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trying to understand flash codebase urls...
I have a few questions about Flash URL's (below).
Take for instance the following Flash codebase:
"http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
I understand the version portion but I can't find information about the other directories.
Why is it always flash2? Why not Flash 4 or 5 if that is the version you're using?
What is the cabs directory? I can find no documentation in Flash on this.
Also, why does it say active as a prefix to macromedia.com. I have seen a few different prefixes at different times.
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I've increased the points since these are several short questions.
Take for instance the following Flash codebase:
"http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
I understand the version portion but I can't find information about the other directories.
Why is it always flash2? Why not Flash 4 or 5 if that is the version you're using?
What is the cabs directory? I can find no documentation in Flash on this.
Also, why does it say active as a prefix to macromedia.com. I have seen a few different prefixes at different times.
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I've increased the points since these are several short questions.
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Forgot to ask you in following up....why does my web pages that have flash even need to go to a Macromedia URL? If the Flash files are created by me locally and stored on our site, why is there a call to Macromedia active servers?
Forgot to ask you in following up....why does my web pages that have flash even need to go to a Macromedia URL? If the Flash files are created by me locally and stored on our site, why is there a call to Macromedia active servers?
You are correct. You create flash files and if you are using these web pages yourself then ok. Because it's sure that you have flash plugin active in your browser.
What happen if you published your web pages in your web site and somebody, who don't have flash plugin try to see your web page?.
At this time above codebase redirect that user to macromedia site. Then he will able to install flash plugin on his browser and bingo....
He will able to see your web pages.
Cheers
What happen if you published your web pages in your web site and somebody, who don't have flash plugin try to see your web page?.
At this time above codebase redirect that user to macromedia site. Then he will able to install flash plugin on his browser and bingo....
He will able to see your web pages.
Cheers
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