Shared Object Cork Board

[hiltoneus]

Maybe this is just a simple question of tools.

I'm trying to create a bulletin board for use on our company intranet as a collaboration/notes area between members of our dept.

Do you need Flash Media Server in order for this to work?

If not, how can I make it so that an object I add to the screen will stay on there until it is removed, despite browser refreshes and closings? Also, objects placed on the screen should be viewable by anyone that is on the site.

Can this be done without FMS? (I'm not even really sure what FMS does or is exactly)

Thanks in advance...

[Krilnon]

You can do this without Flash Media Server certainly… but it would help to have a type of server, like a socket server, whose main purpose is to do this sort of live updating. You can make socket servers in a lot of languages. There is a Kirupa tutorial on one in PHP: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/php5sockets_flash8.htm

… and the Flex documentation has one in Java: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/17_Networking_and_communications_5.html#131993

… but you should check to see if these are up to date with the latest Flash security requirements.

[hiltoneus]

Thanks Krilnon, I'll look into that!