Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Remoting / June 2006

I've got a remoting issue that has stumped me for a full day. I have a game
that consumes about 10 web services written in AMFPHP.  All remote calls work
fine in AS1 from anywhere in the game.  I recently ported my Flash game to
ActionScript2 in order to include the SmartFox multiplayer engine. Now that
SmartFox works, my web services are broken, but not completely. For example, I
have a login dialog that exists throughout the main timeline. When not in use,
it?s invisible.

Early in the timeline (during the splash screen for example), hitting the
login button brings the dialog forward and completing the userID and password
field then hitting OK calls a web service (code below). Everything works.

At the end of the main timeline my game clips get loaded and the main timeline
stops while they run and control user interaction. A button in the game can
unhide and execute the login dialog but this time it doesn?t work. The function
in the main timeline that the OK button calls still fires. The remoting code
gets called but no net traffic is sent or received.  Nothing...

I've tried every combination of _root., _level0, this, _global and more to
correctly/directly reference the Service, methods and event handlers. I've also
made the entire web services package a class - same result - the dialog works
early but not late in the timeline.

I know this is a scoping issue but I've checked all objects involved and they
are still valid when the login dialog is called during the game. Here's a
simple sample of the code that the login OK button calls (via
_root.login('jsmith', 'magicword');

function login(uid,pwd)
{
trace("Login service called:" + uid + "/" + pwd + "/" + myWebService.name);
var login_pc:PendingCall = myWebService.login(uid, pwd);
login_pc.responder = new RelayResponder(_root,"login_Result", "login_Fault");
trace("Login service completed.");
}

The myWebService object is valid when called (or so I think since it will
trace output its name property). Everything is as it was earlier in the splash
screen but now it doesn?t work. All help appreciated. I hate to go back to AS1
(but there it all works).