Connecting To Zend AMF Backend Via HTTPS

Environment:
- Flash Builder 4
- Flex 4 Beta 2
- Zend AMF (the one that gets automatically downloaded in Flash Builder 4)
Issue:
Using Flash Builder's "Connect To PHP" wizard, I can connect to my Zend AMF backend via HTTP but not HTTPS (and yes, my domain does have a valid SSL certificate from a trusted CA - it is not self signed). Upon selecting the PHP class (using a SFTP mount to my web host) via the wizard, Flash Builder dies when "introspecting the service" and it throws this error:
Make sure that Zend Framework is installed correctly and the parameter "amf.production" is not set to true in the amf_config.ini file located in the project output folder.
Warning: require_once(Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home <blah>
If I change my PHP backend's URL from https://<domain> to http://<domain> then it works but I obviously need to use SSL for this application.

I upgraded to Zend Framework 1.10, which didn't help. I also just installed Flash Builder 4 Premium (which was just released today) and that didn't help my situation either although I believe the problem is how I'm attempting to get my Flex client to communicate to my hosted web server.
All the examples I've seen demonstrate how to connect a flex client and PHP backend (via Zend AMF) to LOCALHOST. I need to develop my Flex client on my laptop and hook into my PHP backend running on a hosted web server (not localhost).
Here are my server properties:
- Application server type = PHP
- Server location:
- web root = Y: (this maps to my Y: drive on windows which is a SFTP mount to my web host)
- root URL = https://cl21.<web_host>.com/~<username>
- Output folder = Y:\<app>-debug
I can get this to work if I use my dedicated domain name www.<my_domain>.com but I haven't yet purchased a dedicated IP and SSL certificate so I'm attempting to use my web host's shared SSL certificate (which is valid). The problem seems to be related to the setting "root URL". Can you not point the flex client to anything other than a root URL? Most server-side development happens on a shared dev server (e.g. sandbox.company_name.com/developer1, sandbox.company_name.com/developer2, etc.)

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Oct 23 17:10:58 xxxx fseventsd[47]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/WesternFresh/.fseventsd/636573acca1d6550 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/WesternFresh/.fseventsd
Oct 24 10:55:42 xxxx com.apple.kextd[10]: Can't create kext cache under / - owner not root.
Oct 24 17:23:05 tmdc diskarbitrationd[16]: unable to probe /dev/disk1 (status code 0xFFFFFFFA).
and there was an I/O faliure not but it was on another mac - where i hoped itt will come back to live.
I think - if it is possible - that the OS maybe misunderstand something about these drives, and try to change - maybe permissions - all the time if a usb external connects...? (I am not really into it as you see )
Also about Disk Utility - it does not see any partition on the old hdd, but i shows the name of the product. If I connect the new hdd via the keyboard usb, the disk utility is able to see and format it, but the hdd will be still slow and tikking after it.
Also I tried Disk Warrior (freezd out) and Techtool Pro 6 thanks to some ol'frineds - which also not saw the old hdd, but did nothing useful with the new one.
About cav green: I have 3 of them and no error so far, and got 4 1tb cav green in 2 mybook studio II also without any problem.
Iam a bit scared, and try not to plug in any usb hdd-s now, but I have to continue work, so I need solutions.
I hope if it is not hardware failure, maybe some tricky terminal code will bring back the viability of my old hdd - and I won't have to spend a lot of money to recover data.
strange.
if anybody has a clue?
update 1:
i found this post also:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15905481#15905481
I also made the mentioned steps - but it is a bit different sice it reproduce itself and I cant use DU.

It turned out that WD is the big bad guy in this game.
According the data rescue company where I asked for an inspection, both of the drives had their reader head loose. And in the one, which was my already-in-use disk its even damaged the platters... xxxxx
So its time to pay bunch of money to recover, and take a walk to wd service to bang on the desk.
Also note - it may be somehow related to intellispeed technology - since macs not really friendly with wd-s built-in solutions.
On the other hand, with WD GP 1Tb there is no problems at all for ages.
thanks guys, thread is closed

Logon failed when connecting to XML data source over HTTP

I am trying to create a report using the standard report creation wizard:
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4) xml data source
When using the sample from the SAP site, it works fine:
http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/downloads/samples/cr/customer_db/customer.xml
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Sorry Brian,
This is a public forum, if no one can help you do have the option to purchase a support case:
http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjamer/DisplayProductByTypePage&parentCategoryID=&categoryID=11522300?resid=-Z5tUwoHAiwAAA8@NLgAAAAS&rests=1254701640551
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