Question

Flash Forms are not initializing.

Asked by: pegarm

Consider the following code in my code snippet.  Really simple CF flash form, right?

When I run this on my personal machine, (CF7, Windows XP) it runs perfectly fine.  When I move it to a development server (CF7, Windows Server 2000) the flash form will not initialize.  Through troubleshooting, I've discovered (so far):
* The page can access the scripts in the /CFIDE directory just fine.
* The page that is generated includes the script for where the .mxml.cfswf file would be.
* ColdFusion has no problems writing to the directory (discovered using CFFILE)
* Clearing the temporary internet files and loading the page, then viewing the cache and the server IIS logs shows that I'm getting a 404 on the .mxml.cfswf file.

Has anyone else encountered this?  How else can I troubleshoot why the server is not creating and/or delivering the flash form to the client?

<cfform
	name="myForm"
	action="index.cfm"
	method="post"
	format="flash"
	skin="haloBlue"
	wmode="transparent"
	width="600"
	height="400">
 
	<cfinput type="button" name="myButton" value="Here is a button!">
</cfform>
                                  
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2008-05-07 at 11:23:42ID23383762
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Answers

 

by: hobbit72Posted on 2008-05-07 at 23:34:28ID: 21522697

404 means file not found, something is missing or in the wrong place on your dev server.  Check that you are not using any local filesystem paths when calling.
Do you have a webserver on your personal machine, if so, what happens when you run the app from http://localhost.yourapp.html instead of from the flex ide?
Post the source for the page that includes the script for where the cfswf would be.

 

by: pegarmPosted on 2008-05-08 at 09:39:29ID: 21526299

I am not using local file system paths when I am calling the page.  The 404 error itself is not appearing on the page, but in the IIS logs.  When CF parses a page with a CFFORM TYPE=FLASH element, it creates a temporary .mxml.cfswf file that is sent to the client.  This is the file that the IIS logs show as 404.

I do have a webserver on my local machine, and it's working perfectly fine there, as well as on another web server I have set up.  I'm not building this application using the Flex IDE at all.  It's pure CFML that generates a Flex SWF.

I've attached the outputted file from the coldFusion server.  

 

by: pegarmPosted on 2008-05-09 at 09:17:34ID: 21534344

Anyone have any ideas here?  I really need to find an answer to this question.

 

by: hobbit72Posted on 2008-05-09 at 11:08:23ID: 21535210

Post the relevant IIS log lines

 

by: SanDiegoColdFusionGuyPosted on 2008-07-15 at 20:56:59ID: 22013190

Two things to check:

  1. make sure /CFIDE is mapped 
  2. see if Check that file exists  is not checked for .cfswf in IIS (see below) 
Problem:
Flash Forms created with the cfform tag are stored in ColdFusion's memory but are referred to as being within the site. eg mysite.com/myDir/myFlashForm.cfm has a flash form on it so CF refers to the flash object as being located at mysite.com/myDir/7854123954.msml.cfswf and that's the problem...it's only there in CF's cache.  IIS6 has a setting to "Check that file exists" and since it only exists in CF's memory but not in the filesystem, IIS handles the request as a 404 and doesn't pass the request to the CF server.

Solution IIS6:
You can, however, configure IIS to check whether a file exists before IIS hands the file off to the application mappings. To configure IIS to check, follow these steps:
  • Right-click a Web site, folder, or virtual directory, then select Properties. 
  • Click the Home Directory tab (for a Web site), the Directorytab (for a folder), or the Virtual Directory tab (for a virtualdirectory). 
  • Click Configuration. 
  • Select an application mapping from the list. we want .cfswf
     
  • Click Edit. 
  • In the Add/Edit Application Extension Mapping dialog box uncheck the Check that file exists check box. 
FYI: IIS7 has renamed the "Check that file exists" to something else.

This was driving me crazy for months!! Hope it works for you. Good luck.

 

by: dgofmanPosted on 2012-01-17 at 14:49:35ID: 37475261

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