On 9/14/07, Stanford Vinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a way to make it very difficult for a user who downloads > my flash APP to extract the graphics. Can anyone help? Here is my > situation:
Do all you want, but you'll never prevent anyone from taking screenshots. I've heard (and I don't know if this is true or not) that mapmaking companies will actually occasionally make up a street (like an out-of-the way cul-de-sac or something). That way, if someone copies them (as opposed to doing the actual legwork), they can prove it. One safeguard I can think of would be to create a proprietary format (preferably binary) for vectors and then render it in Flash using Graphics objects. You could save out the vector maps as SVG files, write some code to translate SVG to your format, and then have your live app use the proprietary format. That would be a lot of work, though. Again, ti wouldn't prevent anyone from taking screenshots, but it would make stealing the vector source much much harder. -- T. Michael Keesey Director of Technology Exopolis, Inc. 2894 Rowena Avenue Ste. B Los Angeles, California 90039 http://exopolis.com/ -- http://tmkeesey.net/ _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com 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
