Networking and communication

This chapter explains how to enable your SWF file to communicate with external files and other Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR instances. It also explains how to load data from external sources, send messages between a Java server and Flash Player, and perform file uploads and downloads using the FileReference and FileReferenceList classes.

• Basics of networking and communication
• Working with external data
• Connecting to other Flash Player and AIR instances
• Socket connections
• Storing local data
• Working with data files
• Example: Building a Telnet client
• Example: Uploading and downloading files