Flex2 and CF7.02 Remoting Errors

Question

For three days straight I have been trying to debug this
blasted remoting issue based off of the helloworld quick start. I
am getting the 405 Error when attempting remoting. If I goto
directly to
http://localhost/flex2gateway/
I get a 404 error.
I have read every blog, list, and forum that I can get my
eyes on and tried an assortment of possible fixes to no avail
(including reinstalling CF).
Here are my specs:
IIS 5.1 - webroot: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs
CF7.02
- CF Root: C:\CfusionMX7
- Webroot: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs
Flex Project:
- Flex Compiler Arguments: -context-root cfusion -services
"C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml" -locale en_US
Flex Build Path
- Output Folder: bin
- Output Folder URL:
http://localhost/HelloWorld_ro/bin
Flex Server
- Flex Root Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs
- Flex Server URL:
http://localhost/HelloWorld_ro
In C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs\WEB-INF\flex\service-config.xml:
<endpoint uri="
http://localhost/flex2gateway/"
class="flex.messaging.endpoints.AMFEndpoint"/>
In C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\WEB-INF\web.xml I added:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>MessageBrokerServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>servlet.class</param-name>
<param-value>flex.messaging.MessageBrokerServlet</param-value>
<param-name>services.configuration.file</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/flex/services-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
--- AND ----
<servlet-mapping id="macromedia_mapping_0">
<servlet-name>MessageBrokerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/flex2gateway/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Here's the error I get in my <mx:TraceTarget />:
'my-cfamf' pinging endpoint.
'my-cfamf' channel got status. (Object)#0
code = "NetConnection.Call.Failed"
description = "HTTP: Status 405"
details = "
http://localhost/flex2gateway/"
level = "error"
This really shouldn't be this difficult! This should have
been complete in the first hour after setup and I am going on 40
hours into just SETUP/CONFIG ALONE! Now I see why all the tutorials
use the :8500 built in server examples, but that's not real life.
It would be nice if Adobe could offer some tutorials on setting up
FB with CF with configurations other than the 'ol :8500.
Jeff

Answer 1

Peter,
I just set up FB and CF on another machine (Window XP SP2)
and successfully hit an RO with no problems.
Is it possible that it could be a file permissions issue?
Here's why a mention that.
When I was trying to get the RO to on my first pc (Window XP
Media Ctr Edt SP2), I got the RO to work if I ran the html page
from file access (ex: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\My
Documents\MyWebs\HelloWorld_ro\bin\HelloWorld_ro.html ).
However, if I tried to run it thru the web server (
http://localhost/HelloWorld_ro/HelloWorld_ro.html),
I got 403 error - you do not have permission to access this page.
So then I added "Scripts & Executables" to the default web site
in IIS and then I got the "lc_id undefined" error and the browser
wouldn't render the rest of the page.
So then I went thru the Permissions Wizard in IIS
(right-click on default web site and choose All Tasks) and used:
- "Select new security settings from template > Public
Web Site > Leave current dir and file permissions intact, and
add recommended permissions"
After it recursively applied permissions the RO would only
return the 405 error mention in my first post.
So then I tried the Wizard again except choosing the "Replace
all dir and file permissions (recommended)", and still got the same
405 error when running the RO.
And interestingly enough, I was never able to get the RO to
run from file access again after using the permissions wizard. It's
a little more difficult to experiment with file permissions in an
XP environment vs. a Win Server environment since you cannot see
explicit users and groups permissions in XP.
Can you shed any light on this? There may be something here.
Thanks,
Jeff