Re: AW: MIME Warning (was: Re: FLASH: Eclipse)

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 04:47 AM 7/1/99 +0200, you wrote:

>What is MIME anyway? Everybody keeps discussing it, but I've never heard of

>it. And is there a way of checking if MIME is set on the server you will be

>uploading your movie to?


MIME is a method by which a server tells a non-active x browser what sort

of content is being delivered. To do this, the server must be configured to

know what the MIME Type is for various types of content, identified by

their file name extensions.


A quote from John C. will get you on the road to understanding everything

you need to know, including how to check that MIME has been set for Flash:



"Note, it is easy to check the MIME youself and

there are two ways to check it from your desktop:

1)http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/mimetype_check.htm

2) The second way is a special set of test files to upload to your

server to make it quick and easy to keep checking the MIME while you are

waiting for the administrator to set the MIME.

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Server/MIME_Test.htm"


Best wishes,



Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

Flash3 Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>, featured 

in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn.


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