Embed SWF files in articles?
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1. :omg: somebody finally replied :) 2. Drag...it'd be cool to put in there if you're doing an article on Actionscript, like all the other article/tutorial websites let you do...
What about security issues? If I can be convinced it will not expose our members to any security issues (eg someone stealing the IP addresses of our visitors etc) then I will gladly allow them (and personally I'd love to have them on...)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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What about security issues? If I can be convinced it will not expose our members to any security issues (eg someone stealing the IP addresses of our visitors etc) then I will gladly allow them (and personally I'd love to have them on...)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
You're right about that, of course. There is better security in Flash Player 9.0/Actionscript 3 than there was but it's hardly foolproof. I've been away from Flash for 10 years and am just starting to catch up...a lot has changed, especially since Adobe bought it. It's a whole development environment now...I'm liking the Flex thing...almost as good as Visual Basic, heheh :) I will keep this on the back burner as a research topic over the next couple of months and see if I can come up with some answers...maybe some kind of a sand box thing? If CodeProject is diversifying, Flash, Flex, Actionscript, Adobe AIR, etc., shouldn't be ignored...my $0.02, anyway. There's tons of sites out there that do this stuff, but none of them do it very well, IMHO. Most of them are based on the old 'framescript' model and are not being updated.
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You're right about that, of course. There is better security in Flash Player 9.0/Actionscript 3 than there was but it's hardly foolproof. I've been away from Flash for 10 years and am just starting to catch up...a lot has changed, especially since Adobe bought it. It's a whole development environment now...I'm liking the Flex thing...almost as good as Visual Basic, heheh :) I will keep this on the back burner as a research topic over the next couple of months and see if I can come up with some answers...maybe some kind of a sand box thing? If CodeProject is diversifying, Flash, Flex, Actionscript, Adobe AIR, etc., shouldn't be ignored...my $0.02, anyway. There's tons of sites out there that do this stuff, but none of them do it very well, IMHO. Most of them are based on the old 'framescript' model and are not being updated.
David Lockwood wrote:
Flash, Flex, Actionscript, Adobe AIR, etc., shouldn't be ignored
They definitely won't be. I will have to add Flash/Flex/etc sections, but as to whether we host live flash objects is a separate issue. Anything you come up with would be appreciated.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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David Lockwood wrote:
Flash, Flex, Actionscript, Adobe AIR, etc., shouldn't be ignored
They definitely won't be. I will have to add Flash/Flex/etc sections, but as to whether we host live flash objects is a separate issue. Anything you come up with would be appreciated.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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What about security issues? If I can be convinced it will not expose our members to any security issues (eg someone stealing the IP addresses of our visitors etc) then I will gladly allow them (and personally I'd love to have them on...)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
What about security issues?
Here's what you could do, don't allow SWF embeds directly, but instead create CP FLV player. If they need animation (video, charts, etc.) just have it in FLV (plenty of converters out there) - which is simply a video format that supports compression and streaming. Since CP will have control over the player they can enforce security that way.
Chris Maunder wrote:
and personally I'd love to have them on
FWIW, ditto. :-D
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