Flexbuilder get it at labs.macromedia.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Ribau Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:30 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Binary IO ?
How do we use AS3 ? I currently use Flash 8 Pro. Tyler Wright wrote: >Reading yes, in ActionScript 3.0 which is currently in public Alpha and >private Beta. In fact, the new DOM for AS3 offers the same power of >streaming in files that the player uses for SWF's. So you can ask for a >file, stream in a small portion (whatever you need) close the connection, >and start up again where you left off when you need more! This is very >exciting for situations that require large amounts of data to be transfered, >the user doesn't have to wait for the whole thing to be able to benefit from >it. > >Writing, not without an additional script or application. If you embed >Flash in a standalone application (exe) it can do the writing for you. >Server side all you need is a simple script that Flash sends the binary data >to that writes it to disk. For writing Flash forces you to couple with >other technologies. > >Prior to AS3 binary handling has been hard to work with and slow. >Everything has to be read into a string and it can get messy with >null-terminating characters. Hope this helps. > >Tyler > > >On 12/27/05, Mark Ribau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Is it possible to do either local computer or local website binary file >>reading and writing in Flash? >>-- >>Mark Ribau >>Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog >><http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php> >>Redbug Technologies, Inc. <http://www.redbugtech.com> - www.redbugtech.com >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | My Tech Blog <http://www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php> Redbug Technologies, Inc. <http://www.redbugtech.com> - www.redbugtech.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
