Rails - Apr 2006 - Flash, Rails, and Routes

Hi all,
I''m working on a Flash app that loads information from Rails, using 
Flash''s Loadvars() method. This is working great, in all browsers but 
Win/IE. I''m wondering if it has to do with some directory/security 
sandbox bug in IE''s handling of Flash, coupled with Rail''s
routing.
Below are some examples. Keep in mind that the .swf file is in the 
/public directory. The data is coming from the ''get_vars''
action in the
''view'' controller.

The following Actionscript works in Firefox, Opera, the new IE beta, 
etc:
data.load(''/view/get_vars'', data, ''GET'');

And if I set up this route in Rails:
map.connect ''get_vars'', :controller =>
''view'', :action => ''get_vars''

This Actionscript works too:
data.load(''/get_vars'', data, ''GET'');

Neither work in IE6.

However, this does work in IE6:
data.load(''/test.php'', data, ''GET'');
Where test.php is just a PHP script in the /public directory.

Just for kicks, I tried this route:
map.connect ''get_vars.txt'', :controller =>
''view'', :action => ''get_vars''
Thinking that maybe IE/Flash was confused by what could have been a 
directory path, but no dice.

Any ideas? Why does a plain text file or PHP file in /public work, but a 
seemingly identical route not work?

Thanks!
Doug Pfeffer

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For future reference, I solved this issue by writing a gateway script 
that went and fetched the proper data. Very hacky.

While the data flow should have been: get_vars ----> Flash
It is now get_vars -----> get_vars.cgi ----> Flash

Lame, but it works.

Doug


Doug Pfeffer wrote:
> Hi all,
> I''m working on a Flash app that loads information from Rails,
using
> Flash''s Loadvars() method. This is working great, in all browsers
but
> Win/IE. I''m wondering if it has to do with some directory/security
> sandbox bug in IE''s handling of Flash, coupled with
Rail''s routing.
> Below are some examples. Keep in mind that the .swf file is in the 
> /public directory. The data is coming from the ''get_vars''
action in the
> ''view'' controller.
> 
> The following Actionscript works in Firefox, Opera, the new IE beta, 
> etc:
> data.load(''/view/get_vars'', data,
''GET'');
> 
> And if I set up this route in Rails:
> map.connect ''get_vars'', :controller =>
''view'', :action => ''get_vars''
> 
> This Actionscript works too:
> data.load(''/get_vars'', data, ''GET'');
> 
> Neither work in IE6.
> 
> However, this does work in IE6:
> data.load(''/test.php'', data, ''GET'');
> Where test.php is just a PHP script in the /public directory.
> 
> Just for kicks, I tried this route:
> map.connect ''get_vars.txt'', :controller =>
''view'', :action => ''get_vars''
> Thinking that maybe IE/Flash was confused by what could have been a 
> directory path, but no dice.
> 
> Any ideas? Why does a plain text file or PHP file in /public work, but a 
> seemingly identical route not work?
> 
> Thanks!
> Doug Pfeffer

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