A few new classes in Flash 8 push it beyond previous versions by providing external communication with other technologies. Developers have been coding workaround external communication solutions for years, but this time Flash got it right with a few new classes, one of which is called ExternalInterface. This class provides an interface that allows direct […]
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How to Upload a File by Using the Flash FileReference Object
The FileReference class is a long-awaited addition to Flash. This class allows you to browse local drives on a user’s computer and provide the user with the ability to select files for upload by sending the file to a simple server-side script.
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Flash 8 has delivered the ability to do simple searches for node names and attribute values in an XML file with its new XPathAPI class. Kris Hadlock shows how to use the XPathAPI in Flash 8 to simplify and give power to your XML parsing. XML has bridged the gap between technologies and added a […]
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