dos dedos wrote: > I'm trying to find out from if it's possible to have a separate > "thread" that does constant polling (of new screen data), i.e. without > interrupting the AS execution thread. This way I won't have to develop > a custom push-pull protocol on top of binary socket (I would rather > stick to HTTPService for simplicity) What kind of data are you sending via HTTPService? It's easy enough to just send this as string data over a Socket connection, and eliminate the need for polling. There's nothing stopping you from using strings over a Socket connection, allowing you to keep the same data format except move to push technology instead of polling, and eliminate your desire to have a separate "polling" thread.
In this situation, I'd recommend using an XMLSocket instead of a Socket, since it makes working with Strings / XML easier. Binary Sockets are better when you need data at the byte level, XMLSocket is a little higher-level. They work roughly the same... > > I think the VNC example by Darron Schall must be using a custom > protocol over binary socket to push screen data to the client ... If > that's the case I would sign up and check it out ... My FlashVNC implements the Remote FrameBuffer protocol. It's not terribly difficult, considering there's a really good spec for it: http://www.realvnc.com/docs/rfbproto.pdf -d -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
