UPDATE: This problem has been solved. The solution is after the post.

I’ve posted on a few forums now with no results so I’m resorting to my own blog. What I’m trying to do is pass a structure to a ColdFusion component from Flash. I’ve tried using Array, Object, and Dictionary types but it keeps failing with this error:

“Unknown object type tag (17)”

The error seems to be returned before the method is even reached suggesting that the cfc is rejecting the Remoting request altogether. I know the code is sound because I can change the structure to a string and get results back. I’ve also tried the Flash.Params method.

I’ve done a fair amount of research already, including studying Adobe livedocs which insists that it’s possible to do.

Here is my code:

loadData_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, loadData)

var myService = new NetConnection()
myService.connect("http://localhost/flashservices/gateway/")

function loadData(evt:MouseEvent){
    var responder = new Responder(getTest_Result, onFault);
/* I've tried everything here including defining it as an Object and Dictionary. I also tried
defining it using dot notation and sending it as an object like so: {mystring:"hello"} */
	var mystruct:Array = new Array();
	mystruct["mystring"] = "hello";
	myService.call("com.mycomponent.test", responder, mystruct);
}

function getTest_Result(result){
    trace("success: "+ result);
}

function onFault( f){
	trace("There was a problem: " + f.description);
}

…and here’s my component function (I’ve tried with an argument type of ‘struct’ as well as ‘any’):

Thanks in advance for any help!

rG

SOLUTION: After many hours of Googling, and much trial and error, I figured out how to make this work…and it’s a one line solution. Simply add myService.objectEncoding=0 before the myService.connect line at the top. It has to do with the way objects are serialized using AMF.