Installing the Server > About the installed files > Files in the installation directory

FlashCom.exe (Windows) or fcserver (UNIX) is the server application.

FlashComAdmin.exe (Windows) or fcadmin (UNIX) is the server's administration controller. When administrators connect to the server with the Administration Console, they are actually connected to the Admin Service, which communicates with the server to perform administration tasks.

The tools directory contains BAT files that can be used to start and stop the server (Windows only).

The tools directory contains scripts used to manage the server and the administration services (UNIX only).

License.htm (Windows) and license.txt (UNIX) contain the text of the Flash Communication Server license agreement.

Js32.dll contains the server's Server-Side Communication ActionScript engine (Windows only).

TcSrvMsg.dll, xmlparse.dll, and xmltok.dll are additional components of the server (Windows only).

tcSrvMsg is a component of the server (UNIX only).

The conf directory contains the server's hierarchy of XML configuration files.

The applications directory contains registered application directories for the sample applications, which you can use to experiment with the server.

The applications directory is also the directory in which you create registered application directories for your communication applications. For example, create a my_app subdirectory in the applications directory; put your server-side application files for the my_app application in that subdirectory.

At installation time, the location of the applications directory is written to the <AppsDir> tag in the Vhost.xml configuration file.

The samples directory contains SWF and HTML files for the sample applications. (If specified during installation, this directory might be installed in your web root directory instead.)

The flashcom_help directory contains documents related to help, including FLA files described in Developing Communication Applications.

Within the flashcom_help directory is the admin directory. This directory contains the Administration Console (admin.swf) and the Communication App Inspector (app_inspector.swf), both of which can be used remotely to connect to the server. You use the Administration Console to monitor and control server activity. You use the Communication App Inspector to monitor and control running applications.

The scriptlib directory contains the ASC files for the communication components and NetServices (used with Macromedia Flash Remoting).

At installation time, the location of the scriptlib directory is written to the <ScriptLibPath> tag in the Application.xml file.

(Windows only) If you have Macromedia Flash MX installed on the same computer, the Flash Communication Server installer adds the new Communication App inspector and the NetConnection Debugger windows to Flash MX. These features provide support for creating and debugging communication applications within Flash MX. For more information on using these features, see Developing Communication Applications.