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Hello World!

Well at least that worked.

I'm trying to follow the "Building a Hello World application with Flash
Remoting" example at
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flashremoting/mx2004/using_flash_remoting/wwhelp/
wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm.

I've followed it to the letter, but nothing is appearing in my text field.
I have dragged both the remoting and remotingDebugging classes onto the stage,
and I am using the following actionscript :

import mx.remoting.Service;
import mx.services.Log;
import mx.rpc.RelayResponder;
import mx.rpc.FaultEvent;
import mx.rpc.ResultEvent;
import mx.remoting.PendingCall;
import mx.remoting.RecordSet;
import mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug;
 NetDebug.initialize();

// connect to service and create service object
    var howdyService:Service = new Service(
            "http://localhost:8500/flashservices/gateway",
            new Log(),
            "remoteservices",
            null,
            null );
// call the service helloWorld() method
var pc:PendingCall = howdyService.helloWorld();

// tell the service what methods handle result and fault conditions
pc.responder = new RelayResponder( this, "helloWorld_Result",
"serviceFunctionName_Fault" );  

function helloWorld_Result(result:ResultEvent)
{
    // display successful result
    messageDisplay.text = result.result;
}

function helloWorld_Fault(fault:FaultEvent)
{
    //display fault returned from service
    messageDisplay.text = fault.fault.faultstring;
}

I do have a dynamic text field named messageDisplay on the stage.

When I run my movie, the output says, "4/19 7:47:42  : Invoking helloWorld on
remoteservices"
and my NetConnection Debugger lists 4 events.

#1)  Connect - Summary: ConnectString:
"http://localhost:8500/flashservices/gateway"
                           Details: ConnectString:
"http://localhost:8500/flashservices/gateway"
DebugId: "0"
EventType: "Connect"
MovieUrl:
"file:///C|/CFusionMX7/wwwroot/CFIDE/DEV/FlashRemoting/MX2004/serviceTest.swf"
Protocol: "http"
Source: "Client"
Time: 1145404542873
Date (object #1)
....."Wed Apr 19 07:55:42 GMT+0800 2006"

#2) Call - Summary: MethodName: "remoteservices.helloWorld"
Parameters (object #2)
.....No properties
                  Details: DebugId: "0"
EventType: "Call"
MethodName: "remoteservices.helloWorld"
MovieUrl:
"file:///C|/CFusionMX7/wwwroot/CFIDE/DEV/FlashRemoting/MX2004/serviceTest.swf"
Protocol: "http"
Source: "Client"
Time: 1145404542883
Date (object #1)
....."Wed Apr 19 07:55:42 GMT+0800 2006"
Parameters (object #2)
.....No properties

#3 AmfStatusCall - Summary: MethodName: "/1/onStatus"
ResponseURI: (undefined)
Parameters (object #2)
.....code: "Server.ResourceNotFound"
.....description: "Service remoteservices not found."
.....details: ""
.....level: "error"
.....type: ""

Details: EventType: "AmfStatusCall"
MethodName: "/1/onStatus"
ResponseURI: (undefined)
Source: "Server"
Time: 1145404544756
DebugId: "0"
MovieUrl:
"file:///C|/CFusionMX7/wwwroot/CFIDE/DEV/FlashRemoting/MX2004/serviceTest.swf"
Protocol: "http"
Date (object #1)
....."Wed Apr 19 07:55:44 GMT+0800 2006"
Parameters (object #2)
.....code: "Server.ResourceNotFound"
.....description: "Service remoteservices not found."
.....details: ""
.....level: "error"
.....type: ""

#4 Status - Summary: Status (object #2)
.....code: "Server.ResourceNotFound"
.....description: "Service remoteservices not found."
.....details: ""
.....level: "error"
.....type: ""
Details: DebugId: "0"
EventType: "Status"
MovieUrl:
"file:///C|/CFusionMX7/wwwroot/CFIDE/DEV/FlashRemoting/MX2004/serviceTest.swf"
Protocol: "http"
Source: "Client"
Time: 1145404544986
Date (object #1)
....."Wed Apr 19 07:55:44 GMT+0800 2006"
Status (object #2)
.....code: "Server.ResourceNotFound"
.....description: "Service remoteservices not found."
.....details: ""
.....level: "error"
.....type: ""

My folder structure is as follows,  serviceTest.fla and serviceTest.swf  are
at the root. There is a subfolder called "remoteservices" and in that folder is
the file called helloWorld.cfm.

I'm sorry for the length of this reply, but I really want to learn this stuff
and I have been struggling for a couple days on just this.
If anyone could lend a hand or advice, I would be really greatful.

- J