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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| FlashCom Foundation | |
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| Introducing the Flash Communication Server | |
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| Clients and Servers | |
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| Creating an Application | |
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| Real-Time Messaging Protocol | |
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| The Communication Classes | |
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| Communicating with Application Servers, Databases, and Directory Servers | |
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| Firewalls and Security | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Hello Video! | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Communication Components | |
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| Overview of Communication Components | |
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| Summary of Communication Components | |
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| Creating an Application that Monitors a Connection | |
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| Building a Simple Chat Room | |
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| Adding Audio and Video to the Chat Room | |
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| Forgoing the SimpleConnect Component | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Managing Connections | |
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| Making a Connection | |
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| Managing a Connection | |
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| Reusing a NetConnection Object | |
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| Multiple Simultaneous NetConnection Objects | |
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| Testing and Debugging Network Connections | |
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| Subclassing the NetConnection Class | |
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| Communication Components Without SimpleConnect | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Applications, Instances, and Server-Side ActionScript | |
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| Scripting Application Instances | |
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| Differences Between Flash ActionScript and Server-Side ActionScript | |
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| The Life of an Application Instance | |
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| Running a Simple Hello World Test Script | |
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| A More Realistic Example | |
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| Instance-to-Instance Communications | |
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| Script Filenames and Locations in Detail | |
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| Testing and Debugging Server-Side Script Files | |
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| Designing Communication Applications | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Audio, Video, and Data Streams | |
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| Managing Streams | |
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| A Simple Publisher/Subscriber Example | |
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| Stream Names | |
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| Publishing Streams in Detail | |
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| Playing Streams in Detail | |
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| The Stream Class | |
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| Publishing and Playing ActionScript Data | |
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| Creating Synchronized Presentations | |
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| The NetStream and Stream Information Objects | |
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| Stream Enhancements and Limitations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Microphone and Camera | |
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| Working with Microphone/Audio Input | |
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| Working with Camera Input | |
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| Building a Message-Taking Application | |
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| Building a Surveillance Application | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Media Preparation and Delivery | |
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| Audio and Video Compression | |
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| Converting Prerecorded Material to FLV Format | |
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| Using Flash Pro's Media Components | |
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| Enabling Multiple Bit Rate FLVs Within an Application | |
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| Streaming MP3 Audio | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Remote Connectivity and Communication | |
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| Shared Objects | |
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| Objects and Shared Objects | |
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| Getting a Shared Object in Flash | |
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| Updates and Frame Rates | |
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| Scripting Shared Objects on the Server | |
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| Temporary and Persistent Shared Objects | |
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| Proxied Shared Objects | |
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| Shared Objects and Custom Classes | |
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| Avoiding Collisions | |
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| Optimizing Shared Object Performance | |
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| Broadcasting Remote Method Calls with send() | |
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| A Simple Video and Text Chat Application | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Remote Methods | |
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| Why Use Calls? | |
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| The send() and call() Methods | |
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| Client-to-Server Calls | |
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| Server-to-Client Calls | |
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| Server-to-Server Calls | |
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| A Simple Lobby/Rooms Application | |
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| Debugging Calls | |
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| Advanced Topics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Server Management API | |
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| Connecting to the Admin Service | |
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| Using the Server Management API | |
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| Server Management API Uses | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Flash Remoting | |
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| The Remoting Gateway | |
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| Remoting Basics | |
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| Role of Remoting in FlashCom Applications | |
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| Securing Access | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| ColdFusion MX and FlashCom | |
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| Understanding ColdFusion MX and Flash Remoting | |
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| Using Flash Remoting to Log Events | |
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| Getting a List of Streams | |
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| Using ColdFusion and FTP to Mirror Streams | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Design and Deployment | |
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| Building Communication Components | |
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| Source Files | |
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| People Lists | |
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| A Simple People List | |
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| Listenable Shared Objects | |
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| Status and People List | |
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| Text Chat | |
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| Shared Text | |
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| Video Conference and Video Window | |
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| PeopleGrid | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Understanding the Macromedia Component Framework | |
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| The Component Framework | |
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| Under the Hood of the Chat Component | |
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| Creating a Simple Component from Scratch: Shared TextInput | |
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| Creating a Container Component: SharedAddressForm | |
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| Creating an Authenticating Component | |
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| Integrating Components with Your Existing Applications | |
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| Understanding the Framework | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Application Design Patterns and Best Practices | |
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| Shared Object Management | |
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| Moving Code to the Server | |
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| Building Facades on the Server | |
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| Server-Side Client Queues | |
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| A Framework for Recording and Playing Back Componentized Applications | |
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| Components and Component Frameworks | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Building Scalable Applications | |
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| Coordinating Instances | |
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| Scalability and Load Balancing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Network Performance, Latency, and Concurrency | |
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| Latency | |
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| Bandwidth | |
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| Concurrency | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Securing Applications | |
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| The Three A's: Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting | |
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| Authentication | |
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| Authorization | |
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| Accounting | |
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| Suggestions and References | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |