Brett, Flash can consume web services from anywhere however the sandbox security in the Flash player prevents a SWF from DIRECTLY accessing a site deemed to be on another 'domain'. The meaning of 'domain' there is very specific and is explained well in the Flash MX Security White paper (is the an MX 2004 one yet?), which you can grab from Macromedia.com. The AS Ref which comes with MX2004 also discusses further sandbox restrictions in great depth about page 20.
You can work with the sandbox restrictions by implementing an external policy file on the server which SERVES the web service, which explicitly allows access from your domain. You can also implement a 'transparent proxy' to circumvent the issue. Check out this article http://www.swfoo.com/archives/000012.html . Cheers Jesse Stratford > Hi, > > A bit of a newbie question... > > Why is it that a Flash application can only connect to web services that > originate from their own domain? > > Thanx, > > Brett > B) > > -- > Brett Payne-Rhodes > Eaglehawk Computing > t: +61 (0)8 9371-0471 > f: +61 (0)8 9371-0470 > m: +61 (0)414 371 047 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: www.ehc.net.au > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to fugli as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to fugli as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
