Hi Alan,
Originally posted by stuffofalan
You can't see any reason why someobody might want to trigger a sound if a form validation routine fails? You might even want to trigger an animation. You may not even want any flash graphics at all but just a sound api that works well.
You can embed everything inside of the SWF file !
And don't forget that HTML is a STATIC page (you can't exchange variables with a SWF file).
To do that you need ACTIVE pages: PHP,CGI,ASP,etc
Originally posted by stuffofalan
Well, exec is a command for projectors. Are you saying Windows rejects Screenweaver apps tha use 'exec'?
I was talking about ONLINE applications (not about screensavers ...LOL)

Originally posted by stuffofalan
Well I'd please like to hear more about these better techniques, becuase offhand I'm sure the only real way to communicate between the browser and flash player is fscommands.[/B]
The best technique to communicate between the "browser" and the SWF file is to use ACTIVE pages and to send/receive variables (strings,arrays).
Visit my site to see some "samples".
A real PRO doesn't use FS commands ...

cheers