Flash question on param name

Question

What are the following lines for?

<param name="AllowScriptAccess" VALUE="always"/>
<param name="AllowNetworking" VALUE="all"/>

Answer 1

AllowScriptAccess controls whether ActionScript in a SWF is permitted to call JavaScript in the HTML page that contains it.

• always: Always permit ActionScript-to-JavaScript calls.

• sameDomain: Permit ActionScript-to-JavaScript calls only when the SWF and HTML page come from the same domain.

• never: Never permit ActionScript-to-JavaScript calls.

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AllowNetworking determines whether the SWF can access the network.

• all: All networking APIs are permitted in the SWF.

• internal: The SWF file may not call browser navigation or browser interaction APIs, listed below, but it may call any other networking APIs.

• none: The SWF file may not call any networking APIs, listed below. Also, it cannot use any SWF-to-SWF communication APIs, also included in the list below.