RE: [flasher] High Score

[Paul Willoughby]

If you're on a server that supports ASP this might help. It's a VBscript

which will write Flash variables to a text file in name/value pairs that you

can then reload into Flash. It's great for a few variables, but if you want

to record a lot of info you probably want a proper database.

 It's based on tutorials I've seen at www.4guysfromrolla.com on the File

System Object and Dan Waters articles on integrating Flash and ASP at

www.asp101.com, so I'd visit them if you want to find out more about how it

works. Remember to include '<%' at the beginning of the script and '%>' at

the end (without quotes):



'define the iomode

Const fsoForWriting = 2


'create a File System Object

Dim objFSO

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")


'Opens the text file or creates one if it doesn't already exist

Dim objTextStream

Set objTextStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile((Server.MapPath("testVars.txt")),

fsoForWriting, True)


'Write the Flash variables to the text file

'note the extra &s for creating the name value pairs in the text file

objTextStream.WriteLine "pos1=" & Request.Form("pos1") & "&" & "pos2=" &

Request.Form("pos2") & "&" & "pos3=" & Request.Form("pos3") & "&" & "pos4="

& Request.Form("pos4") & "&" & "eof=1"


'Close the file and clean up

objTextStream.Close

Set objTextStream = Nothing

Set objFSO = Nothing



waitaminnit! did you say 'sell'? sheesh...too late ;~)


hth


paul


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Paul Hagwood [vampfan [dot] geoyahoo [dot] com (mailto:vampfan [dot] geoyahoo [dot] com)]

> Sent: 09 February 2001 15:52

> To: flasher from chinwag

> Subject: [flasher] High Score

> 

> 

> Ok, another question from a not so bright guy...

> 

> I want to keep track of a high score but I don't have

> generator installed and I have limited control over

> the server (i.e. the client has to put on the server

> what I give them). 

> 

> Any Ideas of a tutorial for this kind of thing or is

> there someone out there who can sell me the script to

> make this work? Thanks.


>