[osflash] Synchronize the client model with the server

[Darren Cook]

> The previous question was for AS2.0 . But i saw this at adobe website ( 
> http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/productinfo/features/ ):
> ...
> Push data to thousands of concurrent users without polling, providing 
> up-to-the-second views of critical data such as stock trader 
> applications, live resource monitoring, shop floor automation, and more. 
> 
> I haven't tried flex 2 yet, so i am a bit confused... how is data push 
> possible? This implies using Coldfusion, right?

Data push has been possible with Flash since AS1 and Flash 6, using XML
sockets. All you need is an XML server, which can be in any language
(PHP, perl, java, etc.) not just Coldfusion.  (and you can pass any text
data: it doesn't actually have to be XML; AS3/Flash 9 allow the passing
of binary data.)

(BTW, the answer to your original question about a framework may depend
on what server-side language you are using.)

Darren