RE: FLASH: how to avoid posting all variables to a cgi

[Damien Morton]

I think the best way to do this is to have a 'sender' movieclip. You

duplicate this movieclip, put the variables you want into it, and then have

it send the variables and possibly also recieve the results.


I usually have my server side stuff add a 'dataloaded=1' variable at the end

of all the other variables its returning. This tells flash when the load

variables has completed.


I also have a notfication function, which is a variable holding the target

path to a call script to be called when the load has finished. e.g.

notification="/a/b/c:dosomething"


Sender Clip

Frame 1 - nothing - (gives us a chance to put variables in the movieclip)

Frame 2 - load movie + send variables

Frame 3 - if dataloaded=1 then call notification; stop; endif

Frame 4 - goto and play frame 3 



In Flash 5, the other way to do this is to use "sendAndLoad" to send XML to

the server and get results back. Its not the same as the normal cgi-like

protocol, but probably closer to what you are looking for.


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

>

From: Gangmeng Ji [g [dot] jimeu [dot] unimelb [dot] edu [dot] au (mailto:g [dot] jimeu [dot] unimelb [dot] edu [dot] au)]

> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 8:43 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com; FLASHmacromediaegroups [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: how to avoid posting all variables to a cgi

> 

> 

> Hi all,

> 

> I am trying to use Flash to post forms data to a cgi 

> application. What I 

> have found is annoying. All variables (so called variables in Flash 

> terminology) are posted to the server including every 

> possible variables in 

> the processing scripts. My question is "is it possible to 

> post variables 

> selectively?"

> 

> I just bought Flash 5 hoping this version could solve this 

> problem. No, it 

> doesn't. I could use "object" to wrap variables and local 

> variables only to 

> solve this problem partially. All functions and objects are in 

> fact  variables. They are all posted unless they are deleted 

> before the 

> posting happens.

> 

> I am pretty much new to Flash. Have I missed something? Any 

> help would be 

> appreciated.

> 

> 

> By the way,  I have to use "post" method since the amount of 

> data posted 

> can be big and I need some security although "get" method 

> allows me to send 

> variables selectively.

> 

> Thanks in advance.

> 

> Gangmeng

> The University of Melbourne

> 

> 

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