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Offline applications with Flex?

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On the
Data
Services wiki page
, under the heading "Enabling the Next
Generation of RIA" -> OCC subheading, it says "Flex Data
Services manages the communication between the application and the
server, even if the application is not reliably online. Messages
that can not be sent are stored in a queue to be sent when the
server is again available, allowing a seamless user experience
despite being only occasionally connected."



Does this mean I can build offline capability into my apps so
that users could unplug, carry on working, and then plug in later
to resync their data? If so, where is the data stored that they
send while they're offline? Or am I misinterpreting the
wiki?
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My guess is that messages on the client simply queue up in
RAM until the network is back up. Of course, if you close the app
(browser), I'm thinking it all goes poof.