I've been able to load binary files in Flash 7 and 8 using a small trick... I basically wrote a PHP script that reads a file and converts it to a string in hexadecimal. Flash then loads the string and converts it back to binary at runtime.
Of course, it only works because the files I'm using are all under 3 kb... anything bigger would be overkill (since you're doubling the size of the files you are using). Anyway, it's still something that's available "now", without having to wait for AS3 :-) On 12/27/05, Robert A. Colvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
