Flash Clipboard Questions

Question

I'd like to create a site similar to imgur.com that allows easy screenshot uploading. Because I don't know much about Flash yet, I'd like to know if the following is possible.

1. Can I read bitmap clipboard data with a Flash applet embedded into a web page with the standard security profile?
2. If 1. is possible, am I likely to run into any roadblocks when I try to transform this clipboard data into an image file (preferably PNG) and upload it through HTTP?

I found the following page, and it reads "AIR only". Does that mean that this class can only be used in desktop applications developed in Flash? Are there any other ways?

livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/desktop/Clipboard.html

Thanks!

Answer 1

1. No
2. see above :)

and yes, if the docs say 'AIR only' it can only be used in desktop apps.