Getting started with Flex - Help wanted
As I continue my journey through the "Getting Started with Flex 2" I've now finished the example where I should be able to pull down the most popular posts from MXNA. It compiles without error, and the layout looks ok in the browser. But there is no data pulled in. In the browsers status bar (or what it is called) I get "Waiting for weblogs.macromedia.com..."
I was wondering if anybody else who have gone trough this still has the code and can check if they get the same result. If not then obviously there must be something wrong in my code.
Here's the code I have:
I was wondering if anybody else who have gone trough this still has the code and can check if they get the same result. If not then obviously there must be something wrong in my code.
Here's the code I have:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.send()">
<mx:WebService id="wsBlogAggr" wsdl="http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/webservices/mxna2.cfc?wsdl" useProxy="false">
<mx:operation name="getMostPopularPosts">
<mx:request>
<daysBack>30</daysBack>
<limit>{cbxNumPosts.value}</limit>
</mx:request>
</mx:operation>
</mx:WebService>
<mx:Label x="49" y="64" text="Most Popular Posts"/>
<mx:ComboBox x="49" y="106" id="cbxNumPosts" change="wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.send()">
<mx:Object label="Top 5" value="5"/>
<mx:Object label="Top 10" value="10"/>
<mx:Object label="Top 15" value="15"/>
</mx:ComboBox>
<mx:DataGrid x="49" y="156" id="dgTopPosts" width="400" dataProvider="{wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.lastResult}">
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Top Posts" dataField="postTitle"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Clicks" dataField="clicks" width="75"/>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
<mx:LinkButton x="49" y="326" label="Select an item and click here for full post" click="navigateToURL(new URLRequest(dgTopPosts.selectedItem.postLink));"/>
</mx:Application>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.send()">
<mx:WebService id="wsBlogAggr" wsdl="http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/webservices/mxna2.cfc?wsdl" useProxy="false">
<mx:operation name="getMostPopularPosts">
<mx:request>
<daysBack>30</daysBack>
<limit>{cbxNumPosts.value}</limit>
</mx:request>
</mx:operation>
</mx:WebService>
<mx:Label x="49" y="64" text="Most Popular Posts"/>
<mx:ComboBox x="49" y="106" id="cbxNumPosts" change="wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.send()">
<mx:Object label="Top 5" value="5"/>
<mx:Object label="Top 10" value="10"/>
<mx:Object label="Top 15" value="15"/>
</mx:ComboBox>
<mx:DataGrid x="49" y="156" id="dgTopPosts" width="400" dataProvider="{wsBlogAggr.getMostPopularPosts.lastResult}">
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Top Posts" dataField="postTitle"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Clicks" dataField="clicks" width="75"/>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
<mx:LinkButton x="49" y="326" label="Select an item and click here for full post" click="navigateToURL(new URLRequest(dgTopPosts.selectedItem.postLink));"/>
</mx:Application>
