Actionscript Cookbook

Creating the Server-Side Application

The server-side portion of the video chat/message center application is contained within a single ASC file, main.asc. Here are the steps necessary to create the server-side part of this application:

1. Create a new FlashCom application named CommunicationCenterApp . You can do this by making a new directory with this name inside of the FlashCom server’s applications directory.

2. Create a new file inside of the CommunicationCenterApp directory. Name the file main.asc.

3. Add the following code to main.asc:

   // The application.onConnect(  ) method is invoked each time a new client connects
   // to the application. The newClient parameter is a FlashCom-generated reference
   // to the new client. The username parameter is a value passed to the method by
   // the Flash client.
   application.onConnect = function (newClient, username, password) {
   
     newClient.username = username;
     newClient.password = password;
   
     // The acceptClient(  ) function accepts the client and assigns methods to the
     // client object according to the user type.
     acceptClient(newClient);
   };
   
   // The application.onDisconnect(  ) method is automatically invoked whenever a
   // client disconnects from the application.
   application.onDisconnect = function (disconnectClient) {
   
     // If the client who has disconnected was on a call with the administrator,
     // release that connection by setting the callingClient property to null. Also,
     // if the administrator is still online, invoke the incomingCallEnd(  ) method // in the ...