Programming Flash Communication Server

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Preface

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options. Macromedia offers Breeze Live hosting. The third-party HostMySite.com

(http://www.hostmysite.com) offers ColdFusion hosting, including the latest Black-

stone version of ColdFusion.

Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographical conventions are used in this book:

Plain text

Indicates menu titles, menu options, menu buttons, and keyboard accelerators

(such as Alt and Ctrl). Submenu options are also indicated with an arrow, such

as File

➝ Open.

Italic

Indicates application names, new terms, library symbol names, function names,

method names, class names, package names, layer names,