load variables from LAN

[dipkya]

Hi

Does anyone know how to load variables from txt file which
is on different machine.
I want to make a CD presentation which will be working on
local area network(LAN).
So one machine will be having all the variables and other machine will access that.
Thanking you in advance

[Musicman]

Hi dipkya,

just run a webserver on the box with the variables, and you are set

Musicman

[dipkya]

Ok! Sounds good Music man...(it works you mean to say)
But It would be more clear if you tell me how
A little explanation pls.
Thanx

[Musicman]

Hi,

I've got a small lan, let's say two computers "John" and "Mary". The computers all have fixed IP's like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, etc.
Every computer has got the same hosts file
john 192.168.1.1
mary 192.168.1.2
etc. Now, john is running apache and has got its ServerName set to "john". Every computer on the lan can access files in john's wwwroot directory as http://john/project1/test.swf etc. If you are running windows, you can use either PWS or IIS instead of Apache, if you prefer. Make sure to configure a firewall - whenever you are connected to the internet, you will get "Code red" and "sircam" type requests to your webserver

Musicman

[dipkya]

Hi Musicman
Can it be done without using PWS.
i am using the following syntax as file://c:/something.txt
now when i run this swf file thro network it doesnt work since it
wont find the file in the accessing maching , now i wanted to have the
syntax proper in this case ( like how we have it in find files...)
\\machine_name\direname\.... )

i tried to use file://<machinename>/c:/something.txt but didnt work .

[Musicman]

Hi,

I guess you would have to map a drive letter to the machine. Another one to try could be file://machinename//.... - but, honestly, I do not know. I am working in a unix environment, and there are webservers all over the place

Musicman

[dipkya]

Hi,
Right now I am using PWS. It is working fine.
But still I could not understand where to put my txt file
(variables)on host machines c:drive or every individual machine's c:drive. As I tried this but no luck so far....
I have used this action:
loadVariablesNum("file://c:/something.txt,0)
It works if you run this swf file from network but fails to perform from PWS.
Pls guide.......

[Musicman]

Hi,

you would put the movie and the text file in, e.g., john's wwwroot folder and refer to them as http://john/movie.swf and http://john/textfile.txt

Musicman

[daemon]

loadVariables ("//Servoar/Txtfiles/news.txt", "_root.newsclip");


Servoar: replace with name of comp you are reaching

All others are folder/file names

That is it!

Make sure that this txt file is stored on a machine that is constantly turned on, if Flash cannot access that file, it will pause for a long time (i guess it is retrying) and then go on.

Now what i want to know is how to return to that txt files some text/vars... anyone??

[Musicman]

Hi daemon,

at least to send vars back you will definitely want to use a webserver with a script ....

Musicman

[dipkya]

Hi Musicman & daemon,
So in both the cases I have to know the host machines name to get the variables?
So unless and untill I know that I cant put action??
This cd presentation is on clients machine and I dont know what kind of machine client has.
So now how will I use this action?
Thanx for your support......Pls guide

[daemon]

No go then....

you need exact path to vars .. otherwise you cannot get them.
Because there might be other comps in LAN that have same folder names. So you need machine name. And if you are in LAN with a computert you can always get his name. (my network places etc..)