Archive solutions in Flex/Air environment – FlashArchiver (FAR) and WINE

Using zips in a combined Flex/Air environment isn’t that trivial. When running through FlashPlayer in browser, a compressed zip needs a Adler32 checksum to be valid. This isn’t a standard feature in any of the php zip libraries that I’ve seen. Edwin van Rijkom’s FAR archive (http://code.google.com/p/vanrijkom-flashlibs/) is a very slick solution to get around… [Read more…]