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CoolDuck
October 2nd, 2004, 11:53 AM
Hi all, I'm new to this forum. :)

Does someone know whether it is possible to have a built-in apache/php/mysql environment inside of flash, so when you publish a project you don't need to open the browser (with apache) to see the site.

I'm building websites in Flash MX 2004 with php/mysql/xml. Every I make a change in the code I have to publish, shut down the browser, open up the browser again, because of Flash's cache problems. :(

Or any tips how I can let IE not cache my Flash sites?

Or maybe this is not yet possible, maybe Macromedia should build it in Flash 2005. Something like that of Dreamweaver. Who would want this feature too?
CyanBlue
October 2nd, 2004, 01:30 PM
Howdy... :)

I am not aware of any sort of product that you can use to do so... But you should really check the project in the web browser to see if everything is working as you expected... I know it is tedious clicks to run another browser, but it is worth to do so... :)
Yeldarb
October 2nd, 2004, 01:33 PM
to have it not cache put a random _GET var on the end of the url your are loading for example ?rand=40944 the number being generated randomly and then it won't cache it b/c it will think it is a different page.
CoolDuck
October 3rd, 2004, 11:35 AM
I just hope Macromedia implements something like my idea, I need to literally close my browser and reopen it and go to the link, a hundred times in a short time. ;)

Yeah, I already used that random number technique with my XML loads with php, but it doesn't work when you republish the swf, only the queries are fresh.

Lets say you add a box on the page, and republish... does the page load with the newly created box when you press refresh on localhost? I don't think so. :( But I'd be very happy if it could be done.
CyanBlue
October 3rd, 2004, 02:52 PM
Uh... If you have your HTML file opened up in IE, you can just type Control-N to open up the new IE window with the new SWF content in it... That's what I always do... :)
CoolDuck
October 3rd, 2004, 03:00 PM
Oh I'll try that!

Thanks! :D At least that saved me some frustration. Still not perfect but better than ever!