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Subject: | RE: FLASH: File Download Size with Multiple Identical Files |
From: | David Jacobs |
Date: | Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:13:11 GMT |
As a test, I re-did our catalog index page using this method. Each button is
being dynamically created from a single swf through an ASP interface to SQL
Server 6.5.
http://skywalker.com/Dealers/Catalog/test.asp
The browser cache shows a file for each of the buttons. Can anyone with a
slow connection confirm that each file downloads separately?
What is a more efficient way to accomplish something like this?
David Jacobs
Web Developer
http://www.skywalker.com
http://www.itverge.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Jacobs [SMTP:DavidJSkywalker [dot] com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:13 AM
> To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'
> Subject: FLASH: File Download Size with Multiple Identical Files
>
> I'm starting to mess around with dynamic Flash by passing querystring
> parameters to a Flash file. In one of my tests, I'm using the same small
> swf
> about a hundred times on one page. Each one is displaying different text
> (based on a loop of passed variables culled from a database). My question
> is
> whether the swf only needs to be downloaded once, or whether each instance
> of it is seen as a different file (especially since the URL is different
> for
> each - per the querystring). I am including all font outlines in the file,
> so having to download hundreds of them would be unfeasible. Any definite
> information on this would be very much appreciated.
>
> Also, is this process very server intensive? Is there a more efficient way
> to display dynamic Flash content without Generator? A single Flash file
> with
> a loop doesn't seem do-able, as I need to be able to accommodate as much
> data as is available at the time, and movie size can't be changed on the
> fly. (I don't want to use Flash scroll bars.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> David Jacobs
> Web Developer
> http://www.skywalker.com
> http://www.itverge.com
>
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Replies
RE: FLASH: File Download Size with Multi, Mari Bontrager
Re: FLASH: File Download Size with Multi, John Croteau
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