Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Rajat Paharia
Mani - Read here forthwith and whereas the underscore is important: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_connection_objects/local_connection_object07.html best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan- They're both on the same machine b

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
Alan- They're both on the same machine but thanks for clearing that up either way. I was thinking that I could test a file sitting on the server using a local swf file and the local connection. I tried putting the domain permission etc but to no avail. Finally I resolved to just placing the othe

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Alan Queen
forgive me if this is implied, but there's always been alot of misunderstanding about LocalConnection.. LocalConnection is not used to send messages from one machine to another. It's meant to send messages between 2 or more swf files on the same machine whether in browser or .exe again, don't kil

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Rajat Paharia
Hi Mani - Have you prefixed your localConnectionID with an underscore? Try "_id" as opposed to "id". The other gotcha is just to make sure there aren't two instances of the receiving swf running (as often is the case when using one of the SWF2EXE tools), since one will capture all the messages an

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Viktor Berzsinszky
Oh, excuse me " LocalConnection " :: dont know about. ;D) /v Manuel Saint-Victor schrieb: I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I h

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Viktor Berzsinszky
Back in the days as i used flash [dunno bout flash8] you were only allowed to send to the host your swf came from. Than you might check the encoding format you are using. [you might send "garbage" to the server] What about your firewall settings? Can you see the logfiles of the server? /V M

[Flashcoders] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE

2006-03-29 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I have tried placing an allowDomain in the receiving swf. I am using Flash 8 as my authoring envir