In general Flash has no control over caching, it will depend on the browser's settings. However there is a commonly used method for forcing download on each request (not only in Flash movies) and avoiding content stored in the cache: this is appending a unique parameter to the URL on each request (preferably a timestamp). E.g.:
http://foo.com/flash.swf?2313434324 http://foo.com/flash.swf?5465654645 http://foo.com/flash.swf?6564645556 etc. Probably your Flash movie uses this method. Attila JC> We have been supplied with Flash files that include a preloader, a small JC> flash file that then gets a large flash file. The way it works bypasses both JC> browser and server caching rules. Every time the page is refreshed it JC> downloads the entire fileset again. This accounts for about 20% of monthly JC> bandwidth and it seems completely unecessary. We have the FLA file and JC> although we are PHP, Javascript programmers, we have no experience of Flash JC> and action script. Can someone advise or direct us to a site to understand JC> how we can set some conditional logic within the Flash preloader to only JC> fetch the rest of the Flash if it hasn't already been downloaded in that JC> session. JC> Thanks _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
