Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Remoting / May 2004

Flash Remoting is supposed to automatically replace localhost with the host of
whatever server calls the application.  This is according to the following note
in the topic on NetServices.setDefaultGatewayURL in the Flash Remoting docs.

Note: If you specify localhost as the host in the setDefaultGatewayURL method,
and you run your Flash application from outside the Flash development
environment or stand-alone Flash player, Flash Remoting MX does not use
localhost as the default gateway host. Instead, it replaces localhost and any
port specified in the setDefaultGatewayURL method with the host and port
specified to run the Flash application. For example, if you specify
http://localhost/flashservices/gateway in the setDefaultGatewayURL method and
start your Flash application by using the URL
http://apps.mycompany.com:8500/flashapps/myapp.swf in a web page or browser,
Flash Remoting MX uses http://apps.mycompany.com:8500/flashservices/gateway as
the default gateway URL.

However, using the following code in my Flash Client, this does not work.

#include "NetServices.as"
if (inited == null) {
inited = true;
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("http://localhost/flashservices/gateway/");
servConnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
servObject = servConnection.getService("service", this);
}

According to the note above I should not have to change localhost to my
webserver's hostname when I deploy to a webserver, or for that matter when I
call the page from my local computer using my host name instead of localhost.  
But, this does not work.  It only works on localhost and I have to change
localhost to my hostname if I want to call the application using my hostname
instead of localhost.

I have reported this as a bug to Macromedia.  However, if anyone sees a
problem with my code or a way to fix this, please let me know.

Thanks.