How do I access a file on a different server?

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mattparisi - 27 Sep 2005 02:48 GMT

Hello,

I'm faced with a request from a client of mine. He wants me to build a news
ticker and a top ten list based on a file that gets updated once a week. This
file is located on an outside server and is accessible using a username and
password. Is there any way that flash can access this without the use of any
other technology? Help!!

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chaos58 - 27 Sep 2005 13:04 GMT

It seems that Flash doesn't have a support for FTP so you eather have to be
able to authorise the access to that site by passing the URL vars like
http://username:password@URL or server side scripting (SSS) is your only
option. Since it's very likely that the host where SWF will be located has SSS
it is the easiest way.

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How do I access a file on a different server?