RE: FLASH: Getting Flash to read the system date / Flash 5

[David Bausola]

Thanks for the response John


The question is : can Flash (5) read the system clock directly without the

need for an external app?

The Flash will be a projector [an e-card type of thing] that users will play

with, when they are not connected to the Internet. I need it to time-out

after a certain month, because I need to hard code information that will

become out of date. Thus I can't use server verification of date/time.


Any chance of further info about the ability of the date object/functions?


Thanks


David E Bausola

Senior Project Manager

Davidforma [dot] co [dot] uk

020 77 29 88 01


Forma Communication Ltd

www.forma.co.uk




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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Getting Flash to read the system date / Flash 5


> The project is not due till October - so I'm thinking - is it

> something that Flash 5 can handle?


Sorry I'm late to the thread, and that I'm not sure what the actual

question is... fwiw, Macromedia Flash 5 does have a "date" object which

includes many time and date functions... at quick glance it seems similar

to the JavaScript "date" object.


Note, though, that you're still subject to the time settings on that

particular computer... in some scenarios it may be more useful to retrieve

the consensus date and time from a server.


jd


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