Re: FLASH: Will this loop work?

[Nigel Randsley-Pena]

Mike,


Correction to the last post. I thought it was so strange that I had

altered an original without leaving a comment with the changes that I

read the asp code and discovered I hadn't committed the changes to he

code.

So the error goes like this.

The Form sample that comes with Flash has a small coding error. One of

the forms fields is Total, this holds a running total of the amount you

are purchasing. The calculation routine that updates this value at one

step converts it from a value into a string so as to format it as a

dollar amount. So when the value is sent to the asp an type mismatch

error occurs and nothing is sent back resulting in a situation where the

Flash movie just hangs waiting for a value that will never return, this

by the way is a good example of why you should pay attention to proper

error trapping routines. To correct the error and maintain the dollar

formatting for the Total value go to line 12 of Form.asp and change

If total = 0 Then

to

If total = "0" Then

Rerun the sample and all will go well.


I remember posting this to Flasher some time ago along with some other

error corrections, like the error in the FSCommand publish template.

This last one is now a tech tip on Macromedia's site. But you heard

about it here first ;).

Also if you haven't done so lately surf over there. I was pleasantly

surprised to see an update for Scripting with Flash4 that finally lists

the FS Commands. Good work...at last ;).


Nigel


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