Flash objects and Director

HI!
Im thinking of starting to use the SmartFoxServer for some
multiplayer games.
They have a Flash-API so you can use the flash XML-socket to
connect to the server.
Id like to do this in director/shockwave without using a
flashSprite on the stage.
this is how you import the API in flash.
import it.gotoandplay.smartfoxserver.*
and then create a SmartFoxClient object.
var smartfox:SmartFoxClient = new SmartFoxClient()
But can I do the same in director without embedding a
flashsprite?
I dont want the sprite cos youll have to have it on the stage
for on frame... and so on... and so on... bad performance... you
know...
Somethig like this in lingo would be nice.
gSmartFox = newObject("SmartFoxClient")
gSmartFox.sendAmessage("Wow!!")

I would assume this would be easy for Adobe to fix.
Your assumption might be right - I don't know enough to comment. However, persuading them to actually do it, easy or not, is an altogether different matter - and frankly they don't have a great track record with either Director or Shockwave.
IOW: don't hold your breath.

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Here's a better example: NME.com:
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** Author   : Muhammad Waseem Haroon                        *
** Dated    : 07-Apr-2005                                   *
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** Module   : Logo                                          *
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> I was referring to this annoying dotted box I got around
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Hello - if anyone could help me with something, I'd be
eternally grateful!
I'm building a website with Dreamweaver, and it's got several
flash elements, like buttons and pictures.
When I preview the site on my BT browser, everything looks
great - but when I preview it on my IE browser, it's a mess.
When I hover over a flash element, a box of dotted lines
appears around the flash object, and the words "click to activate
and use the control" appear.
When I then click on the object, the box disappears, and I
can then use the buttons etc.
My dreamweaver site is made with tables. The dotted-line box
surrounds the CELL that the flash object is in, rather than the
flash object itself.
I've no idea what this is, or why it only happens in my IE
browser and not my BT one. If anyone can give me some pointers, I'd
be very grateful. At this rate, I'm going to be at my PC all
Christmas Day!
Thanks in advance

From an identical question in this forum about 12 hours
ago...
It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
earlier this
year to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash,
Quicktime etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
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into DW's
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http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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(which used to be the normal way of doing it) triggers the
new IE behaviour.
The 8.0.2 updater calls the same Flash file via Javascript
instead so the
new IE behaviour is not triggered..
Once the updater has been applied you upload the changed HTML
page PLUS the
new Scripts folder, containing a Javascript file, which has
just been
created by the 8.0.2 updater.
Note: DW 8.0.2 does not tell you anything about the existence
of, and need
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My flash objects have boxes round them!

Hello - if anyone could help me with something, I'd be
eternally grateful!
I'm building a website with Dreamweaver, and it's got several
flash elements, like buttons and pictures.
When I preview the site on my BT browser, everything looks
great - but when I preview it on my IE browser, it's a mess.
When I hover over a flash element, a box of dotted lines
appears around the flash object, and the words "click to activate
and use the control" appear.
When I then click on the object, the box disappears, and I
can then use the buttons etc.
My dreamweaver site is made with tables. The dotted-line box
surrounds the CELL that the flash object is in, rather than the
flash object itself.
I've no idea what this is, or why it only happens in my IE
browser and not my BT one. If anyone can give me some pointers, I'd
be very grateful. At this rate, I'm going to be at my PC all
Christmas Day!
Thanks in advance

Don't know what version of Dreamweaver you are running but
when using 8 ->
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=2f98fbe7
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