my object (gladly it is just strings). Because we can pass strings to another page. But I would prefer to give my object directly, or change my architecture if needed. Like don't create a page but replace my Usercontroles by others :(.
Thanks for the help.
For temp data:
If it is WP silverlight app, we can directly assign object to public property of destination page in OnNavigateFrom event of source page. For example, we can declare a public property A on Dest page, and implement the following in Source page to pass the user object:
protected override void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
Dest destPage = e.Content as Dest;
if(destPage != null)
{
User a = new User();
a.UserName = "aa";
a.ID = 1;
destPage.A = a;
}
}
For WP runtime app on WP 8.1, you can directly use Frame.Navigate(TypeName, Object) to pass the parameter.
For persist data:
I will suggest storing the data to local storage on source page and read it from destination page.
If I understand right you should use parameters in navigate URI
For example to send name you can use:
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/View/Page.xaml?name=UserName", UriKind.Relative));
and then in OnNavigatedTo() check name parameter:
string name;
NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("name", out name);
You can use IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings["keyname"]=yourobject;
And whenever you want to use this value just unbox this value as below,
if(IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings.Contains("keyname"))
{
var obj=(yourobject)IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings["keyname"];
}
I have to build a banner where people fill a form with their name and email send when they click, we send the data in order to send them back a brochure instantly.
I am not a dev, so it is a little bit confusing for me and I hope my explanations will be clear enough.
Apparently, the website only accept POST request but we cannot send like that from the banner due to crossdomain issue. So the request has to be send as a GET.
We found this website which does the conversion:
http://get-to-post.nickj.org/
for the purpose of the test, everything is hardcoded. When we test, this url:
http://get-to-post.nickj.org/?http://www.vikingrivercruises.co.uk/Forms/SaveRequestBrochures?InquiryReason[0]=2351&InquiryMessage[0]=UK+River+Brochure+Download&InquiryType[0]=Brochure-d&InquiryReason[1]=1450&InquiryMessage[1]=UK+Brochure+Requests+%28from+web%29&InquiryType[1]=Brochure&BrochureCode=UKBR15&SelectedBrochuresDeliverability=UKBR15+mail-yes+ebrochure-yes&selectedBrochures=UKBR15&Title=Mr.&FirstName=Andrew&LastName=Davies&EmailAddress=nicom21a%40gmail.com&PhoneNumberString=098921313132312&Country=United+Kingdom&OtherCountry=&Address1=&Address2=&Address3=&City=&State=&OtherState=&Zip=&EmailMeSpecialOffers=true&FriendTitle=&FriendFirstName=&FriendLastName=&FriendEmailAddress=&RedirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vikingrivercruises.co.uk%2Fbrochures%2Frivers-brochure-thank-you.html
and copy past it in the browser, it works perfectly and we receive a brochure instantly, but when I try to replicate it from the banner it doesn't work.
Here is my code, many thanks
var requestVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
requestVars.link = 'InquiryReason[0]=2351&InquiryMessage[0]=UK+River+Brochure+Download&InquiryType[0]=Brochure-d&InquiryReason[1]=1450&InquiryMessage[1]=UK+Brochure+Requests+%28from+web%29&InquiryType[1]=Brochure&BrochureCode=UKBR15&SelectedBrochuresDeliverability=UKBR15+mail-yes+ebrochure-yes&selectedBrochures=UKBR15&Title=Mr.&FirstName=Andrew&LastName=Davies&EmailAddress=nicom21a%40gmail.com&PhoneNumberString=098921313132312&Country=United+Kingdom&OtherCountry=&Address1=&Address2=&Address3=&City=&State=&OtherState=&Zip=&EmailMeSpecialOffers=true&FriendTitle=&FriendFirstName=&FriendLastName=&FriendEmailAddress=&RedirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vikingrivercruises.co.uk%2Fbrochures%2Frivers-brochure-thank-you.html'
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
request.url = 'http://get-to-post.nickj.org/?http://www.vikingrivercruises.co.uk/Forms/SaveRequestBrochures';
request.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;
request.data = requestVars;
for (var prop:String in requestVars) {
trace("Sent " + prop + " as: " + requestVars[prop]);
}
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderCompleteHandler);
loader.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, httpStatusHandler);
loader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
I also tried like that
request.url = 'http://get-to-post.nickj.org/?http://www.vikingrivercruises.co.uk/Forms/SaveRequestBrochures?';
I think there are many points in your case that should be clarified :
If you want send a URL request to a server, but ignores any response, and I think this is your case because you can't get response, It's better to use sendToURL instead of URLLoader.load().
If you test your swf on line, you will get a security error because the used site(http://get-to-post.nickj.org/) doesn't have a crossdomain.xml file to get authorization to execute the URL : http://get-to-post.nickj.org/?http://www.example.com/?param=value.
Even when you execute your sendToURL successfully, you have another problem because the site that you have mentioned, which convert GET request to a POST one, will not do the job because it's creating a page with a POST form with your data and submitting it when the page is loaded which is never fired with flash.
So, I think it's better to see the crossdomain problem with your target site (vikingrivercruises) to give you authorization to send POST data. And if It's always impossible, try to set another URL (site) that get your GET data and send it via curl, for example, to your destination.
i need to select a video file and convert it to a byte array. the file i am trying to select has been recorded by the cameraUi interface. i can get the path to the file using
fileName = media.file.url;
readFileIntoByteArray(filePath, inBytes);
when i am passing it into the byte array i need to select directory first and then pass in the the rest of the path.
private function readFileIntoByteArray(fileName:String, data:ByteArray):void
{
var inFile:File = File.userDirectory;
inFile = inFile.resolvePath(fileName);
trace (inFile.url);
inStream.open(inFile , FileMode.READ);
inStream.readBytes(data);
}
this leads to duplication of the first part of the path.
i want to keep this dynamic as it will be run on different devices. i hard coded the file into the the variables section of flash debugger and it worked also i get an error if i leave out file.userDirectory
thanks in advance any help would be appreciated
You should always use File.applicationStorageDirectory instead of File.userDirectory. Due to security risk will vary to vary different device. File.applicationStorageDirectory will work any device.
Robust way of working with filepath
var firstPartPath:String = File.applicationStorageDirectory.nativePath;
var fullPath:String = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("fileName.jpg").nativePath;
var expectedPath:String = fullPath.replace(firstPartPath,""); // "/fileName.jpg"
Here expectedPath value you should pass around your project instead of hard code value like c:\users\XXXX\ and save into database also use expectedPath value.
For latter access file just pass only expectedPath.
var inFile:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(expectedPath);
Needn't worry about forward and backword slashes. File resolvePath() take care for you.
private function readFileIntoByteArray(fileName:String, data:ByteArray):void
{
var inFile:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(fileName);
trace (inFile.url);
trace (inFile.nativePath);
trace (inFile.exists); //if file present true else false.
inStream.open(inFile , FileMode.READ);
inStream.readBytes(data);
}
So I've tried to build a small utility to view the contents of a JSON file in an easy-to-understand manner (for non-tech people).
I have Googled far and wide, high and low, but every example that shows how to consume a JSON file in Flash Builder uses the HTTP service, pointing to a file on the web.
Here I am, sitting in front of my MacBook, wondering why I can't make this work. In the documentation I've found (sort of relating to this issue), they always show Windows examples, and they seem to work fine:
C://me/projects/json/my_json.json
Perhaps I'm completely missing the obvious, but is this possible on a Mac as well?
I've tried
file:///Users/me/projects/json/my_json.json
That doesn't work. I've tried some "resolve to path" syntax, but the HTTP service does not seem to allow for anything but file paths in quotes.
Would anyone be able to pint me in the right direction?
Use the File API. It's really easy, here's a quick code sample:
// Get a File reference, starting on the desktop.
// If you have a specific file you want to open you could do this:
// var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("myfile.json")
// Then skip directly to readFile()
var file:File = File.desktopDirectory;
// Add a listener for when the user selects a file
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onSelect);
// Add a listener for when the user cancels selecting a file
file.addEventListener(Event.CANCEL, onCancel);
// This will restrict the file open dialog such that you
// can only open .json files
var filter:FileFilter = new FileFilter("JSON Files", "*.json");
// Open the file browse dialog
file.browseForOpen("Open a file", [filter]);
// Select event handler
private function onSelect(e:Event):void
{
// Remove listeners on e.currentTarget
// ...
// Cast to File
var selectedFile:File = e.currentTarget as File;
readFile(selectedFile);
}
private function onCancel(e:Event):void
{
// Remove listeners on e.currentTarget
// ...
}
private function readFile(file:File):void
{
// Read file
var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();
fs.open(selectedFile, FileMode.READ);
var contents:String = fs.readUTFBytes(selectedFile.size);
fs.close()
// Parse your JSON for display or whatever you need it for
parseJSON(contents);
}
You hinted at this in your post about examples being for Windows and you being on a Mac but I'll state it explicitly here: you should always use the File API because it is cross platform. This code will work equally well on Windows and Mac.