Re: FLASH: query data (ASP) return results to flash?

[Nigel Randsley-Pena]

James,


"Is it possible to have a flash interface, call my ASP..."


Yes. Implementing this is simple.

>From your ASP script you can access the variables that were sent with

Request.form("name_of_variable_sent")

Sending variables back to Flash is done with

response.write("variables_to_send_back")

Don't forget these simple rules when sending data back :

Each variable is sent as a pair "variable_name=variable_value".

The separator for each variable pair is "&".

All data sent back to Flash has to be URLencoded.


> I can see how I could write the results to a text file

> then somehow have flash call it, but is there a more

> elegant solution?


Read above. Writing the results to a text file and then having Flash

read the text file is inefficient.


> Also, what about using flash as a browser interface

> (so to speak) where the wrapper is flash, but within

> the movie it can call ASP pages and the user could

> click around, etc.  This would be ideal for a CD-Rom

> or EXE solution where you need to call specific

> content from the web.


This is a BadIdea(tm). The main problem is that you're mixing models. If

you want to do something like this then use Director instead, it will

give you much better control.


Nigel


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