PDFs in a Flex App.!

Question

Hello everyone,
I am building an app. where the user can load and display a PDF file.  I`ve read (in a different Adobe forum) that this can only be done in an AIR app. because Flash apps. can only interpret/display a limited set of HTML tags.  However, after a little searching I found this article (by an Adobe Flex engineer):
http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/flex-i-frame/
Has any support for displaying PDFs been added to Flex 4, or is this solution the best/only way to go?
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give!
Matt

Answer 1

Here is a quick example of a HTTPService to capture an XML
file. I created a simple Alert to show one way to access the XML
element you are trying to get. Obvioulsy there are many ways to
traverse XML, but this should get you started.
If you are still confused, try posting your actual code, and
I can modfiy it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute"
creationComplete="customersRPC.send();">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.*;
import mx.controls.*;
import mx.rpc.events.*;
import mx.events.*;
[Bindable]
private var customers:ArrayCollection = null;
private function customersRPCResult(event:ResultEvent):void
customers = new ArrayCollection();
customers = event.result.customers.person as
ArrayCollection;
Alert.show(event.result.customers.person[0].first);
// Fault handler - displays the error
private function
customersRPCFaultHandler(event:FaultEvent):void
Alert.show(event.fault.message, "Could not load
customers.php XML");
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService
id="customersRPC"
showBusyCursor="true"
url="
http://127.0.0.1/Test1/bin/customers.php"
result="customersRPCResult(event);"
fault="customersRPCFaultHandler(event);"/>
</mx:Application>