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i am really newbie to flash scripting so please excuse if my question shows
conceptual misunderstanding.

i would like to connect to a server (ip, port known) with flash in a browser
and hold an ip stream for data exchange (bidirectional). i have found the
XMLSocket object. now i face some questions:
a) i'm new to scripting ...a code snippet on how to use this object,
connect, send, receive ?
b) is there a possibility to connect to port 80 and exclude the XML overhead
?
c) does anyone have an idea or is my task impossible ?

any help is greatly appreciated