Chapter 4: Using The Flex Data Service Assembler - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 7.0.2-USING COLDFUSION MX WITH FLEX 2 Use Manual

CHAPTER 4
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Using the Flex Data Service
Assembler
This chapter describes how to develop an application that uses the Flex Data Service
assembler provided with ColdFusion MX 7.0.2. It describes how you can configure the Flex
Data Service assembler and write and test an application that uses the assembler.
This chapter assumes that you are familiar with ColdFusion components, as well as accessing
and using data in ColdFusion applications. It also assumes that you are familiar with Adobe
Flex Data Services.
Contents
About Flex and ColdFusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Application development and deployment process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Enabling SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Data translation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Example application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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