Re: FLASH: sending/receiving variables (repost)

[Robert Bleeker]

Are you loading your variables into a specific MC or level?


Explain your actionscript.


Robert



on 2/6/00 12:52 PM, Olga at

olgatwitchy [dot] com

 wrote:


> I actually already have a 15 second delay loop looking for the variable...

> at this point, I need to isolate whether the problem is flash related "(me)

> or programming-related, and I'm not sure which it is.  Watching the bottom

> of the browser (Sending, etc/Document:Done), it seems that the variables are

> sent no problem, which means I should have received them before the 15sec

> loop is over.  But I don't.

> 

> What should I be looking for as the problem?  I'm at a loss...

> 

> thanks so much!

> olga

> 

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

>

From: Robert Bleeker <rbleekercadre [dot] com [dot] au>

>> 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.



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