Chat extension to flash media server

Hi,
We have been using flash media server with great success. We were wondering if the is any software package which works with the server to provide text chat amongst the user. I would think that there is someone who already built the software for a price.

I am not sure if someone provides such a package. However, in case you are trying to develop such a chat system, there is a tutorial at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/first_im_app.html which should help you understand how to build such a system. Also there is one tutorial here at http://www.fmsguru.com/showtutorial.cfm?tutorialID=36 which could help you on this

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-- COMPARE EDITIONS PAGE HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/compare/
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-- DEDICATED MACHINE *NOT* REQUIRED.
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-- SEE LIST OF HOSTING PARTNERS, AKA CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) HERE:
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1) I don't know Cold Fusion. Will I have to rewrite all my scripts for that? Can Flash Media Server run PHP?
-- COLDFUSION NOT REQUIRED. EITHER PHP OR COLDFUSION CAN BE USED TO MANAGE METADATA (INCLUDING SQL DATABASE INTERACTION).
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