Local network application

[axelius]

I'd like to create for my school exam an application that works on the schools local network for the pupils tu view lessons. I have chosen Flash for this, so far it's all good, but I soon realised that it's harder than it looks. How can i send a variable from one projector file (or swf) ,wich is on the main computer, to all the other projector files (or swf) on the network? And when the other projector files (or swf) receive the variable to load a movie clip? Could you help me? Can it be done just with flash or with a swf2exe file? And HOW?
Thanks!

[Northcode]

If you have a server on your network you can allow your projectors to communicate through the server. By server I mean a web server, not just a file server. Flash can talk to CGI scripts, PHP, ASP, etc running on the server and send and receive data that way. The Scripting & Backend forum is probably the best place to start looking for help with server side stuff (but you can ask here too).

If you use one of the commercial swf2exe applications then you have more options and you won't need a server. I've included a list of these tools below but you'll have to do a bit of research to discover what features each has that will suit your needs.

With my product, SWF Studio, you can use the UDP plugin to send UDP messages across the network. If you use UDP broadcasts, your messages are sent to all listening machines, which gives you a dead simple way to communicate. You can find a couple of UDP examples created with SWF Studio at http://www.northcode.com/v3/examples.php?pattern=udp

SWF Studio http://www.northcode.com
Zinc http://www.multidmedia.com
mProjector http://www.screentime.com
SWFKit http://www.swfkit.com
SWiSH Studio http://www.swishzone.com
Jugglor http://www.jugglor.com

[axelius]

Thanks Northcode for the reply. I'll search more info about SWF studio, i'll download the trial to test it. Again Thanks!