ABSTRACT
If you scroll down the page you will find Flash Communication Server; choose the ‘Try’ option, which will take you to a registration or login page and from there you can choose the version that suits your platform, Windows, MAC or Linux. This chapter focuses on the Windows version running on a Windows 2000 machine with IIS installed. Windows is the only platform available where you can author applications and run the server. Authoring is available on both MAC and Windows while the server is available on both Windows and Linux. Unfortunately Internet Information Services (IIS) are not available on Windows XP Home, but they are highly recommended when creating server-side solutions. You can run Flash Communication Server without IIS, but you will not be able to run any server-side scripting. To add IIS to a computer that is able to run it but where it is not yet installed:
1 Place the Windows 2000 Professional CD in the drive. 2 Select ‘Add/Remove Programs’ from the Control Panel options. 3 Select the ‘Add/Remove Windows Components’ button. 4 Make sure that the check box for ‘Internet Information Services’ is checked. 5 Once installed configure IIS by selecting ‘Administration Tools’ from the Control
Panel. 6 Double-click the ‘Personal Web Manager’ option.
