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localToGlobal » Blog Archive » news review -> 48th week of 2008 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:07:48 +0000

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By: Zeh

Zeh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:10 +0000

Ethan: thanks for the tip. I was guessing it was more or less the case, I have to properly investigate the AIR features for file reading and make the application use them instead. In the above scenario, it was more for one specific presentation though, so the potential MP3 threat wasn’t something I was too concerned about.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:27:59 +0000

For the AIR app, beware of enabling allowLoadBytesCodeExecution. It’s there for your protection. Otherwise, it’s possible a well-crafted MP3 could trick your library into injecting SWF bytecodes into the application security domain.

Note that with AIR you have an even easier solution — just create a Sound object with an URL that points to the local file. In order to get the full path, use the more flexible File.browseForOpen(), instead of FileReference.browse().

The rest of your post is spot-on: this is an amazing community!

I hope the amazing community will remind each other that AIR provides some APIs that need to be considered carefully before using, and are best avoided if at all possible. You’ll recognize them by their scary long names.

By: Nate Chatellier

Nate Chatellier — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:23:01 +0000

I agree 100%. I absolutely love the AS community.

By: spender

spender — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:33:32 +0000

thanks for the compliments.

By: Zarate

Zarate — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:03:26 +0000

Look who’s talking!!! Thanks to YOU too for sharing your work : )

And I agree, it’s pretty amazing to find so many people willing to share knowledge. I really hope Adobe keeps pushing the Open Source side of the Flash platform. Flex SDK, SWF specs, etc. Releasing the Flash Player itself would be absolutely amazing AND the final push for Flash into the Open Source world. I think it makes sense from Adobe’s point of view as I see it as one of the best ways to fight Silverlight. But I digress.

Just let’s all keep sharing.

Cheers!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:10:39 +0000

I felt that this is true as well as finding ActionScript help has ALWAYS been easier than searching CSHARP or any other .NET forums and communities (or lack there of).