Hi all, I'd appreciate any pointers to get my setup running correctly.

I have Flash Media Server 2.0 (Developer edition) on my local machine. I also
have Flash 8 on my local. I created a flash app called "whiteboard_test" and
followed the tutorial for making a whiteboard app. Basically, I added the
whiteboard component and then added the SimpleConnect component. I target the
SimpleCommunication component at my local instance of FMS whiteboard
application, by putting the whiteboard component's name (whiteboard_mc) in the
Communication Components parameter for SimpleConnect component.

It seems that I can connect with the local server correctly, because in the
server management console I see an active connection when I start up the swf
file. It even looks like it's sending and receiving data fine.

The problem, then is when I try to actually use the whiteboard. I can click
on, say, and arrow tool, and in the stage area I can click and start to draw a
line. There appears a line as I'm dragging it, but as soon as I release the
mouse the line disappears. I can't do anything with the text tools. It looks
like I'm so close, but there must just be something missing here. Any advice
would be greatly appreciated!

I had the same problem, but have just updated the Flash Media Components with
the latest versions -
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/components.html and
seemed to solve this issue. two or more whiteboards can open and lines can be
drawn that seem to share okay.

more issues exist, however - text appears and can be edited but the edit
doesn't show up in other windows. you can attempt to move lines - instead the
line disappears, and this change does not appear in other windows... etc.

i just thought it would be interesting to get some components operating okay
before moving on to customising my own components etc...
however in combination with the deprecated A/S in the FCFBoundingBox_Combo
symbol used by the SetBandwidth and UserColour components -
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=578&thre
adid=1088763&enterthread=y
I'm a little disallusioned with communication components and recommend to
anyone else to skip this painful step...