Client Capabilities
Is there any way to get information on the client / end-user machine specifications / capabilities?
I know about the flash.system.Capabilities class:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/lan...abilities.html
but i'm specifically interested in client memory. A total memory/RAM would be good but a free/used/total would be great.
I basically want to be able to figure out how much memory is available to the client so that I can make an intelligent decision on caching strategy.
Thanks!
D
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Posted on: 05-27-2008, 10:41 AM
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