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Subject: | RE: FLASH: Can you Push to Flash? |
From: | GDavies |
Date: | Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:49:08 GMT |
The security model in most browsers does not allow push. You could
implement push using a java applet and RMI calling a javascript method,
calling flash... but that would be complex and a lot of work.
I would suggest a simple poling mechanism that just polls for events. (Java
messaging service is a robust solution to push, but expensive in terms of
development and time)
I'm writing an adhoc messaging system right now with my full time job, which
performs a simple poll to find out if there is data, if there is data, I
then submit a simple http request that calls some xml and formats a div tag
containing the messages. One of the main reasons for not having push to a
client is the size of the client, it ends up being pretty fat, also session
recovery becomes an issue (if a registered client, looses its connection).
I can probably guide you on push pull technologies, as this is my area of
expertise, but maybe off the forum. I would not recommend trying to use
FLASH for push, but pull would work fine provided your web server could
handle the frequency of polling.
Cheers
Grant
j a v a j u n k i e
Grant Davies
iXL Atlanta
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com [jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com (mailto:jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com)]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: flasherchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Can you Push to Flash?
>
>
> At 4:41 AM 2/28/0, Mark Abouzeid wrote:
> >I have a question for the macromedia folks and any other
> guru. Can you send
> >unsolicited messages, commands, variables to Flash? I need
> to design an
> >instant messaging program which is not based on polling the
> server. We know
> >how to do it with Java Messaging Service and we've heard it
> can be done with
> >shockwave. The problem is my interface has to be Flash.
> Any ideas? Any
> >experience with this? Can I embed a shockwave application
> into a flash
> >interface?
>
> Flash can pull, but I don't recall seeing an implementation
> where it can
> respond to pushed data. Usually in such situations we set the
> Flash up to
> periodically poll for new information.
>
> The larger Shockwave Player includes super-duper realtime
> chat, though...
> this is part of the reason why the Player is larger and isn't
> as portable
> to Linux or PalmPilots or such. Shockwave can also use
> Flash-based artwork.
>
> For an example of Flash art in realtime text chat, see:
> http://www.multiuserzone.com/
>
> For a free copy of the Shockwave Multiuser Server, and a
> 30-day Director
> trial, and the tutorial "Build a Chat Site in Five Minutes",
> click on the
> "Resources" link in the MultiUserZone.
>
> To see various *graphical* chat sites, such as Pictionary and
> other drawing
> games, visit Sarah Allen's pages:
> http://poppy.macromedia.com/~sallen/multiuser/sites.htm
>
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
>
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