RE: FLASH: File Download Size with Multiple Identical Files

[David Jacobs]

As a test, I re-did our catalog index page using this method. Each button is

being dynamically created from a single swf through an ASP interface to SQL

Server 6.5.


http://skywalker.com/Dealers/Catalog/test.asp


The browser cache shows a file for each of the buttons. Can anyone with a

slow connection confirm that each file downloads separately?


What is a more efficient way to accomplish something like this?


David Jacobs

Web Developer

http://www.skywalker.com

http://www.itverge.com


> -----Original Message-----

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From: David Jacobs [SMTP:DavidJSkywalker [dot] com]

> Sent:	Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:13 AM

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To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject:	FLASH: File Download Size with Multiple Identical Files

> 

> I'm starting to mess around with dynamic Flash by passing querystring

> parameters to a Flash file. In one of my tests, I'm using the same small

> swf

> about a hundred times on one page. Each one is displaying different text

> (based on a loop of passed variables culled from a database). My question

> is

> whether the swf only needs to be downloaded once, or whether each instance

> of it is seen as a different file (especially since the URL is different

> for

> each - per the querystring). I am including all font outlines in the file,

> so having to download hundreds of them would be unfeasible. Any definite

> information on this would be very much appreciated.

> 

> Also, is this process very server intensive? Is there a more efficient way

> to display dynamic Flash content without Generator? A single Flash file

> with

> a loop doesn't seem do-able, as I need to be able to accommodate as much

> data as is available at the time, and movie size can't be changed on the

> fly. (I don't want to use Flash scroll bars.)

> 

> Thanks.

> 

> David Jacobs

> Web Developer

> http://www.skywalker.com

> http://www.itverge.com

> 

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