Re: FLASH: Shockfusion - chat/bulletin board??

[james]

Thanks - again, I completely understand the Flash/ASP

tie in, that's not a problem.  The questions are in

the dynamic variables (w/o using generator), what

OS/backend are they using as it's gotta be hard on the

server, etc.



James



--- Malte_K�hrer <

maltekoehrer [dot] de

> wrote:

> There are tutorials on Flash and ASP. You should

> check them.

> 

> maltek

> ----- Original Message ----- 

>

From: james <james_mailingyahoo [dot] com>

>

To: flash <flashershocker [dot] com>

> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 5:50 PM

> Subject: FLASH: Shockfusion - chat/bulletin board??

> 

> 

> > 

> > Does anyone have a clue as to how the chat and

> > bulletin board are done on the shockfusion site?

> > 

> > Data-driven, generator (though I hear they don't

> use

> > Gen), text files?

> > 

> > I noticed the chat will keep the last ## messages

> > there no matter what, so they must be stored in a

> data

> > file (text/database)

> > 

> > And the board is most likely data driven.  

> > 

> > Where I'm really lost is how do they know how many

> > posts to disply, which one is clicked, etc - since

> > it's all variable?

> > 

> > And it seems that if they are constantly

> > reading/writing to these files (especially chat)

> that

> > it would just pound the heck out of the server.

> > 

> > 

> > I have no problem doing all of this in ASP/SQL,

> but

> > I'm a bit confused when it comes to the flash

> > integration.  Any help, tips, links, etc would be

> most

> > helpful.

> > 


=====


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