topic Deployment of Flexviewer in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Deployment of Flexviewer

ShaningYu — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:51:17 GMT

I tried to deploy my customized Flewviewer project. In the Flexviewer project, I can view the map either by
C:\Users\myName\Documents\Flex Builder 3\Flexviewer1.3\bin-debug\index.html
C:\Users\myName\Documents\Flex Builder 3\Flexviewer1.3\bin-release\index.html
In IE or FireFox, I can view
file:///C:/Users/myName/Documents/Flex%20Builder%203/Flexviewer1.3/bin-debug/index.html
But no map displays in IE or FireFox for
file:///C:/Users/myName/Documents/Flex%20Builder%203/Flexviewer1.3/bin-release/index.html
If I copy the bin-debug folder to another location, e.g.:
file:///C:/YanotherFolder/bin-debug/index.html, no map is displayed.
I don't know how to fix this problem. Appreciate if you can share your experience.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:05:01 GMT

shaningesri,

When you deploy your app you should copy the contents of the bin-release folder to your web server and paste it into a folder that has been setup as a virtual directory in IIS or if you are using Apache then to the httpdocs folder. You should only use a local path like you are for development and I really don't even recommend that. You really need a virtual directory setup pointing to your bin-debug folder so that when you launch your app in debug mode from flex or flash builder you are navigating to an actual url and not a local file path. These basics are all covered my Moxie in the Sample Flex Viewer developer guide.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JasonWei — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:44 GMT

Robert.
Is your "Movie in the Sample Flex Viewer developer guide" available anywhere for download?

Thanks.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:42:33 GMT

jwei,

Sorry that was suppose to be "by Moxie" Moxie was the lead developer for the SFV. Do you have the developer guide?

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JasonWei — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:59:48 GMT

No, is it in the SFV package? Sorry I misunderstood you. I am just starting to move from ArcIMS to this new ArcGIS for Flex API and trying to learn anything I can.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:09:17 GMT

jwei,

You can get it from here.

http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=158&f=2421&t=297925&mc=7#933276

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JasonWei — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:42:48 GMT

Robert,
Thank you very much for the guide. I really appreciate for what you have done for the forum!

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaimePrado — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:49:09 GMT

Hi Robert,

Could you please help me deploy my site. I'm working with ArcGIS Server 10, Java and created the site with Adobe Flash Builder 4. I exported the bin-debug folder and placed it on the server (c:/inetpub/wwwroot/). How do I release the index.html file to the web?

Thanks.

jP

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:20:18 GMT

Jaime,

What you need to do is in Flash Builder 4 so to the project menu and choose "Export Release Build..." That will create a bin-release folder the contents of that folder is what you copy to your web server.

Quick IIS tutorial: open IIS on the server expand the websites node and right click Default Web Site and choose new Virtual Directory. Click next in the dialog and give it an alias like FlexViewer and click next and browse to the folder that you copied the bin-release folders contents to. Click next and then ensure that Read and Run scripts (such as ASP) are both checked. Click next and then Finish. That's it your ready to run from the server.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaneCopeland — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:23:23 GMT

Is there a way to set up FlexBuilder to use the IIS virtual directory if IIS is running on a different machine than the development machine? I tried creating a virtual directory on the IIS server that used a unc path to point to the bin-debug directory on the development machine but that didn't work out. I'm at a Federal facility that has strong restrictions about what software can run on certain machines and I can't have FlexBuilder on the server nor can I have IIS on my desktop.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

DasaPaddock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:10 GMT

Open your Project Properties and go to Flex Build Path and change the Output folder setting.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaneCopeland — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:39:43 GMT

Dasa,
I had already done that. I get an HTTP Error 500 - Internal server error.

Jane

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

DasaPaddock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:49:21 GMT

Are you able to load your Viewer fine if you manually copy the files to your IIS directory? If not, I'd get that working first (See Roberts tips above). Then configure the Project Settings so you can skip the manual copy step. You'll still need to create a release build when you're ready to have it used by your users.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaneCopeland — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:54:49 GMT

It works fine if I copy it to the server. I was hoping to find a way to not have to continuously create a release build and copy it to the server.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

DasaPaddock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:59:30 GMT

You can use the Output folder setting to copy it to a development server during your development and then just create the release build once you're done. The Release build dialog also lets you choose where to save it, so you may be able to use a unc path there or uses a mounted drive to have it saved directly to your server.

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaimePrado — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:28:45 GMT

Thanks Robert.

I'm trying to follow your previous post, but IIS 7 is a little different. I copied the "bin-debug" folder into c:\inetpub\wwwroot\bin-debug. I opened up IIS and right clicked the default we site and created a new virtual directory named Flex. But, there is no option for read & execute. Where can this be changed in IIS 7? Everytime I use the manage virtual directory, Browse, I get the Adobe Flash Player 10 Action Script error message.

Thanks

Re: Deployment of Flexviewer

JaimePrado — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:23:09 GMT

Oops, I found the issue!

Thanks for all the help.

jP