Loading external scripts or swfs?

Hello, all
I’m trying to build a highscore system for my game.
I’ll give away the game, so the game can be hosted in several
different servers, but they’ll load highscores from MY
server.
The problem is: I know many security changes were made past
player versions, and sometimes things just stop working because we
can’t access a file or script that is hosted in a different
server!
I guess I have two choices:
1) Making all games load a separated swf,
“highscores.swf”, that will contain all highscores
access routines; or
2) Putting all highscores inside the game, and then loading
an external php script that will contain highscores data.
I know both solutions – loading an external swf and
loading an external php file – were blocked once in Flash
Player lifetime, hehe. So what’s the safest one? Which one
should I use to maximize the lifetime of my highscores system? Does
anyone knows if they are planning to block loading external swfs,
or external scripts?
Thanks
--Malu

sorry about multiple posts, I double clicked submit button
and now we have all those repeated messages :( Can't find the
button to delete the copies...

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iv recently started learning as3 and have made a flash site
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regards Boris

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My bad, I wrote the post from memory at home. My actual code properly tested the stage (!=) and would have worked EXCEPT under the following condition:
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As for this.parent.parent.parent vs. this.parent.parent vs this.parent, since gRunMode is global within the calcPro scope any of these would probably work (although I’ve only tested the first option). The first parent references the loader object, the second parent references the movie clip to which the loader object is attached, and the third parent finally references root.

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