I'm not sure I am clear on your problem. This is only an issue when
you are not running in a browser.  The reason for this is that flash
relies on the browsers code for doing this. In other words if you have
created a flash projector this will not work. Is that what you are
doing?

Hank

On 2/11/07, Steven Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm working on an application that's on a development server that is
> secured via Basic Auth over HTTPs.  The application has an upload
> feature that will not work on the development server because Flash/Flex
> does not allow authentication for uploads...
>
> Here's an excerpt from the SDK documentation of the
> flash.net.FileReference class (that is being used to upload files)...
>
> Note: If your server requires user authentication, only SWF files
> running in a browser — that is, using the browser plug-in or ActiveX
> control — can provide a dialog box to prompt the user for a username
> and password for authentication, and only for downloads. For uploads
> using the plug-in or ActiveX control, or for uploads and downloads
> using the stand-alone or external player, the file transfer fails.
>
> Any input or workarounds would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> -Steven
>
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