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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verification |
| From: | Mike Weiland |
| Date: | Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:05:20 +0100 |
Not sure if this would work, but why not build your ASP page to first
retrieve the data from the outside domain and then return the values to
flash?
Mike Weiland
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> Thanks Brad,
>
> That is unfortunate. This capability would really put Flash over the
> top as a development tool, as well as benefitting the web community
> by reducing traffic and server loads. Has there been any discussion
> as to how this could be implemented without the security risk? What
> are the risks?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Brad Merritt wrote:
>
> > John,
> > This was an issue with the earlier Flash plug-ins. You could load from
> > different domains and this was a security hazard, so the newer F4
plug-in
> > can only load from the same server.
> >
> > So if you do load from a different domain, people who have not
downloaded
> > the F4 plug-in in while could see it, but anyone who downloaded within
the
> > past about 8 months (total guess on the time there) could not see it.
> >
> > brad
> >
> > Subject: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verification
> >
> > I would appreciate verification, or better yet refudiation, that Flash
> > does not allow the loading of variables from Domains other than
> > the one servicng the movie. I have successfully used loadvariables by
> > referencing a document relatively
> > (somedir/somefile.asp) from a movie loaded in www.somedomain.com. What I
> > would like to do is load the variables
> > from www.someotherdomain.com/somedir/somefile.asp. This would be useful
> > for two reasons, one I could do some
> > load balancing from the client, two I could use the relative strengths
> > of both the Unix Perl/PHP environment and ASP
> > Scripting environment for different tasks. I look forward to your
> > comments and insights.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Andrew Morrison
> >
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> Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
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flasher is generously supported by...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
flashforward2000 and the Flash(tm) Film Festival
July 24-26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY, Hammerstein Ballroom
www.flashforward2000.com
Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,
shockwave.com and Electric Rain.
1.877.4.FLASH.4 or (1.805.640.6679 outside the US and Canada)
Register before June 30 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com
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Replies
Re: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verificat, Mike Chambers
Re: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verificat, John Andrew Morrison
Replies
RE: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verificat, Brad Merritt
Re: FLASH: Flash Functionality Verificat, John Andrew Morrison
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