Re: FLASH: sending/receiving variables (repost)

[Robert Bleeker]

HI OLGA,


You could do this:


1st frame: 

    Load  Variables ("blah....)

    Set Variable "returnVar"=""

    play


2nd frame:

    name the Label: "returnLoop"


3rd frame:

    If ( Length(returnVar)=0)

        Go to play "returnLoop"

    Else

        Comment: "what ever you want to do when variable received"

    End If


The return variable needs time to come back from the server, so set up a

short loop while waiting for the variable to return before you do with it

what you want.

If you use a separate MC to to this trick the main timeline could still

animate as normal.


Robert


     Robert Bleeker

      CADRE design

http://www.cadre.com.au

     +61-2-96859889


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on 2/6/00 12:14 PM, Olga at

olgatwitchy [dot] com

 wrote:


> This is a repost.. sorry, I'm trying to get this project done (finally!)

> today, and this is one of two last problems I'm encountering.. please, help!

> 

> I have some questions and I'm hoping someone can help... I need to send and

> receive variables to a CGI script for a form-- I send the contents of the

> fields, and then the CGI returns a variable that says the submission was

> successful.  I have no problem sending the variables (Using Load Variables,

> vars=post) but that action doesn't seem to simultaneously receive the return

> variables from the CGI script.  If I send variables using Get URL, the

> browser redirects to the CGI url and I can see the correct variables being

> returned (submission=successful) -- but I don't want Flash to redirect to

> another page, and the get URL method doesn't seem to retrieve any variables

> for Flash's use.

> 

> I tried putting in two Load Variables actions (one sending vars, one

> without, on the same CGI url) but that doesn't seem to work.  Could anyone

> enlighten me as to how this works and what I'm doing wrong?

> 

> thanks!

> olga



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