Flash :: LoadVariables Not Working

LoadVariables Not Working
I am trying to send info to an ASP script and have it send back a message to the flash file. It works on the desktop, but not when placed on the server. I NEED A SOLUTION. I have tried a timer, a timeout, they all say that the message is not being sent. Hoe can I do this with LoadVariables? the getUrl command works 100% of the time, so the script is OK.

LoadVariables Not Working In MX
I'm trying to load vars from EXE
for example:

loadVariables("http://www.mysite/Open.asp", "", "POST");

this works in flash 5 but now in flash MX its not working

someone please HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanX chaim

LoadVariables Not Working
i want to load an external swf into a mc using this script.

PHP Code:

loadVariables("hem.swf", "loader");

it works fine when it's on buttons, but when i put it into a keyframe, so that the swf will load automatically, nothing happens. plz help!

thanks!

Loadvariables Not Working
Hi

I'm trying to load some variables from a php script.

The php script is working and gives output such as:

date[0]=2000-01-01&comment[0]=comment1

So in my flash movie I have the following actionscript:

loadVariablesNum("script.php",0);

...(some more actionscript to check if script variables have loaded)

Then once loaded, it proceeds to the final frame, which has the code:

textbox = date[0]

I tried testing everything, but my textbox remains blank! I've check the php script, and I can confirm that is fine. I'm not sure what is wrong...

Loadvariables From Php Not Working
hi

I've isolated my problem (from http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=523389)

to my loadVariables statement - the variables are not loading!

I'm using the _root.loadVariables("myscript.php"); to load some variables into my movie so that I can use those to display text in a dynamic text field. Instead I get "undefined" in the textbox...

I'm not sure why.

Any help will be appreciated.

LoadVariables Is Not Working
I have a go button that will send all varibales to test.php, then link you to that page. But when you get there, it shows this

Notice: Undefined index: textvar in c:program filesapache groupapachehtdocs est.php on line 10

This is the code in fllash that links to test.php
code:
on(release){
textvar=var1.text;
this.loadVariables("http://charley.ryanscool.com/test.php", method="POST");
getURL("http://charley.ryanscool.com/test.php",_self);
}

This is the code in PHP displays testvar

PHP Code:

<?php
echo $_GET['textvar'];
?>

Is my PHP faulty or is my flash?

Thanks

PS Heres the link to the whole thing charley.ryanscool.com/flash.swf

LoadVariables Not Working Online
I am loading external text and images. Both load and display locally from a flash player. But when I play it in Dreamweaver, test it from my browser locally or put it online the images and the text don't load.

I am loading the text using the following code:

loadVariables("begtext.txt", _root.example.introText);

The text is being loaded into a dynamic text field which lives in its own movieclip inside another movie clip.

Here's the code for loading the images

loadMovie("images/rs_website.jpg", _root.example.image);

Please let me know if I need to provide anymore information to get help with this.

Thanks

LoadVariables Not Working In Browser?
My Flash MX game sends (ok...should send) at the end some variables to a database... Everything works fine if i test the game in flash (Ctrl + Enter), but when i play the game with a browser (IE6) it seems as if the game doesn't send anything...

I use loadVariables to send and receive variables:

_root.me.loadVariables("http://www.blabla.com/signin.asp", "POST");

How come, it works in Flash but not in browser???!!!???

Thanx!

Kekec

ARGH---loadvariables NOT WORKING
I dont think there's a problem with my A.S. but im posting this here b/c it involves A.S....
I have an swf that loads variables from a php file IN THE SAME FOLDER..
now, when I begin loading, i set the value of loading to "YES"..and, at the end of the php, i add "&loading=NO"....
Now, if you visit http://www.afterhighschool.ca/flas/homenavnotext.html it works fine (wait for about 3seconds and the variable on the left changes to NO and you see a username and textbox)

BUT, if i take that same html that created the first one, and place it on a page in the SAME DOMAIN, it doesn't load...
http://www.afterhighschool.ca/finances/textbooks/

WHY NOT?

I know that flash has some long rigmarole about not loading variables from an external source, but this isn't an external source, its my OWN domain....and the swf and php file are in the same folder...
PLEASE HELP

LoadVariables Not Working In Swf That Is Loaded By Another Swf
I have a project where swf file A, loads swf file B. They both reside in the same folder. So far so good, everything loads correctly.
Swf file B, has dynamic text, loaded from a text file. Played by itself, it loads the text correclty. When it is loaded "through" swf A, none of the text displays.
I know that the text is correct, that there are no security issues with the player or anything like that. I thought it may be a level issue, but I'm not sure.

Why won't it display?

Here is the code I am using in swf A:

Code:
this.attachMovie ("movie_mc", "movie_mc", 0);
Here is the code from swf B (originally from the flash help):

Code:
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
my_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
trace(this.toString());
doStuff()
} else {
trace("Error loading/parsing LoadVars.");
}
};
my_lv.load("sample.txt");

function doStuff():Void{
textBox.text = my_lv.Subs1
trace(my_lv.Subs1)
}
The text file looks like this:

HTML Code:
Subs1=Some+text+in+here.

LoadVariables Not Working From A Web Page
I have an odd problem- and perhaps I know why it's happening, but I am not sure how to fix it. I created a little flash application that sends email for a contact form-- very straightforward. I followed a tutorial online that sets up a couple of variables and then calls loadVariables("mailer.php",this,"POST"); ... the php script is a simple file that just sends an email w/ the variables sent to it.

After a little trail and error, I got this to work when I upload the swf and the php file to a web server. So I figured everything was working fine, because when i go to the SWF directly (like put that address into my browser) it works. BUT when I embed the swf in an html page and go to send the email nothing happens- nothing is sent, no error message is generated... nothing. Can load variables not load a page when it's embedded in another page... am I crazy? I am certain I am hitting the same file when it's loaded by itself and loaded through the embedded page.

Thank you

LoadVariables Not Working Browser With Other .swfs
Text file is basic (5 vars). Works like a charm in test mode and in standalone player and in an html file all by itself. Never breaks out of the load loop when viewed in a browser (IE & NN)

Its mostly an html page with a few .swfs around for aesthetics. Those are very simple ones as well. One is an .asp form mailer. The other one uses a variable passed to the swf via javascript. No variable collisions. I baffled!

Code:
//1st frame
loadVariablesNum ("blurbs.txt", 0);

//3rd frame
if (loaded==1) {
gotoAndPlay ("go");
} else {
gotoAndPlay (2);
}

LoadVariables And LoadMovie Not Working Locally. Help
I cannot get LoadVariables and LoadMovie commands to work. As soon as I upload them they work fine, but if I do them locally they don't work at all? Is there any way around this, or an alternate solution that will work both locally and online? Also, I think this may have something to do with it:

"The URL must be in the same subdomain as the URL where the movie currently resides.

LoadVariables Working From Remote Source -but I Don't Want It To
People usually ask the opposite question, which is: "How do I get loadvariables to work with files on other servers?"

Well, I want to prevent that. I have read:
"When playing a Flash document in a Web browser, you can load data into the document only from a file that is on a server in the same subdomain. This prevents Flash documents from being able to download information from other people's servers. "

I was glad to hear this. But I tried running a .swf file from my computer, which access a php file from my website and returns a variable. It worked. I looked into making a crossdomain.xml file(although I didn't know why I had to create one, if access should be denied anyways). I made the file with no access, hoping that might work. I could still get the variable to return to my computer.

How do I prevent that?
Here's an example of why I ask: Say you have a game on your site, which submits the user's score into a database at the end. The user could save the .swf file from their cache, decompile it, and edit the actionscript to submit whatever score they want.

What am I doing wrong?

Formmail With LoadVariables Not Working On Server
Whem I upload the swf file to the server, the form don't send any info with loadVariables.
With getURL it works.
Also when I try it directly with the browser without uploading works with loadVariables.
Do you know why?

LoadVariables Followed By String Function In Netscape? Why Is It Not Working?
hey all,

ok i got these txt files and which get loaded into flash. the txt file consists of one very long string which i then process though a couple of string functions to extract all the data into objects. ok, this works great in IE but for some dumb ass reason it totally crashes Netscape.

Even if the string is relatively small, and i mean real small, (txt file about 90 bytes) it still takes ages to go through and... obviuously stalls the browser for 5 minutes. Naturally, since this is a game i don't want users to have to wait that long to see their name appear.

The reason for the text files is because i hope to put a database and i'm trying to simulate the datastream for the moment. would it be better then to have all the data sent to flash as individual variables or keep it as it is?

thanks

LoadVariables() Stops Working When I Apply Alpha To A MC...
that pretty well explains it - i'm able to get text from a text file loaded into a dynamic field in a clip on the mainstage, but when i apply Color: Alpha to it it stops loading the text...

help?

thanks
glenn

LoadVariables POST Not Working From Inside Movieclip
I have an email contact form that works fine with the form movieclip and submit button directly on the main stage, but when I embed them down one layer inside a movieclip, they cease to work. Unless they are on the main stage, the POST doesn't seem to actually occur. Why is this?

Code:
contact_form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");

With the form and button on the main stage even if there are no variables passed from the contact form it will at least cause my email php script to send me a blank email. From inside a movieclip though, it doesn't even do that. It is as if there is no POST being made to the "email.php" file.

HTML Tags Not Working In Dynamic Text Fields Using LoadVariables....grrrr
Ok, so I've heard that in Flash 4, getting a LoadVariablesNum to properly read HTML tags was a huge...well let's say limited at best. Am I the only one having the same problems with MX??? Please, someone tell me what I'm missing!

Dynamic Text Field, multiline, (selectable), (scrollable)Render Text as HTML, var=Text.

The LoadVariables works fine, but I SEE THE SILLY HTML TAGS along with the text. Flash is NOT reading them as tags.

I also tried to add "instName.html = true" before the LoadVariables....no dice.

The worst part is, that I've gotten this to work on other projects I've done...It seems to work when it wants to. (kinda like me)

HELF...I mean HELP

LoadVariables: Can Two LoadVariables In The Same Script Cause A Problem?
Hi,

It seems that for some reason, my attempt to send vaiables is not working. I'm not certain if its my syntax or the fact that I have a second loadVariables later in my script(with a different name of course). help?

heres a sample of the script that I'm using:

ClickedSendVar = new loadVariables();
ClickedSend = "bob="+bob+"&fred="+fred+"&jim"+jim;
ClickedSend.send(_root.on_card, ClickedSend, "POST");

"loadvariables" And "if" Not Working Together
PLEASE HELP!
im trying to store a password in a .txt file. when i load the password into a flash file using loadvariables (and confirm the variables have loaded) and ask if this loaded variable is the same as the text written into the password box by the user, it always returns false even if the two are the same. this is my code:

if (passtry==passcheck) {
gotoAndStop ("end");
}

where passtry is the input password text
and passcheck is the loaded variable

i even tried loading the variable into a text box and using a code and then comparing the input text to that text box...this did not work either...is there something i'm missing?

thanks

LoadVariables From CGI
Why does it work from my HD, and not on the Web.

When I run the SWF in flash it load the vars ok. Then I tested outside Flash, in the Flash PLayer, and in the Browser both from the HD. The file was on my HD but the script still gets the vars from a valid URL.

I load the vars like this:
loadVariablesNum ("http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/flashclock.pl", 1);

In the dubugger window, all the vars are loaded correctly only when the file run from the HD.
Then I run the (SWF) file from the web, and the debugger window only show me the _level0 objects and vars. NOTHING from _level1 (to witch i'm loading them).

I tested the PL right in the browser to, and it outputs everything correct, like:
&name=paul&weight=85&...

Is loadVariablesNum a wrong method to get the vars from a pl file.

H E L P !!!!

LoadVariables + Php
I have this tiny PHP script that I would like to call in order to generate a string to be used as a variable:

Code:
<?php
// filename is 'metar.php' located on server 'your_url_here'
echo "metar=";
$fp = fopen ("http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/obs...tions/CYUL.TXT", "r");

// The above URL retrieves the latest weather data for Montreal's Intl. Airport.
// Hack the source at http://www.gimpster.com/php/phpweather/index.php PHP Weather for how to interpret the value.

while (!feof ($fp)){
$metar = fgets($fp, 4096);
echo $metar;
}
fclose ($fp);
?>
In my flash movie, I call that script on fr.1 using

Code:
loadVariables("http://your_url_here/metar.php", "");
and I have a dynamic text field which is linked to the variable metar.

Of course it doesn't work so far. Any pointer why and/or how to make it work?

thanks and cheers

D.

LoadVariables Bug?
Im getting feed back from my users that when they try to login it hangs.

all im doing is a simple task they type userid and pass click next

loadvariables from a CGI script which checks the userid and pass sends back a responce of either wrong or ok

while flash is waiting for this responce i do this.

if (responce eq "ok"){
gotoandplay("ok")
}
elseif(responce eq "wrong"){
gotoandplay("wrong")
}
else{
prevframe
}

#################
the previous frame is just a play() to check the status again.

so why is it hanging? is there any know problems with this method like using it in different browsers or platforms??

or if anyone has a better method i will be happy to listen.

Danny

LoadVariables
Hello,

I have 10 frames in my movie and each frame has 2 loadvariableNum command to load text into 2 different dynamic text boxes in my main movie. 1 loadvariableNum command looks for data from the database and the other from a text file. When I try it out, only 1 LoadVarNum command works, meaning that text var 1 will populate with text but not text var 2. I have both variables loading into level_0. What is the processing order for LoadVarNum command? Is there a certain order that they load in?

Loadvariables Help
I have a simple menu on a page called menu.html with four selections (red, yellow, green and orange). This opens a pop up window (menupop.asp) with the following code:

<%color = request.form("color")%>
<script>
var color = "<%=color%>"
</script>

This page has a flash movie with the code:

stop ();
loadVariables ("menupop.asp", "0", "POST");
gotoAndStop (color);

There are four frames with labels red, yellow, green and orange, but is not going to the right frame.

Any solutions?

I'll try to upload the pages later (my server's being a pain).

-Brandon
[Edited by bugkarma on 10-16-2001 at 02:00 PM]

Help With Loadvariables
I have a simple menu on a page called menu.html with four selections (red, yellow, green and orange). This opens a pop up window (menupop.asp) with the following code:

<%color = request.form("color")%>
<script>
var color = "<%=color%>"
</script>

This page has a flash movie with the code:

stop ();
loadVariables ("menupop.asp", "0", "POST");
gotoAndStop (color);

There are four frames with labels red, yellow, green and orange, but is not going to the right frame.

Any solutions?

You can see the pages at http://www.neweconomydesign.com/test/menu.html

-Brandon

HELP With LoadVariables
I ma trying to load variable values from a text file. Nothing seems to work to make this happen. I have a file in the same folder as the .fla file. It is called "data.txt" and it contains the following-s1Var=4

In the first frame of the movie I have the following code
loadVariables("data.txt",0)
trace(s1Var);

this always returns 0. How do I make this work???

LoadVariables
Please someone help!
Does anyone know where i can get some information or an example of how to use the loadvariables command.
I am very confused on how to use it.
I have a templete that i need to have variables from a data file to load into.
On the first frame of my swf. i have
loadVariables(url.questions)

the url is typed out correctly, this is the data page with various variables with values.

the questions is the name of the text variable in the flash movie where i want the value of the variable from the data file to be placed.

I have many questions, how does the loadvariables know exactly what variable i need and where to place it.

i hope this makes sense. please, if anyone knows what i am trying to describe or knows of a tutorial i can use, please tell me. the stress and pressure from my bosses is horrible.

if you have not figured it out, i am just learning actionscripting.

thanks,
dawn

LoadVariables
How does the loadVariables command work?

I want to create a button that, on release, reads variables from a text file. Then the variables must be put in textboxes.

I have a .swf file and the text file in a folder on my hd.

What has to be in the text file and how does the loadVariables command work?

Say I want to read test="hello" and then have in a text box in the movie "hello" in a text box

Loadvariables
Hello, I am creating windows in flash and I am trying to import data from a text file using loadvariables. i.e.

("aboutUs.txt", "_root.aboutUsWindow.window.text_box");

the text file looks like this:

textField=<blah blah blah>

(textfield is within text_box).
This works fine except that now, I want to load multiple variables into different text fields from the same file.

Please help.

prac2

LoadVariables
Hi,
I have an flash movie and I have a movie clip in that. I change the color of the clip according to the database value which I get using ASP. In the frame actions actionscript, I change the color of movieclip according to the return value from ASP, still the color does not change. I checked the variable value and it is not set too. I gave red color before calling LoadVariables (which passes green), the color is not changed. What can be the reason. I have written the code in any event, just in the frame actions main script place.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
-r-

LoadVariables
Hi, I need help with loadVariables. I have a movie clip named "blah" containing a dynamic textbox with the variable set to "text," and I have the line:

loadVariables("blah.txt",_root.blah.text);

loaded into my actions layer. Yes, blah.txt is in the same directory as the flash. I want to load blah.txt into the textbox. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks

LoadVariables()
Hi there,

Would like to ask regarding the movieClip.loadVariables() action. The second parameter is supposed to be "GET" or "POST" right? Is this "GET" or "POST" action the passing of variables into flash, or is flash passing variables into another application?

For that matter, I am aware that by specifying the additional parameters with the URL string, you can simulate a GET request to a server. I'd like to ask then, how can I use Flash to do a POST action?

Thanks.

Regards,
KA

LoadVariables (again)
I want to load a list of (text) variables from a .txt file into a mc, using a split (into an array). There should also be a (invisible) button attached to each variable, in order to enter a url link and the number of variables is not fixed. I tried everything, I have the overall idea, but it still won't work... Can someone explain me step by step what to do ?

Loadvariables
I want my buttoninstances to have a variable name.
I made an MC,
on frame 1 : loadVariables("/fotos/fotos.txt",_root);
on fame 15: event1.eventname.Text= _root.event1;
event2.eventname.Text= _root.event2;
...

in the txt file :&event1=button1
&event2=button2
...

but I don't see the button names when I upload the site, or even when I preview the html file.
this I probably a dumb question, but how comes?

LoadVariables
Hi,

I have a problem with loadVariables.

In the first frame, I try to execute the script counter.php
In the second and third frames I check, if I receive the variable “hits”

The variable “out” is a text box and “loop” is only a counter. “hits” is the variable I want to receive

See my short code description:

Frame1:

loadVariables("http://mitglied.lycos.de/fcneptun/c/counter.php"+"?ran="+random(9), "", "GET");

Frame2:

out = ++loop + ") Waiting .... hits: " + hits;

Frame3:

GotoAndPlay( 2 )

OK, If I try the MC local on my test computer, it works perfect . But if I put the MC on my web space, it don’t works !!!!! My web space is on a different provider “members.aon.at”. My be is this the problem????

Please help!

Thanks
David

LoadVariables() & Php
zipper'll,

will the function loadVariables() send variables to php, have them altered and then recieve them again?

or is something like a getVariebles() needed (if it exists) to get them again

thankthanks

thrill,
lloydmannes

Loadvariables & Asp
when i send a particular variable to an asp page using loadvariables it arrives at the asp page appended with a html formatting tag. do you know why? thanks Shane.

LoadVariables - I Just Don't Get It - Please Help
Okay, I just don't get LoadVariables. Can someone break down exactly what happens with this command?

I have an asp page that returns a simple string in the format indicated in the documentation:
var1=1&var2=2&var3=3

So I call that asp page with loadVariables: loadVariables ("http://www.whatever.com/my.asp/",0)

What happens with that call? I always assumed that this would be equivilant to writing

var1=1;
var2=2;
var3=3;

directly into the code, but it just doesn't seem to work that way.

I'm seriously stumped on this one.

Loadvariables Via ASP
I am trying to grab a variable that is in an ASP file using loadvariables. Do I have to use loadvaribleNum and a get or a post to do this?

Loadvariables
hi....
I have a dynamic txt field in which i want txt to get loaded from a notepad file... Now this text needs to be replaced by a new txt after every few seconds...
Actually the text is nothing but comments of an exhibition that was held in 2001. So i 've to load text from this notepad where all the different comments of different companies and people are stored one at a time and this has to be refreshed after every few seconds in the same dynamic text field.
please attend to this query ASAP coz i'm really despearte to incorporate the same in my working flash file...

Thanx in anticipation of an early response...

Alternate email : muksy2175@rediffmail.com, muksy2175@hotmail.com

LoadVariables Help
I am trying to bring in text from a text file, but I can't seem to get it working. This is what I did:

I created a text file that looks like this:

myText=text text text text

I created a movie clip in my main movie. It contains a dynamic text box called myText.

In the first frame of the main movie I put the following code:

loadVariables("mywebsite.com/myText.txt", "_root.box");

Any ideas? I would really appreciate any help.

-gamist

LoadVariables From Asp
Hi there, I'm using 'loadVariables("xxx.asp", _root); to get text into a dynamic text field. It works fine when I navigate to the .swf directly but not when embedded in the page.

I'm using Mac OS10.1.5 + ie 5.1.

Is this a problem specific to my platform or something else ?

Urls:

Page : http://www.freerideculture.com/eelad/index.html
.SWF : http://www.freerideculture.com/eelad/flash/menu.swf

The culprit is the news headline which should appear in red at the top...

This is just a test version before linking it with a database...

Loadvariables
HElp!! I'm adding a scrollable text loaded externally I always did in Flash5 but now it doesn't work anymore, tried and checked 100 times but no can do. I don't get this. I checked the form already and even convert the textbox and the scrollpane together in a movie and send the variable in to it:
loadVariables(news.txt, _root.mc);
but still nothing!!
I put in my 1st timeline cell the command but it doesn't seems to work anymore, the filetext is there and the variable checked..any help?
thanks

LoadVariables
Hi. I have some problem about loadVariables. Could you please help me? I want to loadVariables to _root from a text file called "data.txt". And "data.txt" contain the following text:

&ok=true

Then, in the first frame of the fla movie I write something like:

ok="false";
_root.loadVariables("data.txt");
trace(ok);

However when I test the movie, it output "false". It should output "true"! Could you please tell me if I have made something wrong? And how to solve this problem?

(I am using Flash MX)

LoadVariables
Hey everybody! I hope I'm not asking the same qerstion a million other people have asked before. (btw, is there some kind of "search board" funtion on this site?)

My problem is as follows:
I am reading (via php) from a database the titles of data sets in a given table. Those titles are given back to flash no problem.
Now i want the titles to be clickable (i.e. to be links), and after the user clicked the title the full entry will appear.

My thought originally was to define a function that will load the appropriate text (via <a href="asfunction:show_details,id"> ) .

Afte many hours I almost got it to work, but now I'm really stuck...

Frame 1 has the following actions:
function show_detail(number)
{
var transfer=0;
loadVariables("details.php?id="+number, "_root.text_field");
while (_root.text_field.ende<>1){}
transfer=_root.text_field.textfield;
_root.text_field.textfield=transfer;

stop();
}
loadVariables("overview.php", "_root.text_field");

where text_field is a MC containing a textfiel namen "textfield".
It shows the overview fine, which basically consists of the titles between <a href="asfunction:show_details, some_number_generaed_by_php"> Tags.
Clicking on the Links doesn't do ****, doubleclicking works fine though.

My questions:
- if I leave away this wild "transfer"-thing, nothing will work at all. why?
- Why do I have to doubleclick?

I just don't know anymore.... pleeeeeease help! Thank you in advance, I'll try not to write that much anymore....

Help Please, LoadVariables
hey, i need to load a textfile into a dynamic textbox for my site, my code doesn't work here it is

loadVariables("C:\limesite/textfiles/news.txt", news);

it is in the actions of a frame, and the dynamic text field has its instance and var name correct.
i get this in the text box:

_level0.menu1.news

please help,
Thank You in Advance,
Mr Eckted

[EDIT]
i also tried all the combinations of this:

loadVariablesNum("C:\limesite/textfiles/news.txt", ""\"_level0.menu1.news\""");

but again, no go.

also, in some configurations, it opens the text file in a new browser window

[/EDIT]
[Edited by mreckted on 08-30-2002 at 12:27 AM]