Eh? Don't know what happened there ... sorry ! --------------------------------------------------------------------
What I did didn't use a server or internet access, in fact. The script ran through directories of images, embedded each one in it's swf wrapper and saved that out as [originalfilename].swf. So it was all just plain ordinary local file access (I think that's what you want?). I used php command line and the ming library (presumably that's still documented at php.net), but there are probably other ways to do the same sort of thing. Another thing you could do is to munge the actual bytes in the file, even something as simple as reading the image as a bytearray, reversing that byteArray and saving it back out to file would probably work. Then read in the reversed image file, re-reverse the bytearray and convert it to an image with loader (as per ordinary image bytearray). Again, this is just making it harder for the casual observer to read the images, not really any protection against someone who is really interested in reading them. Another thing I've done recently is to store images as bytearray blobs in sqlite, worth a thought if you are using AIR? Again not really protection, but the user will only see a database file rather than a very obvious directory full of images. I had other reasons to do this, but it was a nice side effect. Or ... I think theres a .zip library available to flex? Check and see if it by any chance supports password protected files, I can't recall seeing that but maybe worth a look? Jim. ______________________________________________________________________ This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and registered office: 4th Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. VAT registration No. 648874577. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied and used only by the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return e-mail or by telephoning +44(0)20 7637 1010. Please then delete the e-mail and do not disclose its contents to any person. This email has been scanned for Primal Pictures by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ______________________________________________________________________
