I did not put a working example of the Basic Chat example using Flex 2 and Red 5 up on my server early. I needed to install Red 5 to be able to put it up. I wasn’t sure when I was going to be able to get to it so I posted the code first. I had some free time this morning and decided to give the Red 5 server install a try. It was not terrible bad, and I’ll try and write up my install experience later. But for now the working...

You can find the news release here. The deal is worth about $217 million and is to happen by first quarter 2007. Here is the main quote from the CEO of VitalStream: “Internap’s acquisition of VitalStream is a business combination that creates a scalable public company with complementary product lines and accelerated growth potential. We believe that this is an exciting value proposition for our customers including unparalleled...

NOTE: This is old code and will probably not work since Red 5 has progressed. The Flex 2 code is still a good basis of how to use NetConnection and NetStream. I have created a basic chat example using Flex 2 and Red 5. The purpose of this example is not so much about building a Red 5 server application but getting Flex 2 to work with an existing Red 5 sample server application. All you’ll need to do is install Red 5 and make sure the...