Running Basic Flex Projects over HTTP?

How do you configure Flex Builder to run basic flex projects over http (http://localhost/MyProject.html)? I can't figure out how to use crossdomain.xml files when running locally via something like file:///Users/Me/Flex/MyProject...

Running this on a Mac开发者_运维技巧 with Safari/FireFox.

Thanks!

It would be worthwhile if you mentioned what OS you are developing on: Windows, or Mac OSX?

In general, you'll be asking Flex Builder to deploy your build to a web-accessible location provided already by the IIS web server (if on Windows), or the Apache web server (if on OSX.) Here's how:

• choose Properties on your Flex project
• select Flex Build Path in the left panel
• change the Output folder for your project.

On Windows, you'll typically choose an output folder such as C:\inetpub\wwwroot\xyz ... where xyz is the name for a folder you created to hold your project's output files. That will be accessible as http://localhost/xyz/YourFlexApp.html

On Mac OSX, a good output folder to use is /Users/yourusername/Sites/xyz ... where yourusername is your user name, and xyz is the name for a folder you created to hold your project's output files. That will be accessible as http://localhost/~yourusername/xyz/YourFlexApp.html

Important: Ensure your local web server is installed and enabled.

Additionally, you'll want to change your Run/Debug settings so that Flex Builder launches your project via http:// URL instead of via a file reference. Here's how:

• choose Properties on your Flex project
• select Run/Debug Settings in the left panel
• select your application in the main list
• click the Edit button
• under URL or path to launch, uncheck Use defaults
• change the Debug, Profile, and Run URLs to point to your web-accessible location.

I hope this helps.

This is a Flash setting, actually. You need to make the folder you're trying to run Flash in allowed by Flash. Go to this website, which runs a special component of Flash. http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

Add the local folder location inside the 'locations' piece and make them Allowed. It's not super-intuitive getting it to save your settings, but it shouldn't take more than one try.