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How to establish a TCP Socket connection from a web browser (client side)?

I've read about WebSockets but they don't seem to be pure "sockets", because there is an application layer protocol over …

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Simplest way to check if a string converted to a number is actually a number in actionscript

Not sure if this makes sense, but I need to check if a server value returned is actually a number. …

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Displaying Flash content in a C# WinForms application

What is the best way to display Flash content in a C# WinForms application? I would like to create a …

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Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant 1046

I want to pulish SWF file from .fla file. I have some scripts there, but when I pulished them - …

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Adobe AIR to execute program

I would like to press a button from an Adobe AIR application and execute some installed program. For example, I …

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Force Garbage Collection in AS3?

Is it possible to programmatically force a full garbage collection run in ActionScript 3.0? Let's say I've created a bunch of …

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HTML 5 <video> tag vs Flash video. What are the pros and cons?

IMPORTANT UPDATE This question was made over 9 years ago. It made sense then, it doesn't make it now. Flash is …

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How to bypass "Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation."?

I have created an advent calendar for the blog of a friend, and to fetch/get/download the gifts of …

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Embed flash in html

In chrome, ie and safari this is not a problem, but in firefox it is. I use <object> …

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Best way to upload multiple files from a browser

I'm working on a web application. There is one place where the user can upload files with the HTTP protocol. …

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