You didn't say what error you are getting, but I'll bet it is that a
localWithNetworking swf can't access local assets.
 
Good thing we have that security check otherwise if you downloaded a
spyware SWF, someone would be stealing your identity.
So, no matter what, if you suck down SWF bits and launch them locally,
please find a way to validate them against a man-in-the-middle attack.
We have a SHA library you can use.
 
Once you truly trust the SWF bits, the next question is why your SWF
needs network access.  If it doesn't, turn it off and you won't get
warnings.  If it does need network access, I think your choices are to
find a way load it into a trusted directory (users can opt to trust
certain directories, or you somehow get it into the same directory as
the main SWF), or proxy the network I/O or file system I/O through the
main app.
 
I don't think HTMLLoader or an intermediary HTML file is going to help.
 
-Alex

________________________________

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Steve Mathews
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Where are the AIR resources?



Let me give some specific examples so hopefully we can get this to work.
 
What I am creating is a "player" for a custom file type. The file is
basically a zip (with different extension) that when opened is extracted
to the app-storage location. This is just resources. Next I have a Flex
based swf that can actually run with these resources. What I was
thinking is that I could just copy this swf (and some others that it
loads) into the app-storage directory and load it.
 
So what I have started with is a Flex based AIR application that
registers as the default for the file extension, loads the file and
extracts it to the app-storage. After I copy (mannulay for now) the
external Flex swf and an html page to the app-storage, I load the html
into AIR using the HTMLLoader. Eventually I would like to be able to
update the external swf and some of the other supporting swfs, so please
keep that in mind when making recommendations.
 
Thanks for the help,
Steve


 
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:


        Just so I'm clear.  You have a AIR SWF based on Flex that is
using HTMLLoader to load another Flex SWF off the web?  Are the two SWFs
supposed to be able to communicate?  What error are you getting?
         
        FWIW, the Marshall Plan will allow an AIR/Flex SWF to load
another Flex SWF off the web directly, but the loaded SWF will be
untrusted and can't access AIR things like NativeWindow and the file
system.

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        From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Jim Hayes
        Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:58 PM
        To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> 
        Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Where are the AIR resources?
        
        

        

        > My understanding is that because I can't load Flex into Flex

        

        I missed that bit (and was unaware of that in any case, never
tried it so far), so I don't think I can offer any useful advice I'm
afraid.

        Sorry about that, hopefully someone else can comment/advise.

        

        -----Original Message-----
        From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Steve Mathews
        Sent: 05 August 2008 00:49
        To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> 
        Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Where are the AIR resources?

        

        My AIR app is Flex based. I am using the HTMLLoader to load a
(currently) standard html page with the Flex swf embedded. This
HTMLLoader is in a new Native Window (in case that makes any
difference).

        

        My understanding is that because I can't load Flex into Flex
this method runs the loaded html in a separate security/application
domain. Would I benefit by creating a new Native Window with a html
source (can I even do that?), then loading the Flex into that window?

        

        Thanks,

        Steve

        On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Jim Hayes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:

        Are you loading it into an html based AIR app using the built in
flash plugin?

        Or loading it via swfLoader into an AS/mxml based application?

        

        -----Original Message-----
        From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Steve Mathews

        Sent: 04 August 2008 23:34 

        
        To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> 
        Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Where are the AIR resources?

        

        Specifically I have a Flex based swf that I am loading into my
AIR app. It is dynamically driven (i.e. external content) and is
intended to be running on the web. So of course in it's compiler options
I have -use-network=true. So when run from the desktop you get the
security dialog asking if you would like to allow it. My question is,
would it be possible to get around this? I trust the swf as I created
and maintain it, but I would rather not have two versions of it (one for
web, one for local).

        

        Thanks,

        Steve

        2008/8/4 Dimitrios Gianninas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

        I've been building AIR apps recently, I always look at the
online docs at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/index.html
<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/index.html> 

        

        I usually ask my questions on this list...just a habbit. What
questions do you have?

        

        Dimitrios Gianninas

        RIA Developer and Team Lead

        Optimal Payments Inc.

        

        

        
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        From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Steve Mathews 

        Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 2:06 PM
        
        To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  

        Subject: [flexcoders] Where are the AIR resources?

        

        I am trying to learn more about building AIR apps, but it seems
that when I run into a roadblock I have a lot of trouble finding
information. I am subscribed to apollocoders, but that list is next to
dead (although I did get a couple answers from there). Is this just a
sign that hardly anyone is using the technology, or am I just missing
where are the talk is? I am looking for any sites or lists where there
is better info than just what is in the help docs.

        

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