Flash :: Comm Ports

Actions And PC Ports
Hi everyone,

Ok, I have here a philosoficall question.

It is possible in Flash to do the following?

Lets say I have a Flash Movie with some animations inside, running in a PC that is the server of a net, in a shop.
That PC also is connected to a big screen (or similar) that is in the middle of the shop.

What I want to know is if we have the possibility of setting up the Flash Movie so it plays a certain animation depending in from which PORT of the server comes the order.

Do we have that possibility in flash.

Wait an order from an specific port of a computer ??????

Thanks a lot in advance.

oce

How Can I Acces Th Computer's Ports?
hello out there!

i'm a real newbie, and i would like to know, if anyone can help me, about the fact of accesing the computer's port by means of flash.

i want to make an application that write data, and accepts it, from any of the ports, parallel or serial.

i've thought about making this transaction by means of files, in case it can't be done directly.

please help me out with this, thanks in advance!

LoadVariables, Sub Domains & Ports
We have a question about how Flash determines what servers it can talk to. We've reviewed the loadVariables and security technote on the Macromedia site. We are using the same physical server, but are working with subdomains and specific ports, and haven't found anything like this yet on any of the boards.

Here's the story (the URLs have been generalized for this discussion):

We have a Flash application that communicates back to the server (the same one that it loads from) using loadVariables, but on a different port. We are moving the application from our development server to our production server. On the development server, it works fine. The domain name is set up like www.ourserver.com <http://www.ourserver.com> , and although the initial configuration was tricky, it seems to work fine talking to the server at http://ourserver.com:2001 It works whether we call up the initial web page as www.ourserver.com <http://www.ourserver.com.com> or ourserver.com.com <http://ourserver.com>

But the production server version behaves strangely. The domain name is www.ourserver.projects.museum.org <http://www.ourserver.projects.museum.org> . The flash application works only if we hardcode the address http://ourserver.projects.museum.org:2001 (the development server version loads the url from an .ini file that provides the URL to loadVariables from). We don't know why it only works that way, but it does. However, it only works if the page that the flash is embedded in is referenced as ourserver.projects.museum.org. If we referenence it at www.ourserver.projects.museum.org <http://www.ourserver.projects.museum.org> , it fails to connect to the server at :2001. We assume that this is some security problem as we know that the server never receives the GET or POST call. Also, we can get it to work from the standalone player, which we know isn't subject to the same security issues.

Do you have any ideas about how can we fix this? Is there some known problem with long domain names and loadVariables? I believe that the production server is configured mostly the same way as the development server, but is there some setting that throws off Flash?

Thanks!

-Joel

Flash Communication Ports
I am experiencing firewall issues when testing flash movies that have been built and tested inside our "sandbox".

The movie appears fine, but any server communication seems to be blocked. Please could someone tell me the ports flash is likely to attempt to use so i can get our systems guys to open them.

Thanks!

Flash Accessing Ports
Hi there!

If you already saw this thread in the ActionScript forum, I do apologize. I was not sure where my question would fit better. Anyway, here goes the post:

I was wondering if Flash has the capabilities to access different ports from another server.

I believe you can access an xml port but not sure.

Ultimately, I would like to access a server through a UDP port. I would like to access logs, parse the data and have Flash display the information. Does anyone know about this? If so, can you please offer any advice?

Many Thanks,

- Alex

[Edited by Alex on 07-15-2002 at 01:51 PM]

Flash Accessing Ports....
Hi there!

If you already saw this thread in the FlashMX forum, I do apologize. I was not sure where my question would fit better. Anyway, here goes the post:

I was wondering if Flash has the capabilities to access different ports from another server.

I believe you can access an xml port but not sure.

Ultimately, I would like to access a server through a UDP port. I would like to access logs, parse the data and have Flash display the information. Does anyone know about this? If so, can you please offer any advice?

Many Thanks,

- Alex

Connecting To Specific Ports.
Can I use flash to connect to a specific port on a computer? So far I've been using the LoadVars object to load data from port 80 on servers.

Controlling Ports From Flash
Hi,
Ive been searching for a way to control pins on a computer's parallel port from within flash. I havent found anything so far. Is this possible does anyone know????

Cheers,

Tom

Com And Serial Ports With Adobe Products
I am a flash developer and i am starting a project, that requires the retrieval of data through the serial port of a PC and display that data. I want to flash for obvious reasons, but i cannot find anything available...

I do not want to use Visual Studio (C++,VB etc).

Does any one know if there is an Adobe product that can communicate with serial ports and can the data be retireved in one form or another with Flash...

Comm Between 2 Swf's......? (please Help)
is there any ways through which, we can communicate between two independent shockwaves. to be more precise, how do i target a particular frame on the main timeline or any scene, from one shockwave to another.

ravi tandon

Swf Comm
If I load a swf with a movie clip called clip_mc on its root timeline into another swfs movie clip, let's call it loader_mc, can I do something like this?

Code:

loader_mc.clip_mc._x=some_variable;

Thanks!

FMX Comm Server
When they say 1mbit peak bandwith on the personal edition, do they mean combined client usage or just single output?

To Flash Comm Or Not To Flash Comm
Hi all - I figured Id start with the experts. I have developed a series of Flash demos for my company which can be seen here - http://webex.com/resources/quick-tours.html

all except one have multiple progressive FLV's synching up to graphics using cue points.
your typical talking head stuff ; )

We are getting to a point where Im thinking we need to deploy Flash comm server becasue they certainly see a lot of traffic and I periodically hear of a "choppy experience"

my question lies in that I can't find any simple comprehensive info about what Flash Comm server really is and how it would be deployed for our needs.

All info I seem to read is all about these rich flash comm applications - so Im a little confused as I thought it was simply software we deployed on one of our servers and then I dropped a lil AS into my Flash files to synch up and enable true streaming of the video files. Am I over simplifying this?

Can someone explain and maybe point me in the right direction?
Much appreciated!!
Thanks.
Andy

Swf To Swf Comm Once, Then Dies
Thanks all.
Ok, here's my prob... I have a main flash file, the level0 controlling timeline. I'm loading (loadMovie) my navigation swf into level1. This particular navigation loads 3d animation swf files into a mc symbol located at level0, and i also set the alpha of everything at level0 and level1 to 25% while the animation plays (a watermark effect). When the close movie button is clicked from the level1 swf it successfully unloads the animation swf from the mc symbol at level0, it resets the alpha of the navigation at level1 back to 100%, but REFUSES to reset the alpha of the symbol at level0 back to 100%. I've tried _root, _parent._parent, _level0, _alpha=100, _visible=1, and nothing works.

Why does it set the level0 to 25%, but doesn't seem to find it a second time to reset it back to 100% alpha?

(I'm currently trying localConnection, but haven't used it before and am trying to work out the code that doesn't involve a text field, such as in the help examples).

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Kalen

E-comm In Flash?
I need to integrate e-commerce into an existing Flash site. I've been searching for days trying to find books, tutorials, anything that can hep me and haven't found anything except companies trying to sell me their already built Flash carts. Can someone please guide me in the right direction? I want to do learn this myself, not have someone else do it for me.

Flash Comm Server Mx
I downloaded the trial version of FCS MX. I have PWS installed on my win98. But I duuno why I just can't use the FCS mx. do I have to upgrade to win 2k?

Comm Server Connect :(
I have set up Flash Comm on my old computer and it has worked fine. But unfortunaly on this new one, I can not connect correctly to any of my applications, nor the sampel applications that came packaged with Flash Comm. I have made sure the service is started, locally, and everything else I can think of. Any idea's?

Web Camera With Out Using Flash Comm
Is there a way I can connect a web camera to my flash movie with out using the Communication Server?

Is there is can someone please explain how this can be done or point me towards a tutorial. I know I can use the get camera () function but not sure what to do after that.

Thanks

FMX Comm Server - Alt Hosts
I am looking at using flash comm for a project (personel edition) and the client is fine with buying the 500 package, but the problem is hosting. Most hosts, includign thier current host, will not allow them to install Flash Comm for thier server needs. (local hosting is out of the question, to much upkeep) So we go to virtual hosting that supports Comm Server, but the only one that I have really noticed is MediaTemple.net and they are overpriced. $300/mo for a personal comm server package? I can BUY IT for 500! Anyway, do any of you know if there are some reliable hosting companies that host reasonably priced comm server packages? Or perhaps a hosting company that will allow us to install our own packages? Thanks

Any Tutorials For Comm Server
HI
I want to learn Flash Media server ... can someone let me know some sites from where I can start learning ... or if someone could send me some basic applications ....
tnx

Are You A Comm Server Guru?
I am desperately seeking people who understand coding actionscript specifically with Flash Communiactions Server.
I'm beginning to doubt if there are any of you out there?
Please show yourselves!

Using Comm. Server Offline
Can flash communication server swf's work offline , without server ?

Requierement Flash Comm
I had a prob when i want to use Flash Comm... when i read da manual... is says that this software must be installed within WINDOWS ADVANCE SERVER 2000 OR WINDOW NT SERVER 4.0... when i bought window nt server... it ask me to locate WINNT file.. but i'm using Window Me... so the installation of that server can't be proceed... then when i'm upgrading my Me to Window Xp... the Windows Nt server says that something like this... "can't installed Win Nt in your comp"... what???

1) Okay what i'm worried is... if i don't installed the window advance server or window nt server 4.0... can i make "Webcam chat" just using LAN connection without those server??? Am i suppose to switch to Windows advance server 2000???

2)Any other thing that i'm miss??? or misunderstood???

Comm Server Not Started..
hi all,
Recently , i have installed flash comm server mx on my machine running win 98.
i started to create chat application using the steps given in
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/..._comm_app.html page.

im trying to start the flash comm server by using the step4 given under
Debugging Common mistakes

4. Check if the Macromedia Flash Communication Server is running. Go to Start > Programs > Macromedia > Flash Communication Server MX and click on Start Server.
But there is no such menu item in
Start > Programs > Macromedia > Flash Communication Server MX .

And one more thing is , the connected led (loight_mc) is not glowing ( no color such as red or green).

i have no web cam or audio device. I need only text chat application.
what im doing wrong?

what are things needed to do this application.

how do i start the server.

Any help is appreciated.

jsam...

FLV And NetStream W/o Comm Server?
Hi all,
Can Flash MX, not 2004, stream an FLV all by its self?

It appears that Comm Server might be required. I've been trying to get NetStream to work, which is available in Flash MX, but can't. I'm also having difficulty finding any documentation on it.

If this is not possible, please recommend a video and MX strategy.

Thanks,
Joe

IP Camera With Flash Comm?
Is it possible to use an IP camera (Axis, etc) with Flash Communication Server. It seems the answer is no, but perhaps someone knows better?

Thanks much...

Ty

Fun With Netkeeper.ca And Flash Comm...or Not
Does anyone know how to request a RMTP address from netkeepers or any web host who supports Flashcomm servers? I have an account with them, but I do not know how to get the flashcomm server working.

Flash Comm Server
Hey All,

Does anyone here have any experience with Flash Communication Server?

If so, I've got a question for you :) !

I have developed an application that takes advantage of the built-in conference room "controls", I can't recall the real name at this moment.

Either way, It is hosted on a server called vector and only people within our network can access it! I have another server called dna that is accesible via the web.

Is it possible to put my application on DNA but have it connect to FCS, thats installed on Vector? I've heard it has something to do with RMTP:// or somehting like that!

Thank you for the help!

Matt

? (FSC) Command ? This Is Full-screen Comm. Right ?
Hi.. Im havin sum probs usin the (fsc)action. This enables full screen mods right? And if it does how exactly should i program the frame paramaters? Im kinda new to flash, probly intermediate level or so.. lol

Any help would be great, thnx

Anyone Have Experience With Flash Comm Server?
I'm at a loss. I've got a project that I'm trying to convert so that it works with Remote Shared Objects.

I haven't even begun testing because I can't even get the examples provided with the Flash Comm. package to function.

All the samples/tutorials provided are located in a directory of the server named "samples". In a directory named "apps" there are corresponding folders to each sample that contain the server side asc file needed to run the example.
The server side script is accessed from the client swf thru the netConnection by defining the URI property: e.g.
ActionScript Code:
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect("rtmp://flashcomsvr.mydomain.com/myFlashComAppName");
// interestingly enough the sample swf's define the rtmp path with as
"rtmp:/continuePathName"
When I try opening multiple instances of any of the samples provided to see if the client to server connection is made nothing occurs.

Do my client swfs need to be served from the FCS or can they live on another and reference back to the FCS?

Any assistance would be appreciated!

Thank you.

Installing Flash And Comm Server
Hi gurus,

I need to install Flash on my system (in Lan) and Flash Communication Server on different machine (LAN SERVER). Is it possible. How can I do that. Both are Trial versions. Thankingyou

Comm Server Stops Working For A While
Hi!

I´m very impressed about an error that occured over here.

I have a main application directory in my flash comm server mx.

it´s placed in the default path where flash comm server is installed:

C:Arquivos de programasMacromediaFlash Communication Server MXapplications

that´s it.

but I´ve created two sub directories inside this one:

components
components2

I use both of them...

And I had no trouble with that.
but suddenly... my directory components2 stops connecting...
and no app inside there worked anymore.

I became mad... I tried and tried lots of things
to understand what the heck is going on, and

I got messages from the local event LOG (windows 2k)
telling me about errors with the exact time/date I tried to
test the application. it says:

type: error
origin: flash
category: (265)
event Id: 1069
description:
(_defaultRoot_, _defaultVHost_) :
Failed to load application instance components2.

but suddenly...
when I tried multiple times to make the same swf to connect,
the application begun to work.

And now, It´s working again.

Anybody knows what could it be?

Thanx!

Zerooito

Flash Comm Server And Apache
Hi everybody, I'm just starting with FCS and I'm reading a book called New.Riders-Macromedia Flash Communication Server.MX, written by Kevin Towes, I'm not a developer, just a web designer and I made some apps using ASP or PHP with Dreamweaver MX , but I've a doubt, in the book Kevin works with examples within IIS server installed on the machine, the problem here is I've Apache server installed on mine, and I cannot follow certain things, for example, I did the first app, (one communicating with the comm server), in fact, when I publish the movie, the connectionLight_mc is working because the 'light' is green, but when I place a name in the SimpleConnect component nothig happens in the peopleList_mc, reading back in the book, I found this:

In this book, I assume that you install your server on a machine with a Windows IIS Web Server with the default Development options. References will be made to these locations:

Support Files Directory: C:Inetpubwwwrootflashcom

Applications Directory: C:Inetpubwwwrootflashcomapplications

but, I've no this locations because what I've installed is the Apache server, so, this folders are installed on this locations:

C:Archivos de programaMacromediaFlash Communication Server MXflashcom_helpflashcom

then, the same in:

C:Archivos de programaMacromediaFlash MX 2004flashcom_helpflashcom

and then this other in:

C:Archivos de programaMacromediaFlash Communication Server MXapplications

My question is, is my first example not working at all because I've no IIS, or I should move flashcom and applications folder into the htdocs folder in the apache server?

Hope somebody here can help me with this

Thanks a lot

Differences Between Comm. Server Pro And Personal
Hi,

I'm looking at possibly picking up Flash Comm Server MX, and I'm trying to find what the differences (aside from the hefty price difference) between Pro and Personal are. Does anybody know where I could find a comparison chart or something similar? MM's webpage doesn't seem to be much help.

Thanks much,
-C

Comm Server Noob Questions
Hello all,

I got a new job this week and the new company does alot of flash video streaming. I havent done alot of flash flv streaming but I have some basic questions.

1) Have any of you ever used flash communication server? Does this improve the stream of flv video? Because I know you dont require communication server to stream flv.

2) Do any of you have any suggestion for making the smallest/clearest flv available? Right now The company is exporting flv directly from Final Cut Pro. I suggested using Sorenson Squeeze from a quicktime file then making the flv...we havent tested it to see if its smaller yet...but if youve found a good way, let me know....

Thanks.

Flash Comm Communication Method
Hi everyone...

Does anyone know what technology is used for communication between the flash client and the flash communication server?

HTTP, Corba, COM, Web Services, etc...

An online article would be highly beneficial if anyone could provide one

Thanks for the help

Flash Comm Installation Snafu
Hi All,

Attempting to install Flash Comm on MAC OS 10.4 Tiger. The FLASH comm installer cannot find my copy of FLASH MX 2004 in the applications folder created under my user name. I attempted placeing the installer in the flash mx folder without success.

Can some one assist?

Accessing Flash Comm Server On PDA
Hi,
Im doing a project based on a pda. I also want to include a chatroom that will be based on a website and accessed via a url on the pda.

Does anyone know if flash communication server can run on a PDA?

Streaming Between Clients Without Flash Comm
Anyone around here know how to do this?

I have seen a product that uses a java backend that seems to work with flash streaming, but I am looking to integrate this into a php server and need some help.

Flash Comm: Saving History
I am fooling with the Flash Comm Server App: Example_TextChat and want to know if anyone knows of a way to save the history? I want to be able to archive a history before it is cleared...

Web Conference Tool ? Using New F.comm. Server MX Tools ?
Hi there

Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for setting up a virtual conference...
I've used placeware and webex before..but since we totally embrace flash and other macromedia products..the natural progression for us would be to start utilizing the power of the flash MX communication server

The company and tool i've found that interests me is

http://www.wanadu.com/new/site/iconf.html

a flash MX app that can hold up to 500 users..

Im looking for the functionality of
+ incorporating flash presentations.
+ possibly taking the End User on a web tour
+ Streaming Audio
+ Archiving possibilities
+ Log in and Log out password

Any other recommendations or suggestions (like other websites detailing the power of flash MX server ) would be greatly appreciated..
thanks
Rye

Can Someone Suggest A Good Flash Comm. Book?
I'm looking for a good Flash Communications Server book that will give me some insight on using video and audio conferencing along with a chat engine development. Can anyone suggest a good book for this subject?

Thanks!

Flash Comm Video Streaming Problem
Hi

I'm meant to be putting together a simple video playback swf for a client. They want to stream a movie from a flash comm server where their file is being stored. Unfortunately, I'm new to streaming flv's from a flash comm server, so the URL to the file that they gave me confuses me slightly...

rtmp://fms.examplecompany.net/ondemand/fcs.examplecompany/clients/examplefolder/exampleclient/examplefile.flv

Obviously, I've duped in the company names and file names, but I've left the structure of the path the same. I'm trying to use the code, as supplied on the Adobe site, but I'm lost as to how to split up the path...

Code:
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect("rtmp://fcs_server_name/app_name/instance_name");

ns = new NetStream(nc);
myVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.setBufferTime(0);
ns.play("test");
If anyone could offer any advice at all it would be much appreciated!!

Cheers

Java Pushing Data To Comm Server
I have a dilemma. Flash Com Server is great for Push architectures. In fact, timely retrieval of information is what it was designed for. However, there is a problem that I do not have the answer to. With Flash Remoting you can make use of Java Classes, Servlets, etc. But this is over HTTP so you can only Poll (meaning query the server at intervals). Combine Flash Communication Server with Remoting and you have Flash Comm Server Remoting. Great, now we can push data that is in AMF (Action Message Format) to the client as opposed to having them Poll. I like this so far.
My problem arises when I want to have JAVA trigger the push via the Comm Server. So that means Java must be able to randomly either A) Add to the SharedObject so that all movies update or B) Tell the server Side Actionscript to update (I.e. call a ActionScript method)...
Any takers? Macromedia people?

[Q] General Question On Flash Comm Server MX...
Howdy...

First time lurker, first time writer in this forum...

I just followed the tutorial and it seems to be working...
---
Tried this one...
Creating Your First Broadcast with Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/...broadcast.html
---

FMX/FCS 1.6/WXP SP1/IIS

Okay... The files are...
Source Files
C:Program FilesMacromediaFlash Communication Server MXapplicationsvideo_tutorial
Video Files
C:Program FilesMacromediaFlash Communication Server MXapplicationsvideo_tutorialstreamsvideo
Test Files
C:Inetpubwwwroot

and it does work on my computer over the IIS...

The question is... The FLV files are sitting on the directory which is not really related to the web server, yet the video file is playing...

Does this mean that FCS is fetching the FLV file from the directory where the user cannot reach and stream it??? It makes more sense to me if the FLV file is sitting under the C:Inetpubwwwroot directory but it is not the case...

Can somebody scratch my brain???

One more question... How will that directory structure be changed if the FCS will be installed onto another computer??? The documentation gives me some scenario but I don't quite understand it...

Thanks...

Sample Video Apps With Comm Server
I have two sites on the same Flash Comm server, both using the same
sample video application.

The application is called sample_panel_presentation.swf

The problem is the two sites do not want to be connected to each other.

If anyone is familiar with this sample application can you suggest what I would
change in the .fla file to make each connect to it's own "room"

I'm not much of a programmer and I've been looking at the code all day in Studio MX to try and figure it out - but no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Adolf Chavez
adolf.chavez@tio.com