browser built in flash

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by brandoo, Nov 17, 2006.

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    Is there a way to open inside an object contained in a flash movie (ScrollPane, Window, or something like that) a web page???

    With other words, it is possible to build a simple browser in flash??
     
    brandoo, Nov 17, 2006 IP
  2. PinotNoir

    PinotNoir Peon

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    Flash has built in security measures that prevent bringing in variables from domains outside the one hosting the Flash movie, so I don't think this would be possible.
     
    PinotNoir, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  3. brainstormingin

    brainstormingin Well-Known Member

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    Flash can communicate with server side programs in the same domain. So flash can have data from php/asp. Now the php/asp program can acess other sites. So it will be a little round trip.
    Flash[request web page] -> php[get web page] -> php[data received] ->flash[data received] ->flash [display data]
    As PinotNoir said flash cannot acess data from another domain.
    hope this helps
     
    brainstormingin, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  4. ciwee

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    It is possible but how do you intend to present the UI components just like buttons and textareas? are you going to write a custom HTML components deployer?
    I didnt see kind of things already done over the web
     
    ciwee, Nov 20, 2006 IP
  5. brandoo

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    It is posible to build a swf like the one in the pic?? (supposing that the swf is on a PC, and the url can be anything.....google for example)

    Can a simple swf load webcontent from a url?
    Or it is posible to build a standalone swf that can incapsulate default browsers window??
     
    brandoo, Nov 22, 2006 IP
  6. brandoo

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  7. ciwee

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    Understand!
    Flex or Flash can communicate to the server from the same URL it was loaded from. The server side back-end (Java or PHP or whatever) would have the responsability to bring data from the URL you want to load and pass this data to the Flex/Flash application.
    My major concern is how you will convert this data (HTML code) to a page presentation.
     
    ciwee, Nov 23, 2006 IP
  8. ciwee

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    If you need feed back on how to do this communication contact me!
     
    ciwee, Nov 23, 2006 IP