Re: FLASH: external GIF in SWF

[John Dowdell]

At 5:09 PM 6/6/0, David Morse wrote:

>can flash pull a GIF from an external URL every time it loads in a browser?

>it all has to do with a flash ad banner that needs to be tracked by placing

>a 1x1pixel GIF within it



Oh, gosh, those "web bugs" are bad karma, because they're trying to hide

themselves by nature. You might consider just tracking the server request

for the SWF itself, because this is aboveboard and obvious.


More info on web bugging:

http://www.tiac.net/users/smiths/privacy/wbfaq.htm


The Flash Player can dynamically pull other SWFs at runtime. The larger

Shockwave Player has import filters for a variety of media types, including

GIF and more... it's easier to request an arbitrary graphic at runtime in

the larger player.


jd






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