sending XML file size limits?

[fzr600man]

I am currently working on contructing an small intranet system for one of my clients. Before I get started I wanted to know, if there are limits to how much data the XML.send() can handle? The XML database could potentially become very big over time. I am planning on doing all parsing of the XML file through actionscript, both statically and dynamically. Then passing the XML to a tiny ASP.net file which will resave the XML to the server. Any help would be great,

[tupps]

The biggest challenge is how quickly flash can parse the file, also you will have an issue with multiple users changing and saving the file (eg Client 1 and 2 read the file, 1 changes and saves, then 2 changes and saves, 1 changes will be lost.

[fzr600man]

Thanks Tupps,
yeah I got thinking about that and realized that I should have a server side script do that, and just pass the individual nodes back and forth.

[tupps]

Thats the way I do it usually, it takes a bit more work but it is definately worth it when you have multiple users online.

Thanks

Luke

[fzr600man]

Hey Tupps,

I am starting to work on doing a query through my XML on the serverside, and then posting the results to flash. How should I pass a dynamically generated XML file from ASP.NET back to flash? I was thinking something like
Response.Write(xmlnew);
Where xmlnew is the dynamically created file handle for the XML file containing the query results. Also is there a limit to how much data flash can accept. Thanks again

Paul

[tupps]

Flash can pretty much accept any amount of data. FlashMX has a quick flash parser so it can handle a fair bit, if you have Flash 5 Clients then you might have a problem.

As for how to output the file, just push it out of ASP much like you would HTML code.

[fzr600man]

That is where the trouble lies. I am trying to use the following line to send my XML from ASP.NET to flash
Response.Write(xmldoc);
xmldoc is the file handle for my XML document. I can't figure out what is the correct way to pass it back to flash. I have been searching the web for 5 hours now trying to find answers. HELP!!!

[tupps]

Sorry not great on ASP (or ASP.Net) most of my web stuff is either PHP or Java

From memory don't you have to read the data from the file into a string and then response.write(newString)

Thanks

Luke