Getting the server Host name in Action Script?

Question

Good Morning --
Is it possible in a flash movie (CS3/AS 3.0) to get the host
name of the
server running the flash movie?
For example, if the URL is
http://www.domain.com/movie.swf,
I would like to
be able to read a variable / function and have the result be
"domain.com"
Thanks
Rich

Answer 1

Excellent! Thank you. I will give this a shot.
Rich
"David Stiller" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Rich,
>
>> Is it possible in a flash movie (CS3/AS 3.0) to get
the host name
>> of the server running the flash movie?
>
> In AS2, it was a simple matter of checking
MovieClip._url against the
> root, since the main timeline is, after all, a movie
clip ...
>
> trace(_root._url);
>
> ... then manipulating the string -- say, with
String.substr() -- to format
> it how you need.
>
> In AS3, it's a simple matter of checking the LoaderInfo
instance
> associated with the root. In AS3, the main timeline is
an instance or
> subclass of DisplayObject (such as Sprite or MovieClip),
and
> DisplayObject's have a loaderInfo property that refers
to the necessary
> associated LoaderInfo instance, which has a loaderURL
property that points
> to what you're after:
>
> trace(root.loaderInfo.loaderURL);
>
> If you pop a quick dynamic text field in the main
timeline and give it
> the instance name output, you could put this line of
code in a script
> layer:
>
> output.text = root.loaderInfo.loaderURL;
>
> ... and you'd see the info you're after. Again, use
String methods to
> chop off whatever part of the string you don't need.
>
>
> David Stiller
> Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
>
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
> "Luck is the residue of good design."
>