If Flash were allowed to access the filesystem directly, you'd have all kinds of problems. However, if the flash movie only made API requests to the browser, in exactly the same way the HTML's INPUT element does, then you'd be fine. That would require pretty tight binding of the flash plug-in to the browser it's designed for, but that's the price you pay.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Adrocknaphobia Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia.Com (The new site?) > > > Jochem, > > But isn't this where the conflict lies? If Flash is to have file > uploading, it means it would need some way to access the client's disk > (outside of the cookie-esque system in place). But isn't that where > security issues would come in to play? Now I would have an application > (not an inactive HTML form control) that could access my disk. I always > assumed this is why this functionality was left out of Flash. I would > almost guarantee that the government would disallow the flash plug-in if > this was the case. > > Adam Wayne Lehman > Web Systems Developer > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > Distance Education Division > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 4:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Macromedia.Com (The new site?) > > Adrocknaphobia Jones wrote: > > Yeah. I gotta disagree on the flash replacing traditional desktop > apps. > > Big draw back of flash is the lacking ability of local file > > manipulation. Hence there is no way to upload a file via flash. So > even > > in the most advanced RIA, if any client files are needed, you have to > go > > back to HTML. > > Local files are evil because IT managers have no control over them ;-) > > Apart from that, just fill out the wishform. File uploading is not an > outrageous feature. The groundwork, a wire-protocol that supports binary > > transfer, is in place already. > > Jochem > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
