Networking and communication

This chapter explains how to enable your SWF file to communicate with external files and other Adobe Flash Player 9 instances. It also explains how to load data from external sources, send messages between a Java server and Flash Player, and perform file uploads and downloads using the FileReference and FileReferenceList classes.

Contents

Basics of networking and communication

Working with external data

Connecting to other Flash Player instances

Socket connections

Storing local data

Working with file upload and download

Example: Building a Telnet client

Example: Uploading and downloading files