Re: FLASH: millions of windows & server issues

[John Dowdell]

>> Yes, if you're loading text or XML data, then this needs to come from the

>> same server as the SWF. (The larger Shockwave Player can pull from odd

>> servers, but like Java it shows a little warning dialog first.)

>

>Is this true if the Flash movie is getting variables from a cgi or PHP

>script?  Could they then be on different servers?


This is what we're describing... the SWF and data need to be on the same

server. (I don't know whether the Akamai method of re-routing bypasses

this, but if you have access to such serving then a quick test would show.)


jd






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