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lordali
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January 13, 2007
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FMS + Director. Can I use?

  • January 13, 2007
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Hi,

I have 2 questions. One is with SWF decompile problem

1 - If we are using SWF with Flash media server than how come SWF is cached on user computer and be able to decompile it. I have read that Flash media server dont cache SWF on user computer. Need answer please

2 - If we are using director. Can we use it with Flash media server for multiplayer games etc? Dont want to use Xtras that give multiplayer capability to director. Any one tell director has good integration with Flash media server? and is wise to use it with FMS

Thanks
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    Anonymous
    January 13, 2007
    quote:
    Originally posted by: lordali

    1 - If we are using SWF with Flash media server than how come SWF is cached on user computer and be able to decompile it. I have read that Flash media server dont cache SWF on user computer. Need answer please


    The .swf isn't served through FMS. FMS only serves .flv/mp3 files. Your .swf will always be served via http. I don't know of any foolproof means of protecting a .swf... there are plenty of actionscript obfuscators, but no true encryptors I know of. You can serve the .swf with nocache headers, but that doesn't prevent anyone from getting the .swf and decompiling it.

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    2 - If we are using director. Can we use it with Flash media server for multiplayer games etc? Dont want to use Xtras that give multiplayer capability to director. Any one tell director has good integration with Flash media server? and is wise to use it with FMS


    I don't work with Director, so I don't have any answers on that part.

    Thanks


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    tedalde2
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2007
    I had been using Director and FMS for simple multiplayer communication until I realized a problem. I posted the question last week (the 10th) under the topic "Director Flash 8 xtra breaks shared object and onSync". I built the program with the Flash 7 xtra. All things FMS worked great. Then I updated to the Flash 8 xtra, and came to depend on its functionality in my project. My mistake was not re-testing the FMS communication module I had built until months later. Now I realize onSync events don't fire, and there are other issues. I tested this by replacing the Flash 8 xtra with the original Flash 7 xtra (and Director DLLs), and everything FMS worked great again... however I'm stuck because the other stuff I made using the Flash 8 xtra is then broken.

    If you could test the items I outlined in my post I would be grateful. Sorry to hijack your post, but to answer your question, I don't see how you can successfully use Director and FMS with the Flash 8 xtra if onSync events don't fire. You could definitely use it with the Flash 7 xtra though.

    I haven't had time to do more testing on this, but I plan to shortly.

    Thanks

    Ted


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