Help with flash (creating a chat room)

[gamezonline]

i won't to create a flash chat romm for my site, know i now how whati have to do far as the client part but on the server part i don't. my question is this, i have a paid host, how would i go about putting the server part on the host, or is there away i can do it where i don't need a server part.

p.s. i you don't understand what im trying to say leave me a message and ill try to explan it in a diffent way

[wise_evian]

Well there are a few ways you can do this... but most importantly your going to need some sort php/cgi/java/database ....either your just going to relay the string to everybody in chatroom or.. your going to store it in a database temporarly and recall it for everybody.. either way isnt too hard.. I program for a lviing it seems here at GA Tech. lol.. but if you want to know how check google for some tuitorals on how communicate between php/cgi/java whichever and flash..also which flash version are you using again? the new 2004 flash makes things alittle simpler..hehe

[gamezonline]

im using flash mx, and ill check out google (would have don't it before but just didn't know what words to use's) by the way you know any tuters on flash i know the basic of it but that's about it (im trying to get all the info. about so i know i was going a little over borad sort of speak)

[scottlc]

wise_evian, that would be horribly demanding (and slow)! The norm would be to have a Java applet client-server maintained connection. Besides having a "paid host" isn't enough. Unless you have direct access (dedicated server) you are NOT going to be able to run server processes of your own.