Matt - I have to admit, this answer isn't going to be the saving grace for you because I'm not sure of all the limitations that Director puts on Flash movies. But, back a couple months ago I did a similar project pulling XML into Flash via an XML Socket. If I remember correctly, this operates through a high port number, thus killing that method in it's tracks - (corporate client - didn't want other corporate customers running into firewall problems). Anywho, one guess would be that 1)Flash looks for a cached version of the XML first, and then tries to communicate w/ the server if it's not there. and 2)Director blocks the Flash's XML communication to the server. That might explain why the Flash embedded in Director can pull the XML once you have an indy Flash movie running.
A good way to see how your program is communicating w/ the XML server is through a network sniffer - http://download.cnet.com/downloads/1,10150,0-10001-103-0-1-7,00.html?tag=srch&qt=sniffer&cn=&ca=10001 This should at least tell you if you're running into a problem w/ network stuff. I know this isn't the best of answers - sorry - Evan >From: "Matthew DeSimone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:56:27 -0500 > >All, >��I'm currently working on a pretty large scale project which > involves several flash movies contained within director.� These movies >��use ActionScript to import data via XML. >� >��When running in the normal flash player in a browser, the > flash movies are able to communicate with my XML scripts perfectly.� >��However, once they are brought into Director, a series of > oddities occur. >� >��First off, the flash movies are able to send the request > successfully to our XML generation scripts.� However, the data the > script attempts to send back never makes it into the flash movie. > The kicker is that if we run the standalone flash movie in a separate >��browser window (which always works), the director movie will > then work (almost as if the conduit first has to be open by another >��plugin/browser). >� >��I know this isn't strictly a director lingo question, > however, if there is a way to fix this via Lingo, I'd like to know >about > it.� Any help at all is appreciated. >� >~matt desimone >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
