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Continuing saga.

This does not work.

I get this error.
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**Error** C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\auser.as: Line 79: The class
'mx.rpc.RelayResponder' could not be loaded.
             pendingUser.responder = new RelayResponder(this, "work","nowork");

Total ActionScript Errors: 1     Reported Errors: 1

http://209.107.237.165/test/user.swf

user.fla has this code in frame one
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import auser

/* replace this string with your default gateway*/
var path:String = "http://209.107.237.165/flashservices/gateway";

/* create a new instance of ServiceOrders and pass all the references of the
Components that we drag into the stage  */
//var ServOrders:ServiceOrders = new ServiceOrders( path, statusCodes,
servOrdersList, license_txt, submit);
var auser:auser = new auser( path, name_txt, state_txt, zip_txt, email_txt,
submit_btn);

auser.cfc
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<cfcomponent>
    <cfset datasource = "mytest" />
    <cffunction access="remote" name="post" output="true" returntype="boolean">
        <cfargument name="name" type="string" required="true">
        <cfargument name="address" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfargument name="city" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfargument name="state" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfargument name="zip" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfargument name="phone" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfargument name="email" type="string" required="no" default="">
        <cfset var rQuery ="" />
        <cfquery name="rQuery" datasource="#datasource#">
            insert into auser
            (name, state, zip, email)
            values
           
('#arguments.name#','#arguments.state#','#arguments.zip#','#arguments.email#')
        </cfquery>
        <cfreturn true>
    </cffunction>
    <cffunction access="remote" name="getUsers" output="true" returntype="query">
        <cfquery name="qryUsers" datasource="#datasource#">
            select name, state, zip, email
            from auser
        </cfquery>
        <cfreturn qryUsers>
    </cffunction>
    <!---<cfset DATASOURCENAME = "Notes" />

   
        Adds a note.
    --->
    <!--- <cffunction name="addNote" access="remote" returntype="struct">
        <cfargument name="note" type="string" required="true">
        <cfargument name="title" type="string" required="true">
       
        <cfset var rQuery = "" />
           
        <cfquery datasource="#DATASOURCENAME#" name="rQuery">
            <!---#PreserveSingleQuotes(sqlString)#--->
                INSERT INTO Notes
                    (title, noteData)
                VALUES
                    ('#arguments.title#','#arguments.note#')           
        </cfquery>
        <cfquery datasource="#DATASOURCENAME#" name='rQuery'>
            Select @@identity AS newId
        </cfquery>
       
        <cfreturn getNote(rQuery.newId)>
    </cffunction> --->
</cfcomponent>

auser.as
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/**
   @class ServiceOrdersBeta  
   @author BlueInstant.com & mikekollen.com
*/
import mx.controls.TextInput;
import mx.controls.List;
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
import mx.controls.Button;

import mx.remoting.Service;
import mx.remoting.PendingCall;
import mx.remoting.RecordSet;
import mx.remoting.DataGlue;

import mx.rpc.RelayResponder;
import mx.rpc.FaultEvent;
import mx.rpc.ResultEvent;

//class ServiceOrders
class auser
{
    private var  cfConnection:NetConnection;
    private var  workOrders:RecordSet;
   
    /* Gui Componets*/
    //private var  serviceOrders:List;
    //private var  statusComboBox:ComboBox;
    //private var  submit:Button;
    //private var  license:TextInput;
    private var  path:String;
    private var  name:TextInput;
    private var  state:TextInput;
    private var  zip:TextInput;
    private var  email:TextInput;
    private var  submit_btn:Button;
   
    /*
    function ServiceOrders(p:String, cb:ComboBox, lb:List, txt:TextInput,
btn:Button)
    {
        license = txt;
        statusComboBox = cb;
        serviceOrders = lb;
        submit = btn;
        path = p;
        init();
    }
    */
    function auser(p:String, n:TextInput, s:TextInput, z:TextInput, e:TextInput,
btn:Button){
        path = p;
        name = n;
        state = s;
        zip = z;
        email = e;
        submit_btn = btn;
        init();
        }
    public function init():Void
    {
        /* listener for the TextInput*/
        //license.addEventListener("change", this);
        name.addEventListener("change",this);
        state.addEventListener("change",this);
        zip.addEventListener("change",this);
        email.addEventListener("change",this);
       
       
        /* listener for the ComboBox*/
        //statusComboBox.addEventListener("change", this);
       
        /* listener for the Button*/
        //submit.addEventListener("click", this);
        submit_btn.addEventListener("click",this);
        createConnection();
    }
    public function createConnection():Void
    {trace("connected");
        var a_user = new Service(path, null, "test.auser", null, null);
        var pendingUser:PendingCall = a_user.post();
        pendingUser.responder = new RelayResponder(this, "work","nowork");
        trace("pendingUser" + pendingUser);
    }
    public function click():Void{
        createConnection();
        }
    public function work():Void
    {
        trace("work");
    }
    public function nowork():Void
    {
        //trace("reportError: " + myFault.fault.faultstring);
        trace("nowork");
    }
    /*
    public function createConnection():Void
    {
        var work_Orders = new Service(path, null, "test.workOrder", null, null );
        var pendingWorkOrders:PendingCall = work_Orders.getWorkOrders();
        pendingWorkOrders.responder = new RelayResponder( this, "filterWorkOrders",
"reportError" );
       
        var status_Code = new Service(path, null, "test.statusCode", null, null );
        var pendingstatusCode:PendingCall = status_Code.getStatusCodes();
        pendingstatusCode.responder = new RelayResponder( this, "fillComboBox",
"reportError" );
    }
    */
   
    //public function fillComboBox(r:ResultEvent):Void
    //{
    //    /* Populate the ComboBox with the returned recordSet uses
DataGlue.bindFormatString to re-map fields so that label equals STATUS_NAME
field and data equals STATUS_ID field */
    //    DataGlue.bindFormatStrings( statusComboBox, r.result,
    //                                "#STATUS_NAME#",
    //                                "#STATUS_ID#" );
    //}
   
   
    //public function reportError(myFault:FaultEvent):Void
    //{
    //    trace("reportError: " + myFault.fault.faultstring);
    //}
   
    //public static function     FILTER_FUNCTION(record, obj ):Boolean
    //{
    //    /*    make the license text the same length of the obj.text length to compare
them */
    //    var licenseText:String = record.LICENSE.substr( 0, obj.txt.length );
       
    //    /*    Return true if both texts and ids are equal or if texts are equal and
id is "All
    //    *    Active" (id = 1). Otherwise returns false */
    //    return (licenseText == obj.txt && ( record.STATUS_ID ==  obj.id || obj.id
== 1) )
    //}

   
    //public function filterWorkOrders(r:ResultEvent):Void
    //{
    //    /* Keep a reference to the query returned casting to a recordset class*/
    //    if(r != undefined) workOrders = RecordSet(r.result);
       
    //    /* clean our List, removing all current items */
    //    serviceOrders.removeAll();
       
        /* this object will be passed to the filter function with two properties*/
//        var filterParams:Object = {};
       
        /* get the text typed in the TextInput and convert it to upper case*/
//        filterParams.txt = license.text.toUpperCase();
       
        /*    Get the selected item from the comboBox
        *    If this is undefined we assign the value 1, which corresponds to the ID of
"All
        *    Active"
        */
//        filterParams.id = (statusComboBox.selectedItem.data != undefined) ?
statusComboBox.selectedItem.data : 1;
       
        /* apply the filter that returns a new RecordSet */
//        var rec:RecordSet = workOrders.filter(FILTER_FUNCTION, filterParams);
       
        /* get the Iterator from this new filtered recordset and populate the List */
//        var it = rec.getIterator();
//        while( it.hasNext())
//        {
//            var record = it.next();
//            serviceOrders.addItem(record.LICENSE + " ( " +record.STATUS_NAME + " )",
record.WORK_ORDER_ID );
//        }
//    }

   
    //public function change():Void
    //{
    //    /*Every time an item in the dropDown is selected or text is typed in the
TextInput,
    //    * this method is called because it has been registered as a listener of
those two components*/
    //    filterWorkOrders();
    //}
   
    //public function click():Void
    //{    /* This method gets called whenever the submit button is released
    //    * because it has been registered as a listener of the button */
    //    openServiceManager();
    //}
    //public function openServiceManager():Void
    //{
    //    getURL("serviceManager.cfm?workOrder=" + serviceOrders.selectedItem.data  
+ "&license=" + license.text + "&status=" + statusComboBox.selectedItem.data);
    //}
   
   
}

IMHO Flash and Data integration are still not ready for prime time.

Since Macormedia would NOT give me a refund, I keep checking periodically on
these forums to see if there is a sign
they intend to support Flash Remoting. Still no useful examples. Still no help
with why the examples they do have won't work. All I see here are a bunch of
people asking questions with no answers.

Google searchs provide more evidence that nobody (that's talking) knows how to
use it.

Someday they may find that other people like myself will wait till I see
something that works before they get any more of my hard earned money.

It was a year and a half after I first tried to use Coldfusion MX that they
finally fixed it.

It's been over a year since I forked over my money for the promise of Flash
with data.

Maybe another 6 months or a year they will fix that too.