we read in the actionscript dictionary that flash doesn't allow one to reference an offsite file for input of variables into a movie (apparently to protect against people gathering info from user's machines). So is it impossible to reference a txt file from off site that would serve up input vars into the movie? Just thought I'd try a shot in the dark.

Reason I'm asking is b/c we have our site protected now, where it checks to see if it's being played on the right server (else it won't run.....great idea from a new tut on flashkit), and we'd like to have a txt file that is referenced each time the swf is run; the txt file would be a list of 'approved' servers from which the swf's can be played. if thief d/l's the files and plays them locally or from another site, they won't run. does anyone have any ideas on how to get this done? or if it's possible? Thanks.