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TFlashStorage component

TFlashStorage is a storage of data necessary for playing flash movies.
Component from Flash Viewer Engine.

 
TFlashStorageGetURLEvent = procedure (sender: TfeFlashList; URL: string; var Data: TStream) of object;
TFlashStorageCheckURLEvent = procedure (sender: TfeFlashList; URL: string; var Accept: boolean) of object;
 
TFlashStorage = class(TfeFlashList)
public
  function FindData(const AName: WideString): TStream;
  function CheckURL(const AName: WideString): boolean;
published
  property Flashs: TfeFlashCollection;
  property OnGetUrl: TFlashStorageGetURLEvent;
  property OnCheckURL: TFlashStorageCheckURLEvent;
end;
Member Description

Flashs

 File collection needed for playing SWF. This can be file of any type - swf, flv, jpg, xml etc.

FindData

 Returns pointer to data stream if the collection contains file with AName name

CheckURL

 Returns 'true' or 'false' value if the collection contains file with AName name or not

OnGetUrl

 Event that occurs when calling FindURL function. Use this event for individual composing of requested data

OnCheckURL

 Event that occurs when calling CheckURL function. Use this event if you need to compose requested data yourself or want to analyze what files are requested by Flash Player

In application, when component for playing flash is pointed to SWF, e.g.

FlashViewer.Movie := 'http://mysite.com/intro.swf';

then first intro.swf file will be searched in TFlashStorage component associated to TFlashViewer (or any other Flash Viewer). CheckURL and optionally OnGetUrl event will be called. If this method returnes 'false', then  the file will be loaded from website. If the method returns 'true', then CheckGetUrl and OnGetUrl methods will be called.

See also samples of using Storage and YouTube Video