Larry Mahony

.Net and Flash

January 12th, 2007

Finally getting into some serious asp.net development, creating a custom solution for a client using asp.net 2(c#), Flash and XML. A mini stumbling block is trying to find a way of getting the asp.net page to read values in the flash movie. Previously would have done it in Javascript using flashmovie.GetVariable(”flash_data”). Not sure how or even if I can simulate something similar from the asp.net code. [Update] Can’t really. You still need JavaScript. So I’m doing that and using XMLHttpRequest to channel the data through to the asp.net code.

Still using Flash 6 too! Just can’t get away from it. So many of the companies we work for specify Flash 6 (and even bloody Flash 5) as a minimum. I guess these large corporations need to keep their systems locked down so the staff are prevented from upgrading anything and there’s still a sense of a distrust of Flash out there too.

Entry Filed under: Flash, Programming, Work