RE: FLASH: sending variables to a CGI script

[Damian Morton]

Here's a tip thats useful for debugging the sending/receiving of variables

from flash to a CGI or somesuch:


	Get a network monitoring tool

	-----------------------------



It much easier to write this stuff if you can actually see whats being

passed back and forth between the server and the flash applet.



SpyNet is the one I use, and it can be had from

http://members.xoom.com/Laurentiu2/index.htm



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

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Bob

> Shuster

> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 7:13 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: sending variables to a CGI script

>

>

> I've racked my brain and I just can't seem to get this working.  I've

> got most of the Flash 4 books available (and have gone through them.)

> I've hit the official Flash documentation as well as Macr.'s Flash

> site.  I've hit most of the other sites (FlashBible, etc.)

>

> That being said - I'm trying to get a simple form working, and I

> think I'm simply doing something basically wrong.  My server is set

> up for CGI - I even have an HTML form setup and working to duplicate

> what I want to do in Flash.

>

> Here's the problem.  I'm using the following scripting to send data

> (well, that's what I'm *trying* to do) to a Perl script on my server.

> The form seems to work - if I don't enter data in one of the required

> fields, it goes to the error routine.  But when I press "Submit" (and

> have data entered in the correct places) - the movie goes to the

> "Confirm" section, but my browser just sits there saying "contacting

> host".  No email is ever sent.  I think I'm missing something here.

>

> Can anyone point me in the right direction?  This has got to be a

> pretty common thing in Flash - a feedback form - what am I doing

> wrong?!?

>

> <<<<<<<<<<<<<script>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> On (Release)

>        Comment: Make sure the user filled in all the required fields.

>        If (name ne "" and email ne "" and comments ne "")

>              Comment: Check to make sure the email address includes and @.

>              Set Variable: "i" = "0"

>              Set Variable: "validmail" = 0

>              Loop While (i <= Length(email))

>                    If (Substring (email, i, 1) eq "@")

>                          Set Variable: "validmail" = 1

>                    End If

>                    Set Variable: "i" = i + 1

>              End Loop

>              Comment: If there's no @ in the email go to the error page.

>              If (validmail = 0)

>                    Go to and Stop ("error")

>              Else

>                    Load Variables ("/cgi-bin/formmail.pl", 0, vars=POST)

>                    Comment: Go to the confirmation frame.

>                    Go to and Stop ("confirm")

>              End If

>        Else

>              Comment: if the user left required fields blank, show

> them an error message.

>              Go to and Stop ("error")

>        End If

> End On

> <<<<<<<end script>>>>>>>>

>

> Elsewhere at the same level I have set some hidden variables (i.e.

> recipient, sort order, and subject) that should also be sent to the

> script.  I've spent way too much time on this already!    Thanks   -

> Bob Shuster

>

>

>   [ Hot Apple Spider Design - graphic & website design/consulting ]

>

[ email: BobHotAppleSpider [dot] com phone: 215-402-0751 ]

>   [         All work proudly done on Macintosh computers!         ]

>   [           website: http://www.HotAppleSpider.com/             ]

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>   To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

>

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email helpchinwag [dot] com

>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com