Thanks Jesse! I will give a try to your solution too! Angelo
2014-05-05 21:34 GMT+02:00 Jesse Ward-Karet <[email protected]>: > We've struggled with this issue *a lot*. Here is our final solution that > seems to have resolved the issue in a satisfactory way: > > 1. Our build environment renames the SWF to myapp_1_2_3_4.swf where > 1.2.3.4 is the current version number. > > 2. We define a variable at compile time that specifies the SWF version > number > > FlexBuilder: -define+=MYAPP::SWF_VERSION,'0.0.0.0' > Ant XML: <define name="MYAPP::SWF_VERSION" value="${SWF_VERSION}" > /> > Ant CMD: ant -DSWF_VERSION='%3' -f build.xml MYAPP > AS Code: var SWF_VERSION:String = MYAPP::SWF_VERSION > > note: '%3' is a command line argument to a batch script that is > called by our build environment. > > 3. At load time, MYAPP.SWF makes a request to the server to get the > expected version of the SWF. If the value of SWF_VERSION does not match the > version returned by the server, we show an error that asks the user to > refresh the browser after clearing the cache. We also have a URL > parameter, skipVersionCheck to bypass the check if necessary, and we allow > 0.0.0.0 as our version number for debug builds. > > > > On May 3, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Angelo Lazzari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks Tomislav, i will give it a try. > > > > Angelo > > > > > > 2014-05-03 10:05 GMT+02:00 Tomislav Pokrajcic <[email protected]>: > > > >> You can enforce swf download (on each visit) by appending some random > GET > >> parameter to the url (e.g. .../myapp.swf?rnd=some_random_value). > >> > >> Something less invasive would be to append a version number to a swf > file > >> name (e.g. myapp_1_0_0.swf) and update the file name value in JavaScript > >> responsible for loading swf each time you update the version. > >> Filename can be stored in an external file that should be reloaded each > >> time (using the above metod). That's much cheaper operation than loading > >> the entire swf and deployment can be easily automated. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Tomislav > >> > >> > >> On 3.5.2014. 8:31, Angelo Lazzari wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> i'm developing a web application with Apache Flex 4.12, so, to be > clear, > >>> when my client access into his computer browser and write the > application > >>> URL, he can login into the application. > >>> > >>> I need, obviously, to be sure my client is playing the last version i > >>> published. > >>> > >>> So, without creating complex version algorithms or so on, is there a > way > >>> to > >>> force the swf download even if the browser has all the usual cache > >>> setting? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Angelo > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --- > >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > >> protection is active. > >> http://www.avast.com > >> > >> > >
