Re: FLASH: reading/writing text file using projector

[Gregg Caines]

I've written a little app at www.neometrixsystems.com/exp/ that

allows a projector to write to a Flash-readable text file, but I'm 

not sure if it's heavy-duty enough for what you're trying to do.


The alternative is to write your own server.  That app I wrote is

a simple single-threaded HTTP server, but it's probably best to

write an XML server if you'll be reading/writing a lot of data.


Java is probably the easiest/fastest language for writing an XML 

server, because of the built-in XML libs, and it's certainly the 

most portable (so you can use it on PC or Mac).  The only 

drawback would be that you must require the virtual machine on 

your target platforms.  


You could also look at Director.  I know little about it myself, but

I know it allows a lot more system interaction than Flash.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> Hello all. I am evaluating Flash as an option for a stand alone

> application to be distrubuted on CD to both Mac & Win platforms.

> A requirement is the ability to write to a text file which would

> persist XML data between sessions of use. Optimally the user would

> be able to specify where this file is saved. If anyone can point

> me to the tech notes, help files, sites, or books which would

> describe how to implement this I would greatly appreciate it. Or

> if someone knows for a fact this can't be done I woul greatly

> appreciate that information as well. Thank you all for the support

> provided by this and other forums.

> 

> Cheers,

> John Andrew Morrison

>

newspostj-andrew [dot] com