needs to be able to do networking... thanks...
hmm
I found Flash's XML.connect command
and the combination of Flash's fscommand and VB to connect to other servers
2 methods so far... Any more suggestions? And any flash experts around?
You can always use Flash to take advantage of a PHP/MySQL backbone to achieve a desired 'networking' effect. [use the function getURL("target.php?asdf=asdf", "POST") to send and receive data]
I think there's something called a Flash Media Server or something like that for those who wish to create a temporary server for Flash apps to connect to.
Also, for P2P, you can always try the .NET languages (eg C#, VB). There are some libraries for networking functions.
Lastly, there's the JSP library for Java but not recommended because Java is a bit slow in running, even slower than fellow interpreted codes like C#.