Precisely. Thus, Flash has no interaction with the filesystem, so there isn't a problem, other than the implementation.
barneyb > -----Original Message----- > From: samcfug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:57 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Macromedia.Com (The new site?) > > > Actually it is the client's browser that has access to the > client's disk - Your > action script will handle the upload, and renaming it to a > variable that is > calling it into the movie. > > ===================================== > Douglas White > group Manager > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.samcfug.org > ===================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barney Boisvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:50 PM > Subject: RE: Macromedia.Com (The new site?) > > > | 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
