connect (NetConnection.connect method)

public connect(targetURI:String) : Boolean

Opens a local connection through which you can play back video (FLV) files from an HTTP address or from the local file system.

When using this method, consider the Flash Player security model and the following security considerations:

The default is to deny access between sandboxes. The website can enable access to a resource via a cross-domain policy file.
A website can deny access to a resource by adding server-side ActionScript application logic in Flash Communication Server.
For Flash Player 8, NetConnection.connect() is not allowed if the calling SWF file is in the local-with-file-system sandbox.

For more information, see the following:

"Understanding Security" in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash
The Flash Player 8 Security white paper at http://www.macromedia.com/go/fp8_security
The Flash Player 8 Security-Related API white paper at http://www.macromedia.com/go/fp8_security_apis

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 7 - Note: This method is also supported in Flash Player 6 when used with Flash Communication Server. For more information, see the Flash Communication Server documentation.

Parameters

targetURI:String - For this parameter, you must pass null.

Returns

Boolean - If false, the connection failed and is not usable. If true, the connection has not failed at the time the connect() method is called, but this does not guarantee success.

Example

The following example opens a connection to play the video2.flv file. Select New Video from the Library panel's options menu to create a new video object, and give it the instance name my_video.

var connection_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
connection_nc.connect(null);
var stream_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(connection_nc);
my_video.attachVideo(stream_ns);
stream_ns.play("video2.flv");

connect (NetConnection.connect method)

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