Ah! That is a good idea, thank you.
Brian --- In [email protected], Joseph Balderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Load a proxy SWF which checks/sets a LocalSharedObject for a cookie/timestamp. > If timestamp reached, lead main app swf with getTime() string on the filename; > if not then load just the SWF filename, so the browser takes the SWF from the > cache. You can set the timestamp artificially short for debugging so that it > always takes it form the server. > > I've seen this done for login proxies which autofill the user/pass fields, then > refresh them with blank ones after a certain time, or which query the server for > whether an update to the app has been issued, which resets the timestamp/cookie. > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Joseph Balderson, Flash Platform Developer | http://joeflash.ca > > > Brian Raymes wrote: > > Ah! That's a better approach, if you want a new swf loaded every time. > > Though, there should be a way to only load the swf if it has been > > updated. > > > > Obviously, we don't want the user to download the swf to determine > > whether or not a time stamp has changed, but how about some other > > server-side check, lets say, through the html file? Is it possible? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Joseph Balderson <news@> wrote: > >> if you use SWFObject in your index.template.html or in your final > > HTML, and > >> append the following js, the browser will never get the swf from the > > browser cache: > >> ... "mySwf.swf?"+(new Date()).getTime() ... > >> > >> This will append a unique number at the end of the swf filename, > > making the > >> browser think it's always a new file. > >> > >> or you could just clear the cache before every in-browser test. > >> _______________________________________________________________ > >> > >> Joseph Balderson, Flash Platform Developer | http://joeflash.ca > >> > >> > >> Brian Raymes wrote: > >>> I have had similar problems when using I.E. 7/8. Firefox has been > >>> more consistent, but Safari (my least favorite browser) seems to be > >>> working the best. > >>> > >>> It appears to me that swfs are cached inconsistently. If I update a > >>> swf, I expect my browser to load the new version. I have had to > >>> delete my browser cache way too often to remedy this. > >>> > >>> If you are using ColdFusion as a mediator, add this to the top of your > >>> index.cfm (or whatever name yours) to help force a re-load the swfs > >>> every time. You might be able to accomplish this without ColdFusion > >>> in the basic html template as well. > >>> > >>> <cfheader name="Cache-control" value="no-cache, no-store, > >>> must-revalidate, max-age=-1"> > >>> <cfheader name="Pragma" value="no-cache, no-store"> > >>> <cfheader name="Expires" value="-1"> > >>> > >>> I would rather my browser detect new versions of swfs... I don't like > >>> having to re-download every page visit. The software I am working on > >>> must be loaded consistently if a change is made on my end. It is > >>> important for my customers to see everything up-to-date. > >>> > >>> Let me know if you find a better solution. > >>> > >>> > >>> Brian > >>> > >>> --- In [email protected], "Ryan Schlig" <ryan.schlig@> wrote: > >>>> I am having problems viewing the changes in my application on > > refresh. > >>>> I have to actually close my browser and open up a new session > > before my > >>>> changes will be seen. This is not only a local problem, it also > > happens > >>>> when I push out new versions of my application to our servers. > > It seems > >>>> as though IIS is not detecting a change in the html or swf. > > Anyone else > >>>> ran into this and found a solution? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Ryan Schlig > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Flexcoders Mailing List > >>> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > >>> Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > > Links > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
