Hoping Wilbert can help me out here:

I wanted to use the following

code:


package com.example.programmingas3.socket {

    import flash.events.*;

    import flash.net.Socket;

    import flash.system.Security;

    import flash.utils.ByteArray;

    import flash.utils.setTimeout;

    

    import fl.controls.TextArea;

    import fl.core.UIComponent;



    public class Telnet {

        private const CR:int = 13; // Carriage Return (CR)

        private const WILL:int = 0xFB; // 251 - WILL (option code)

        private const WONT:int = 0xFC; // 252 - WON'T (option code)

        private const DO:int   = 0xFD; // 253 - DO (option code)

        private const DONT:int = 0xFE; // 254 - DON'T (option code)

        private const IAC:int  = 0xFF; // 255 - Interpret as Command (IAC)



        private var serverURL:String;

        private var portNumber:int;

        private var socket:Socket;

        private var ta:TextArea;

        private var state:int = 0;

        

        public function Telnet(server:String, port:int, output:TextArea) {

            // set class variables to the values passed to the constructor.

            serverURL = server;

            portNumber = port;

			ta = output;

			

            // Create a new Socket object and assign event listeners.

            socket = new Socket();

            socket.addEventListener(Event.CONNECT, connectHandler);

            socket.addEventListener(Event.CLOSE, closeHandler);

            socket.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);

            socket.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);

            socket.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.SOCKET_DATA, dataHandler);

            

            // Load policy file from remote server.

            Security.loadPolicyFile("http://" + serverURL + "/crossdomain.xml");

            // Attempt to connect to remote socket server.

            try {

                msg("Trying to connect to " + serverURL + ":" + portNumber + "\n");

                socket.connect(serverURL, portNumber);

            } catch (error:Error) {

                /*

                    Unable to connect to remote server, display error 

                    message and close connection.

                */

                msg(error.message + "\n");

                socket.close();

            }

        }

        

        /**

         * This method is called if the socket encounters an ioError event.

         */

        public function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {

            msg("Unable to connect: socket error.\n");

        }

        

        /**

         * This method is called by our application and is used to send data

         * to the server.

         */

        public function writeBytesToSocket(ba:ByteArray):void {

            socket.writeBytes(ba);

            socket.flush();

        }

        

        private function connectHandler(event:Event):void {

            if (socket.connected) {

                msg("connected...\n");

            } else {

                msg("unable to connect\n");

            }

        }

        

        /**

         * This method is called when the socket connection is closed by 

         * the server.

         */

        private function closeHandler(event:Event):void {

            msg("closed...\n");

        }

        

        /**

         * This method is called if the socket throws an error.

         */

        private function errorHandler(event:ErrorEvent):void {

            msg(event.text + "\n");

        }

        

        /**

         * This method is called when the socket receives data from the server.

         */

        private function dataHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {

            var n:int = socket.bytesAvailable;

            // Loop through each available byte returned from the socket connection.

            while (--n >= 0) {

                // Read next available byte.

                var b:int = socket.readUnsignedByte();

                switch (state) {

                    case 0:

                        // If the current byte is the "Interpret as Command" code, set the state to 1.

                        if (b == IAC) {

                            state = 1;

                        // Else, if the byte is not a carriage return, display the character using the msg() method.

                        } else if (b != CR) {

                            msg(String.fromCharCode(b));

                        }

                        break;

                    case 1:

                        // If the current byte is the "DO" code, set the state to 2.

                        if (b == DO) {

                            state = 2;

                        } else {

                            state = 0;

                        }

                        break;

                    // Blindly reject the option.

                    case 2:

                        /*

                            Write the "Interpret as Command" code, "WONT" code, 

                            and current byte to the socket and send the contents 

                            to the server by calling the flush() method.

                        */

                        socket.writeByte(IAC);

                        socket.writeByte(WONT);

                        socket.writeByte(b);

                        socket.flush();

                        state = 0;

                        break;

                }

            }

        }

        

        /**

         * Append message to the TextArea component on the display list.

         * After appending text, call the setScroll() method which controls

         * the scrolling of the TextArea.

         */

        private function msg(value:String):void {

            ta.text += value;

            ta.dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.CHANGE));

            setTimeout(setScroll, 100);

        }



        /**

         * Scroll the TextArea component to its maximum vertical scroll 

         * position so that the TextArea always shows the last line returned

         * from the server.

         */

        public function setScroll():void {

//            ta.verticalScrollPosition = ta.maxVerticalScrollPosition;

            ta.verticalScrollPosition = ta.maxVerticalScrollPosition;

        }

    }

}


but the fl.textarea won't work. and I'm not sure how to program around it.