Loading vasriable from a text file

[Kortland, Brian]

HI All,


This is my scenario.


I have an Intranet Site which has html links that point to 7-8 pages which

all contain a flash animated map that will allow the user to view documents

for that specific region or country.


Since I have 7-8 different pages I thought it crazy to create 7-8 of the

same map, meaning 7-8 times the maintenance. If I could only pass varibles

from a html page to Flash!! 


I decided I would try loading my link variable into Flash from a text file.

The user clicks their desired link, which goes to a Cold Fusion page which

writes a variable to a text file. The page loads and the Flash map is

activated and it reads the variable and now directs users to documents

related to the link they click.


Were I am falling short: It works great the first time, but after that the

Flash file keeps pointing to the same page even if I click different links

and change the .txt page variable. I know this has to do with caching. 


I could have Flash retest for the variable throughout the movie but this

would not work well because a different user might click on a different link

and set a different variable in the .txt file and the original user would be

directed incorrectly.


I need a way for Flash to read the text file variable cleanly each time a

page is loaded without it relying on cached variables. Does this even make

sense?


Regards,

 

Brian Kortland

AIU E-Business

AIU URL: http://aignetprod.aig.com/cfaiunet/

tel 212.770.7617, fax 212.968.1386

brian [dot] kortlandaig [dot] com