asked on 5/13/2011

Find the application's date last modified in Flex 3

I'd like to know how I can get the date last modified of the application in actionscript so I can display it on the application's screen. I want people to be able to tell how old the applicaiton they are using is.

Apache Flex Adobe Flash

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dgofman

5/22/2011

dgofman

5/13/2011

I am not sure if you can get last date modified information from SWF file, but you can always upload SWF with HTML file on your server and use JavaScript code bellow:

alert(document.lastModified)

StarDusterII

5/13/2011

ASKER

Not a bad thought, but that would only get you the date of the html file that contained the swf. They are maintained by two different groups of people so there would be a disconnect. I'm trying to get away from having to remember to do anything manual.

dgofman

5/13/2011

In this case pass Perforce, SVN, or any source control file checking information using HTML Params, flashvars or local property file. I used this way.

StarDusterII

5/14/2011

ASKER

I suppose I could use IIS to read the date of the .swf with FSO and pass the last modified date, but it sure sounds ugly... would really think that the swf would contain SOME properties about itself. I'll keep looking.

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StarDusterII

5/15/2011

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StarDusterII

5/20/2011

ASKER

This gets the compilation date of the swf directly.

dgofman

5/22/2011

Nice, but this may not just compilation date it can be file renamed or moved to new location
For example we are using Perforce and when I am coping files from repository maven renaming.
In this case my timestamp changing base on maven compilation, but last time I make any changes in the file may be month ago. Using "p4 changes" (history) you are guaranteed from correct time stamp