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Form2Flash

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Configuration


The configuration file

Form2Flash uses a single configuration file for all it's settings, called "Form2Flash.cfg". The configuration file must be placed in the same directory as the Form2Flash executable, your cgi-bin directory. The configuration file can contain many configurations, and a default configuration. Here is a typical example:

    [default]
    Root="d:/www.kessels.com/html/"
    Accept="*.swf"
    [MyMovies]
    Root="d:/www.kessels.com/html/swf/"
    Accept="*.swf,*.swt"
    [Test]
    Root="d:/www.kessels.com/html/Form2Flash/demo/"
This example contains a default configuration and two other configurations. Form2Flash will only accept parameters that match one of these configurations. Files outside the configured directories cannot be used.

Parameter Description
[configname] Start a new configuration section. You can use the text inside the square-brackets for the "Cfg" parameter of Form2Flash. The settings in the "default" section will be used as the default settings for all other configurations.
Root This parameter specifies a path that is automatically prepended to the "File" parameter of Form2Flash. Files outside of this root-directory cannot be accessed (you cannot use ".." to escape from the Root directory).
Accept A list of comma-separated masks. If the Form2Flash "File" parameter fits one of these masks then access is granted. You must specify at least one "Accept" mask, default is to deny access to all files.
Deny A list of comma-separated masks. If the Form2Flash "File" parameter fits one of these masks then access will be denied. Deny-masks are optional, default is to grant access to all files that have been passed by the Accept mask(s).
...other... You can specify any other setting here, available in your movies as normal macro's, just like parameters passed from a form.

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About security

Form2Flash will deny access to any file in any directory on your webserver, unless the parameters match a section in the configuration file. Do not specify something like "/" as your root directory or "*" as a mask, or hackers might download things such as your password file!

Providers can install Form2Flash as a service to their users in a central cgi-bin directory. The configuration file could be something like this, assuming all virtual webservers have a shared mountpoint:

    [default]
    Root="/usr/local/WWW/"
    Accept="*.swf,*.swt"