curl will clearly have no trouble downloading the .SWF (flash) file. However, if the data you need is contained *within* that file as part of the flash program, then you've got a different problem. Curl doesn't know how to parse any kind of file contents - it just gets the file.

If the data you're looking for gets downloaded "behind the scenes" by the flash program, you may be able to see what it's grabbing by doing a network trace. Try using ethereal to see what other data is being grabbed besides just the .SWF file. It's obviously coming from somewhere, but your task will be to figure out where. Once you know where the data is coming from, then you can decide whether curl can get it for you...

Good luck,
--Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Pawlukiewicz Jane [mailto:pawlukiewicz_jane_at_bah.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:19 AM

We are trying to automate the retrieval of information from a webpage
where the data is imbedded in a flash application. My programmers are
telling me its impossible to do with curl.

...

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