Peter, > In my faculty, we've got sth like 20 pcs connected to local > network and there is an internet connection available to some > of them. I'd like to create a whiteboard to post messages > delivered to all departments. As a delivery platform I chose > MUS (still don't know why was it excluded in MX).
Just so you know why, Macromedia has announced that we're no longer actively developing SMUS and therefore it's no longer an officially included part of the installer. You should in fact still get a copy, you'll just need to check the CD's Goodies folder IIRC. The official stance is that Macromedia Flash Communication Server is the new client-server platform to go with and as such that's officially supported (and delivered with Director MX) and could be used as well. NOTE: please do not confuse my statements of "Macromedia's" decisions as any sort of implied personal support for such decisions. I'm of the opinion that SMUS was still a viable platform to develop but those in charge felt differently and as such Comm Server was brought into the picture. Comm Server does in fact offer quite a lot for projects like this, but it is also lacking in a few critical areas compared to SMUS. For reference, this decision and a short FAQ can be found in the following Tech Note: Shockwave Multiuser Server status <http://www.macromedia.com/go/16688> > My theory to accomplish this is: if locally, it turns out that > every dep has to have SMUS app running, isn't it? If internet > based then how to have SMUS installed? So right now I'm > pondering over the server platform. You only need to have the server exposed at either a URL or direct IP number that all proposed client machines can see, whether that same URL or IP number is exposed off campus (or off-site) is a different story. So, you could go the route of setting up a dedicated machine that will run SMUS that's at a fixed IP number that's exposed to all prospective client machines (all clients need intranet access to that IP or that machine can be an internal web-server so you use an internal URL instead). I'm not sure about your IT situation and if they'll allow something like that so I hope that helps. You could of course run SMUS on a server machine that's exposed both inside and outside your institution, but that only complicates things (security concerns and worries about each client having internet access). If you like the SMUS platform but want another option (like Linux/Unix/Solaris support for the server), then consider the Nebulae Cheers, Tom Higgins Product Specialist - Director Team Macromedia ... MAX, the 2003 Macromedia User Conference November 18-21, Salt Lake City, Utah Register today at http://www.macromedia.com/go/max/ ... > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Bochan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:29 PM > To: Lingo-l > Subject: <lingo-l> SMUS > > > Hello List! > > > Any help much appreciated > peebee > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post > messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and > helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
