Re: [flasher] Re: Flash Java interaction

[Gregg Caines]

Well I don't know of a product that allows you to write to 

text files with Flash, except the little app I wrote called

neoWriter at www.neometrixsystems.copm/exp/ .


I don't know if this is heavy duty enough for what you're 

doing though.  The alternative is to write either a simple

HTTP server or an XML server.  If you're using Flash 5, 

then the XML route is definitely the way to go... Flash 5 

has a native XML Socket.  As for the server programming, 

If you're looking for a cross-platform solution, java is 

probably optimal, though even that would be a pain to 

distribute...  Not everyone has a virtual machine, let alone 

a properly configured one, in the version you are using.  I 

don't know much about Director, but I thought that 

would've been a better solution....


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Gregg Caines

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

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> Hi Gregg,

> 

> No page. I am looking to distribute a stand alone

> projector which needs to read and write text files.

> I have researched Director and don't feel it is a

> viable alternative.

> 

> On the Applet issue, since it will be a stand

> alone program, as opposed to one delivered over

> the internet and run in a browser environment,

> file i/o is fine.

> 

> Thanks,

> John Andrew Morrison