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Several months ago I posted some articles on my blog about Flex 2 components and accessing/modifying their BitmapData. In one example, I sent the BitmapData to the server and saved it as a JPG file, and I've been asked numerous times since... "How did you do that?" It's surprisingly easy to do once you understand the concepts involved. There are four ways to get binary data from the Flex application back to your server: AMF3 (RemoteObject), Web Services, HTTP Services, or through a Socket connection. In this article I'll cover the first three topics as they pertain to Flex 2; Socket connectivity could take an article all by itself. Binary data can't be pushed to the server in its native format using a Web Service or a standard HTTP POST method. To save the data using We... (more)

Binary Data, ColdFusion & Adobe Flex

Several months ago I posted some articles on my blog about Flex 2 components and accessing/modifying their BitmapData. In one example, I sent the BitmapData to the server and saved it as a JPG file, and I've been asked numerous times since... "How did you do that?" It's surprisingly easy to do once you understand the concepts involved. There are four ways to get binary data from the Flex... (more)

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Andrew Trice, co-author of Flex 2 articles on Adobe's Developer Center, maintains a blog at http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice in which he helps orient newbies and experts alike about Flex. Web Developer's & Designer's Journal is pleased here to bring a sampler of some of his more recent shared insights. Getters and Setters vs. Public Properties in Flex I've been asked s... (more)