FLASH: File Download Size with Multiple Identical Files

[David Jacobs]

I'm starting to mess around with dynamic Flash by passing querystring

parameters to a Flash file. In one of my tests, I'm using the same small swf

about a hundred times on one page. Each one is displaying different text

(based on a loop of passed variables culled from a database). My question is

whether the swf only needs to be downloaded once, or whether each instance

of it is seen as a different file (especially since the URL is different for

each - per the querystring). I am including all font outlines in the file,

so having to download hundreds of them would be unfeasible. Any definite

information on this would be very much appreciated.


Also, is this process very server intensive? Is there a more efficient way

to display dynamic Flash content without Generator? A single Flash file with

a loop doesn't seem do-able, as I need to be able to accommodate as much

data as is available at the time, and movie size can't be changed on the

fly. (I don't want to use Flash scroll bars.)


Thanks.


David Jacobs

Web Developer

http://www.skywalker.com

http://www.itverge.com



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