How to get result of HTTPService within a function?

Question

Hello all,
I'm trying to call an HTTPService's send() and get the
resulting data from within a function, and assigning it locally.
Specifically, this is what I want:
private function getData():void {
myRPC.send();
//How do I set the result of myRPC.send to a variable here?
// Neither myRPC.send().result, nor myRPC.lastResult works! I
get null both times!
// But if I set myRPC.result to a separate function that
handles an event, I get the correct data...but not what I want.
var myObject:Object = ???? myRPC.???
<mx:HTTPService result="???" fault="???" id="myRPC"
method="GET" resultFormat="e4x" url="someurl" useProxy="false">
<mx:request xmlns="">
<somedata>hi</somedata>
</mx:request>
</mx:HTTPService>
I am also not sure what to put in 'result' and 'fault' since
I don't want the result/fault to be passed to another
function...could anyone explain this please? Thanks!

Answer 1

"Hamshmam" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi Greg,
>
> While this is not what I am looking for, thanks for your
response.
>
> I am familiar with traditional HTTPService requests and
passing the
> resulting
> event to a function handle directly and then modifying
the object from
> there.
> However, as I described in my earlier post, I'm looking
for a way to get
> the
> resulting event of the HTTPService.send() within a
different function.
>
> I am doing this because if I have another function
dependent on the
> HTTPService.send()'s data, I cannot simply call the
HTTPService.send()
> from
> within that function and update a class private var with
the data, which I
> access from the wrapping function. This is because the
HTTPService is by
> nature
> asynchronous, so it is possible that the class private
var will remain
> null
> while further lines of code are executed, all the while
the HTTPService is
> interacting with the server concurrently.
>
> I hope it is clear now why I need to assign the result
of a HTTPService
> result
> directly within a function, if you or anyone else could
shed some light on
> that, I would appreciate it! Thanks for your response.
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