FLASH: Flash and ASP: writing text files from Flash???

[Paul Willoughby]

Have we got any ASP experts on the list?

I want to write a text file based on Flash variables using ASP. This seems a

simple alternative to querying and writing to a database when using a  very

small dataset. The code I've got for writing the text file is from a

tutorial on www.ASP101.com and it goes like this (with authors comments):


*snip*

set FSO = Server.CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject") 


//This line creates an object that is used for File Access 


set myFile = fso.CreateTextFile("C:\test.txt", true) 


//This creates a blank text file object for us to use.The CreateTextFile

object creates a text file, based on what we specified. The first option

specifies the location of the text //file, while the second one states

whether or not to create the file if one doesn't exist. Very simple methods.


//Next, we do something simple 


myFile.WriteLine("my text here")

myFile.WriteLine("more text here") 


//.WriteLine writes the text to the text file. What a novel idea! =D 


myFile.Close 


//This closes the file, and makes it accessible to all (for the good old

days of File Sharing). It also frees up memory. 

*snip*


In the tutorial on Flash and ASP integration by Dan Waters (on the same

site), it says Flash variables you've sent using post are available to an

ASP program using:


*snip*

Request.Form("flash_var_1") 

*snip*


Does that mean I could write a line of code like this...?


myFile.WriteLine(Request.Form("flash_var_1"))


...or do I have to somehow redefine the variable in the ASP program?

I will really only be writing one line. I was thinking I could do all the

concatenation for the URL encoding in the Action Script before I send the

variable, because the ASP won't actually do anything with the variables, it

will just write a string to the text file, which I can then reload into the

Flash movie.

So whaddya think? Am I on the right track? Will that line of pseudo-code

really work?!

TIA for any pointers.


Paul




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