> But, having said that, some sort of CF functionality to write
> configs or variables to Flash *before* the movie is served (ie
> server-side) would be very nice, which I think is what I was
> trying to get at in my own ill-communicated way.
>
> It seems a little backwards to write data to variables, serve
> the movie to the client, only for it to then have to make another
> trip to the server (unless the variables are stored in a JS script
> in the calling HTML) to grab those very variables.
Well, in that case, there's already an answer to your need. Macromedia
Generator does exactly this - it uses data to build the Flash movie itself
before it's downloaded to the browser. I've heard that Generator may be
included in CF 5, although it'll probably be limited to use with the CFGRAPH
tag.
However, quite often you might use Flash as a richer client, and have it
retrieve data as it's running, at different points. In that case, you'd want
to be able to have the Flash client be able to push and pull data to and
from the server.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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