User Guide

NetConnection class 69

Parameters

targetURI The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the application on the Flash Media

Server that runs when the connection is made. For

targetURI, use the following general

format (items in brackets are optional):

protocol:[//host][:port]/appname/[instanceName]

For protocol, specify either rtmp, rtmpt, or rtmps. If rtmp is specified, Flash Player will

create a persistent socket connection with Flash Media Server. If

rtmpt is specified, Flash

Player will create an HTTP “tunneling” connection to the server. If

rtmps is specified, Flash

Player will create a secure connection to the server. For more information on RTMP, RTMPT,

and RTMPS, see the description section below.

You can omit the

host parameter if the SWF file is served from the same host where Flash

Media Server is installed.

If the

instanceName parameter is omitted, Flash Player connects to the application’s default

instance (

_definst_).

By default, RTMP connections use port 1935, and RTMPT connections use port 80.

For example, the following URIs are formatted correctly:

■ rtmp://www.myCompany.com/myMainDirectory/groupChatApp/HelpDesk

■ rtmpt:/sharedWhiteboardApp/June2002

■ rtmp::1234/chatApp/room_name

p1 ... pN Optional parameters of any type to be passed to the application specified in

targetURI. If the application is unable to process the parameters in the order in which they

are received,

NetConnection.onStatus is invoked with the code property set to

NetConnection.Connect.Rejected.

Returns

A Boolean value of true if you passed in a valid URI; otherwise, false. (To determine if the

connection was successfully completed, use

NetConnection.onStatus.)

Description

Method; connects to an application on the Flash Media Server. This method can also be used

to communicate with an application server. For information, see http://