Many thanks for the replies. They also read/write my local files without a trust file -- makes sense that they aren't using just Player.
(My problem is that I have intended customers who I need to upload their files without them having to know about trust files or modify their system32 file. So far it seems impossible, so Digital Editions raised my hopes<g> :-/ ) Thanks again, Jeremy --- In [email protected], John Dowdell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jeremyrichman wrote: > > If you haven't already, check out Adobe's new Digital Editions beta (at > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitaleditions/install/). > > I believe this was written using Flex; but how do they read and write > > across the net without needing a trust file? > > This project is a mix of Player and native-code. There isn't yet good > public documentation on its mechanics, even though the project raises a > number of intriguing questions. I'm hoping we see more details soon. > > From what I've been able to gather in informal hallway conversations, I > don't see much that would be transferrable to other projects yet -- my > first reaction was "Wow, are they really reading PDF/A into SWF?", but > that's apparently not the case either. Their remote retrieval might not > even be using the Player; we can't tell yet. > > It looks to me now more like a one-off project than something we can > reuse in various ways, but it would be better to wait for authoritative > information to appear than to rely on the impressions I've been able to > gather. > > jd > > > > > > -- > John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA > Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd > Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna > Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. > -- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
