Re: FLASH: CGI

[Scott Rouse]

FYI   I did get the CGI to return a variable to Flash (I thought it was just

a general print responce not an HTML responce it was looking for)  Also, I

am working on a project that utilizes Java servlets and SQL with Flash as

well.  Thats what pushed me to use CGI since I had another project that

didn't need the SQL database.  All of it works with the right structure.



Thanks


Scott Rouse

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jordan L. Chilcott" <

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To: <

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Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:32 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: CGI



>

> Definitely not true. Flash 4 and 5 are able to communicate with various

servers via CGI and whatever back-end middleware is being supported on the

server. As well, data can be returned to Flash from the server for dynamic

processing. Many of us here are already doing it.

>

> If Flash does do a load variable request to the server, it is more the

responsibility of the Flash programmer to know what variables are being

returned by the server as the programming (regardless of language used) can

return any valid name for a variable along with its value (in HTML encoded

format). If the Flash programmer is not the Back End Programmer, then one

would suggest that they would need to have a few rounds of communication in

order to get things going.

>

> jord

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

>

From: "Peter O Sigurdson/Markham/IBM" <sigpeteca [dot] ibm [dot] com>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:43:06 -0500

>

> >

> >You can't do that.

> >

> >CGI is a TCP/IP protocol handler build into web browsers and servers that

> >provides a mechanism for browsers to PUSH data from a browser to a server

> >(via url encoding for the GET method of CGI and via the standard input

for

> >the POST method.  Unfortunately, that's where CGI stops.  CGI doesn't

> >provide any mechansism  for moving data from a Server back to any client

> >(web browser or Flash movie).

> >Once the web server has received the CGI request (consisting of a

> >specification to run a program using some provided data as input), it is

up

> >to the Perl or other program to send a response back to the requesting

> >client - it can't force the client to act on that data in any particular

> >way, ie put it into a certain variable. - how would the server have any

> >idea of what's going on with the client anyway, to know things like the

> >variables present in the client's data space?

> >

> >If Flash supported a Java API you could do it with servlets, but that

> >doesn't seem to be on on Macromedia's agenda.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >                    "Scott Rouse"

>

> <sfrouse@everm To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> >                    ore88.com>            cc:

> >                    Sent by:              Subject:     FLASH: CGI

> >                    owner@chinwag.

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> >

> >                    11/20/00 06:41

> >                    PM

> >                    Please respond

> >                    to flasher

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >This document expires on 02/19/2001

> >

> >Has anyone called a Perl cgi script and had the cgi return a variable to

a

> >Flash movie already playing?  I can get Flash to read a text field, but I

> >can't seem to simply send a variable to the brower or Flash movie from

the

> >cgi script.

> >

> >Thanks for your help

> >

> >Scott Rouse

> >


> >

> >

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