Thanks for the help so far. There are two Python applications involved, one runs on a remote PC (server) and another on the users PC (client).
The server at present merely receives and sends out messages via an instant messaging platform. Based on the information it receives via the IM platform it then updates the Flash application. I guess it could do it in a number of ways, one method being to send messages to the Flash application to update the display, or another to update the visualisation on the server then get the web browser (on the client PC) to reload it. Thanks, rod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
