If you pick up a copy of PC Plus, issue 245 (Summer 2006), you can get yourself a free copy of MDM Zinc 1.0. It’s an older version, but hey, it’s free! According to PC Plus, Zinc 1.0 is Flash 8 compatible, and still has loads of features. I’m in the U.S., so this mag is still in most stores. We’re a month behind the U.K, so if you are in Europe, you’ll probably need to order a back-issue from their web site.
I just added batch file uploading to Slideroll. FileReference and FileReferenceList are great classes, and very easy to work with. With good event-handling you can create a very usable interface for uploading photos. The best thing about FileReference is the onProgress event, which allows you to track how many bytes of the file have uploaded – great for making progress bars.
FileReferenceList is simply a container for an array of FileReferences, so you can cycle through each one and upload it one at a time. It’s a really nice feature to be able to upload only one file at a time. That way, you can track the status of each file, and not worry about overloading your script on the other end with too many or too large of a file upload.
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