2008/7/1 counselor538 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Fellow Flash guys, a problem for your consideration.  For the project we are
> working on, we must be able to:
>

must ?

well before answering, I think you got it all wrong
you don't specify how something must work and then try to shoe horn
your spec inside flash
you have to write your spec for flash

> 1) read the WMI from Flash.

WMI is specific to windows, why on earth
would you want to read WMI from flash when you can read FLV
which will work by default and on any platform running flash (Win/OSX/Linux) ?

worst WMI is specific to Windows Media Player,
if your user doesn't have the right WMP (with the right codec) installed
your WMI will not play

did I say that M$ dropped long time ago the support for WMI playback on Mac ?

anyway there is NO WAY you can play WMI from Flash in a browser,
at worst you can establish a JS bridge between flash and the WMP ActiveX
but this would be really stupid as it will only play on Windows...

use FLV, ditch WMI

>
> 2) read/write registry from Flash

from a browser ?
NO WAY
never gonna happen, ever

this is a HIGH security issue, even with Java or a custom ActiveX
first user would have to accept to install your custom plugin and then
accept to run it, and good luck with that
nobody in his right mind will install a custom ActiveX from the net

now I'm really curious WHY a web site would like to change the windows
registry ?

>
> 3) Read/Write local files from Flash
>

no, again security issue

at worst you can use FileReference to download a file from a server
and have the user pick the place where he want to save it.

> The flash is website based, not running on the local machine from a local
> file.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>

you can do 1) 2) and 3) using mdm Zinc
you can do 3) from AIR
(or any other flash projector wrapper..)
and that's it
but this would require a local executable installation

and that's normal all you're asking will NEVER be doable from a browser

I still can not believe that people could be that clueless about security
or maybe it is a joke ?

zwetan

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