Flash :: Pass String To URLRequest

Can I Pass A Dynamic String To A URLRequest
I am wanting to use a button to change the value of a String variable, which is stored in a URLRequest, to dynamically change content loaded below the button based on which button is pressed.

Here is some AS 3.0:

var roomID:String = new String("default.swf");

var roomURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(roomID);

var roomLoader:Loader = new Loader();

roomA10Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onA10Click);

function onA10Click(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var roomID:String = String("roomA10.swf");
roomLoader.load(roomURL);
addChild(roomLoader);
}

I know some of my syntax is likely screwed up, specifically the "function onA10Click(event:MouseEvent):void" line, but I'm not in front of my code at the moment, so I'm just writing that stuff by memory. Anyway, the idea is to be able to define the String roomID a different value every time you click a button, which in turn updates the URLRequest, before the Loader kicks in and loads the content. Every time I try to do this, though, I get a URL Unknown error. I have traced the roomID String as well, and it seems to change fine with the clicking of buttons, but something's up with the URLRequest.

Any ideas?

How Do You Pass Parameter To Urlrequest?
Im trying to build a mp3 player, so when the user clicks a button it loads the right track. How would I pass the right track to the urlrequest to load the right track? This plays the sound fine:

Code:
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Audio/One.mp3");
_track1.load(request);
but this does not work:

Code:
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(request);
_track1.load("Audio/One.mp3");
I just dont want to have seperate urlrequests for each track that I want to load, or do I have to? Cant i just pass the mp3 to load to the urlrequest?

edit: sorry I just read my post and it doesnt make sense. my head is spinning trying to learn this stuff too fast.

Im just trying to have a button pass the track to be loaded to the urlrequest so it loads the right mp3.

Passing Var:string To New URLRequest
Hi,

I have a main movie on which I have two buttons that each should load a new external movie when clicked.

The code on frame one for each button is:

Code:
function onIntroClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var language:String="english.swf"
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
english.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onIntroClick);

and

Code:
function onIntroClick2(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var language:String="french.swf"
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
french.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onIntroClick2);

on frame 20 I have the following code, which should load the external movie (either the english.swf or the french.swf) in the main movie.

The code is as follows :

Code:
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
l.load(new URLRequest(language));

function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var perc:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
percent.text = Math.ceil(perc*100).toString();
}

function done(e:Event):void
{
removeChildAt(0);
percent = null;
addChild(l);
}
stop();

This doesn't work as I get an error 1120: access of undefined property language.

What am I doing wrong or what should I do to do it right ?

Thanks for your assistance.

Smalco

Pass A String, Return Object With Name String
I feel like this should be pretty easy, but I 'm not quite sure how to do this...

I've got a string that is the name of a movieclip which is on the stage. I'd like to write a function which I can pass that string and have it return the object which has the instance name of that string.

Any hints?

Thanks.

John

Can't Pass String To Nc.connect(string)
hey guys. fairly new to flash, but I've managed to throw together a player with info and tutorials from here and other places. I've got everything just how I want it save for one problem. I've got an XML file that I get the URL for my server from and also get the names of videos to populate a list. Here's the problem:
I can get the URL into a string in my program (it traces fine). However, when i try to pass that string in my nc.connect(string) it doesn't work. Everything loads fine, but when you click a video, it can't connect to it. If I manually enter the URL into the connect field like this: nc.connect("rtmp://url") it works fine.
So am I missing something? Why can it take the URL manually entered and not from a string?

Pass A String ?
Help!

I thought I knew how to do this, but don't...

I have a Flash 5 entrance page that I want to link to a Javascript page. But it gets better. The Javascript page is simply thumbnails.html (yes it's a portfolio site, no it's not mine).
The thumbnails.html page uses javascript to populate it's content based on a string that's passed in the URL. Example:
thumbnails.html?L -> will bring up landscapes. The problem is that Flash doesn't want to seem to pass the "?L" part of the string.

Is there a way around this? I have tried both as a text URL and as a button URL. I have also tried Window=_blank, nothing seems to work?
Please HELP!

Thanks!!!!

-Eric

How 2 Pass A Var String As The Name Of A Var?
Last edited by jeanrene : 2004-05-05 at 20:09.

Here is what I'm trying to accomplish.

1) Get the number of days since April 30th, 2004 -- This works
2) Add leading zeros to end up with a "string" that is always 4 digit long (for e.g., 12 is converted to 0012) -- This works
3) I create a string variable to each day (poor man's database) for e.g. Txt0005 = "Text 5"; -- this works

HERE IS MY PROBLEM:
4) I'd like for TodayTxt var to load the string from Txt0005 above (changing to Txt0004, Txt0003, etc. as the counter changes). This mean that I'd like TodayTxt = "Text 5". However, I'm only geting TodayTxt to become "Txt0005" rather than it's content (Text 5".

Here is my AS. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

JR

ActionScript Code:
// Gets April 30th, 2004
DateZero = new Date(2004,3,30);

// Gets today's date
DateNow = new Date();

// Counts the number of days since April 30th, 2004
MaxCount = countDays(DateNow, DateZero);
Counter = MaxCount;

function countDays(DateNow, DateZero) {
var difference = Math.floor( (DateNow - DateZero)/(86400000) );
return difference;
}

function LeadingZeros(arg) {
if (length(arg)==1) {
arg = "000" + arg;
return arg;
}
else {
if (length(arg)==2) {
arg = "00" + arg;
return arg;
}
else {
if(length(arg)==3) {
arg = "0" + arg;
return arg;
}
else {
return arg;
}
}
}
}

// Variable for each day
Txt0005 = "Text 5";
Txt0004 = "Text 4";
Txt0003 = "Text 3";
Txt0002 = "Text 2";
Txt0001 = "Text 1";

// The problem is certainly here
TodayTxt = String("Txt" + LeadingZeros(String(Counter)));

How To Pass .SWF String
Hi guys, after 6 hours searching on the web and trying the suggestions I found I am still empty handed.. so any help would be very appreciated!

What I want:

- i have a .swf file wich links to a .php file
- I want to add a variable to the link in the .swf file to pass to the .php file.

Like now it is

Code:

on (release) {
getUrl("video.php");
}

I want to have a variable added to that URL so it knows which video to play without having to make 100+ .swf files for each video.

I found this suggestion:

in the page where I've embedded the flash file I add the variable which I retreive with php echo to the .swf:

Code:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="437" height="153">
<param name="movie" value="video.swf?video=24">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="video.swf?video=24" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="437" height="153"></embed></object>

and added this to the on(release) command in the .fla file:

Code:

on (release) {
if (_root.video == 24) {
getURL("video.php?video=24");
}
}

Sadly, this does not work, although I have the feeling I am close... anyone with the correct way of coding this?

Thanks
stever

Pass A String To A Button
I use a textfield on my webpage and i want to pass the string of that textfield to a button.

example :
I set in the textfield the words : click on this button
so on the button should appear click on this button.

Can anyone help me ?

Pass String Variable Into XML ULR
I am trying to pass a variable through "strSource:String" so that i can dynamically tell the player to load different videos depending upon which page it is on.

This works:

Code:
var strSource:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist == null ? "includes/video1.xml" : root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist;

function initVideoPlayer():void {

// create a new net connection, add event listener and connect
// to null because we don't have a media server
ncConnection = new NetConnection();
ncConnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
ncConnection.connect(null);

// create a new netstream with the net connection, add event
// listener, set client to this for handling meta data and
// set the buffer time to the value from the constant
nsStream = new NetStream(ncConnection);
nsStream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
nsStream.client = this;
nsStream.bufferTime = BUFFER_TIME;

// attach net stream to video object on the stage
mcVideoControls.vidDisplay.attachNetStream(nsStream);
// set the smoothing value from the constant
mcVideoControls.vidDisplay.smoothing = SMOOTHING;

// create new request for loading the playlist xml, add an event listener
// and load it
urlRequest = new URLRequest(strSource);
urlLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, playlistLoaded);
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
}
Doesnt work if i try it like this:

Code:
var btnContent1:String = new String("includes/video1.xml");

var strSource:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist == null ? btnContent1 : root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist;
Does anyone know why this is?

I can even put the URLRequest in as "includes/" + "video1" + ".xml" and it will work but as soon as i try to trade the "video1" for a string Variable it cannot find it.

My End hope to pass this variable through would be to have it on the HTML page where i could then dictate the exact path for the video XML

Code:
// source variables from HTML/js param
var btnContent1:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vOne"];
var btnContent2:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vTwo"];
var btnContent3:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vThree"];

Thanks for any help

will

Swf Pass String To Script
Hi,
I have a php page with embeded flash object, and within the flash object I have a text field and a search button. I need to pass the user input string from the text field to this script (when I press the search button):
<FORM name=formsearch method=GET action="http://www.deutschesfachbuch.de/info/news.php">
<input name="_enc" type="hidden" value="sends">
... and hopefully have the result in the same browser window

How do I do that with AS 2.0

BR,
Nixx

Pass A Function As A String
Hello all,

I'm messing around trying to plug Robert Penner's easing equations into a tweenEngine class which imports com.robertpenner.easing.*. When a tween is called, I want to be able to pass the type of ease through as an argument.

If I pass it through as a function, it comes through as undefined (because there is no Cubic.easeOut in the class I'm calling it from I assume), so I'm trying to pass it through as a String then convert it to a function.

Is this possible? If not, How should I deal with it?

Many thanks

Pass Text To String On ^*.txt
Im searching on livedocs but nothing found about this.
I want to get text writen on a txt file and store it in a variable type string so the work should be:

on first page i code a textfield, then a submit button, submit button gets the string on textfield and writes down on a txt file ( <.. can i do this?)
then on second page i want each line of text to be stored like a variable string so i can play with it as i want.( showing , changing format, etc..)
My question is how can i acces inside a txt file, to get variables on strings stored in ??

Thx, u all

Can I Pass Variables In The URL String?
I am trying to get some variables into a loaded swf at runtime. The variables will carry information so the swf can load the correct xml file. I thought we could pass them through the URL string like so:

new URLRequest("testing.swf?myVar=varOne

but it just throws an URL cannot be found error. How can I get variables into my swf at runtime?

Pass XML String From PHP To Flash
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I've been searching how to do this but haven't got it to work yet.

All I want to do is have flash call my php page which is putting together an xml string as a variable. I want to take that xmlstring in flash and parse it into my array.

I know how to do everything except load that XML string and parse it. I know how to parse an xml file, but a string is new to me. Also, for some reason when I try to get the XML string from PHP it comes back undefined.

Here is my Flash Actionscript:
// Call PHP and load XML string
loadVariablesNum("http://domain/recentimages.php","");

//My PHP file spits out the string as $recentxml, and it works fine. But when I try to trace that same string in Flash I get undefined.

//Here is the loop I've created to wait until the xml has been generated.

if (recentxml == undefined){

gotoAndPlay("loop");

} else if (recentxml != undefined){

gotoAndStop("finished");

}

//And here is the parsing method.
var myPhoto:XML = new XML();
myPhoto.parseXML(recentxml);
myPhoto.ignoreWhite = true;

Can anyone help? I would really appreciate any advice, I've been struggling with this for a while now and it's probably something easy.

Thanks, Matt

AS3 - How Can I Pass Vars Without Using URL String?
Hello,

I have one AS3 swf (loader.swf) that needs to load a second AS3 file (main.swf).

loader.swf has some variables that I would like to pass to main.swf.

I don't want to append the variables in the URL string, because then main.swf won't be cached properly.

In AS2 I could use FlashVars, which passes the variables without adding them to the URL string.

How can I do this in AS3?

Pass String Variable Into XML ULR
I am trying to pass a variable through "strSource:String" so that i can dynamically tell the player to load different videos depending upon which page it is on.

This works:
Code:

var strSource:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist == null ? "includes/video1.xml" : root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist;

function initVideoPlayer():void {

// create a new net connection, add event listener and connect
// to null because we don't have a media server
ncConnection = new NetConnection();
ncConnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
ncConnection.connect(null);

// create a new netstream with the net connection, add event
// listener, set client to this for handling meta data and
// set the buffer time to the value from the constant
nsStream = new NetStream(ncConnection);
nsStream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
nsStream.client = this;
nsStream.bufferTime = BUFFER_TIME;

// attach net stream to video object on the stage
mcVideoControls.vidDisplay.attachNetStream(nsStream);
// set the smoothing value from the constant
mcVideoControls.vidDisplay.smoothing = SMOOTHING;

// create new request for loading the playlist xml, add an event listener
// and load it
urlRequest = new URLRequest(strSource);
urlLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, playlistLoaded);
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
}

Doesnt work if i try it like this:
Code:

var btnContent1:String = new String("includes/video1.xml");

var strSource:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist == null ? btnContent1 : root.loaderInfo.parameters.playlist;

Does anyone know why this is?

I can even put the URLRequest in as "includes/" + "video1" + ".xml" and it will work but as soon as i try to trade the "video1" for a string Variable it cannot find it.

My End hope to pass this variable through would be to have it on the HTML page where i could then dictate the exact path for the video XML
Code:

// source variables from HTML/js param
var btnContent1:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vOne"];
var btnContent2:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vTwo"];
var btnContent3:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters["vThree"];

Thanks for any help

will

Can I Pass A Var In FScommand Instead Of A Text String?
Can I use something like this?

fsvar = "Hello Word?";
fsfunction = "alert";

fscommand (fsfunction, fsvar);

Please help.

Thanks

How Do I Pass A String Variable To Javascipt?
In my actionscript, I have this variable pic="pic.jpg". I want to use it like this but it doesnt work:

getURL("javascript: OpenWindow(pic, 'newWindow','')");

It says the pic variable is undefined.

This, works:

getURL("javascript: OpenWindow('pic.jpg', 'newWindow','')");

But I do not want to use a literal directly like that.

How can I pass this variable to javascript so that it will recognize it as containing a string?

How Do I Pass Variables Into String Object?
Hi,

Im trying to count the number of characters in a string using the string object. I can do this OK when I count the number of chars in a form field but I need to count the number of chars in a variable. Someone told me to use the code "+test+" below to count the variable named 'test', but all this does is return "6". This seems to be just counting the string +test+ (i.e. 6 chars.) rather than a variable

on (release) {
test = "ThisShouldDisplay19";
result = "+test+".length;
}

Can anyone help?

Cheers...John

Simple Variable Pass From URL String
help! i know there is a simple solution to this, but I just can't find an answer anywhere. so i'm posting it here in hopes that some kind soul will pitty me and free me from this frustrating pothole.

What i'm trying to do is pass a variable to a flash file via a URL string... i.e.

http://www.needananswer.com?pothole=12

...and for the flash file to be able to receive and use it.

HOW?

How To Pass Carry String From Flash?
Is it possible to pass carry string from flash.
Example:
on some event I need to catch _y position of one object and to pass that variable to PHP script via URL.

Is it possible?

If it`s not, is there a way to write that variable in some txt file on server.. or something simillar..

Thanks folks!

[F8] Pass MC Name As String To Class Method.
I have sort of found a work around but its not exactly what I want so I just wanna check if theres another way.

Check working code below where mc name is not a String(i assume its an object?)

Code:
class myClass{
public function classMethod(obj:MovieClip, val:Number, act:String){
obj[act] = val;
}
}

Code:
import myClass;
var useClass:myClass = new myClass();
useClass.classMethod(mcName, 10, "_x");

Now I wanna pass the mc name as a string to the method but it doesnt work:

Code:
useClass.classMethod("mcName", 10, "_x");

I know I change the class obj type to :String but then the manipulation line will have to look something like _root[obj][act] = val; needless to say I dont like this as if I import the swf thats calling the method into another swf things go screwy cause the mc that im referencing would not lie on the root anymore etc.... Also tried using _level but it didnt work.

Pass Variable Via Query String
i'll try to explain this the best I can.

I have a flash header that I need included in a shopping cart site that will have nav and the header descriptions for each site page. It has 2 navigations, top and side. Side nav only controls the flash itself to display stuff that won't be in the rest of the site, like an about us section. The top nav controls what page the shopping cart goes to AND the flash header display. For example, when I click on my top nav button 'systems' I need it to go the 'systems page' and change the flash header to display info about the systems. Now when the 'system' button is clicked the page changes to the 'systems' page but since its a header the flash just pops up on the new page reloaded to its original state. So how would I fix this? could flash pass a variable via the query string to determine what frame it should be on when going to a new page?

Can You Still Pass Vars Through A Query String?
I'm trying to pass variables in through a query string appended to my url like so,

http://www.mydomain.com?myVar1=value1&myVar2=value2

From what i've read am i correct in thinking that i should be able to access these properties through 'this.loaderinfo.parameters'?

I don't seem to be able to get this to work for some reason? I'm able to get it tworking when passing in Flashvars through my html and then accessing them through the loaderinfo.parameters object, but not through a query string? Anyone got any ideas? Should this be possible?

Also i was wondering it there's any foreseeable issue passing in values both through Flashvars and a query string or should the loaderinfo.parameters object be populated with all the values?

cheers.

Pass A Series Of Properties As A String
I want to pass a series of properties as a string to a webservice:

Version1: This works

Code:
var mxna_ws:WebService = new WebService(WS_URL);
var var1:String = "1";
var var2:String = "2";
var var3:String = "3";
var var4:String = "4";
var categories_pc:PendingCall = mxna_ws[smethod](var1,var2,var3,var4);
Version2:But why doesnt this?...

Code:
var mxna_ws:WebService = new WebService(WS_URL);
var var1:Object = '"1","2","3","4"';
var categories_pc:PendingCall = mxna_ws[smethod](var1);

ASP: Pass A String Using Flash GETURL To Another ASP Document
In my ASP/html document I use the following code to carry/pass the username/school of a logged user to the next ASP document:

PHP Code:

<a href="projects.asp?name=<% =strUserName %>&school=<% =strSchoolName %>"

(not PHP but otherwise cant paste in the code.... why dont you guys have an ASP tag :P )

My question is how would I put this into a geturl statement in a flash button so that i can pass the asp strings using flash as a frontend to the next asp file?

I try just sticking in the link then the asp code but it doesn't.

Effectively the flash file button urls should retrieve the username/school for the next document but am having no luck ://

Any help appreciated.

[F8] Dynamic Query String & Pass Variables To And Fro Php
Hi!

I have a webpage that needs to load a variable from query string and then the swf sends this variable to php to search it in databse and return respective entries.

My trouble is the page where the swf is placed in an HTML page whose URL is something like this : http://www.mysite.com/variableName=dynamicValue

Actually this is a link thats sent in an email. When clicked it loads this page. Here http://www.mysite.com/variableName= is static, but dynamicValue is a 15 letter randomly generated code.

I wanted to know is it possible to pass this dynamic value of the variable into my swf. If so, how to do that.

My second query is I wanted to send this variable from flash to a php file which will search it in a database and return related entries to flash. Now, I've done this seperately, that is, send variables to php by post method and get variables from php by get method. But I dont know how to do these two operations in one single call.

I am using Flash 8, though i'm exporting the movie to flash 6 player compatible and actionscript 2. Any help is welcome. Please let me have the feedback.

thanks

ashwin.

EventListener Troubles - How To Pass String To Function?
Hey guys, been cruising the forums and google about this, still confused. I have a series of buttons, which on mouse press need to pass a string to a function. i just dont understand how to do this easily with event listeners

ActionScript Code:
function showLocations(event:MouseEvent):void { var state = arguments.caller.state; var w = 640; var h = 480; var jscommand:String = "if (!win || win.closed) { var win = window.open('http://dev.calendarxpress.com.au/locations.php?state="+state+"','Locations','height=480,width=640,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,top='+((screen.height/2)-("+h+"/2))+',left='+((screen.width/2)-("+w+"/2)));} else { win.focus();}"; var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("javascript:" + jscommand + " void(0);"); url.method = URLRequestMethod.GET; //url.data = vars; try { navigateToURL(url, "_self"); status_txt.text = "Opening window..."; } catch (e:Error) { status_txt.text = "Error"; } }vic_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showLocations);vic.btn.state = 'vic';

Pass Variables Into Flash Via Query String
I used to do this all the time to pass in simple values to Flash but with Flash 8 it doesn't seem to be working properly. I've stripped it down to it's most basic and it still doesn't seem to be working. I've got a test page here:
http://icglink.com/flashtest/

The top set uses the standard object/embed method, the left one passing in a 0, the right passing in a 1. Both use the variable named previousvisitor.

The bottom set use the same variable and value structure, but with the swfobject javascript call instead of the object/embed method.

I've got a case statement on the 5th frame that tests the incoming variable and directs the playhead to one frame label or another. The idea is that if someone has come to the site for the first time, they'll get to see a video. If not, they'll get a still frame with a "play video" button.

I'm also including a link to the FLA (version 8 remember).

http://icglink.com/flashtest/cookieTEST.fla

So does anyone have ANY idea why this isn't working correctly? I really need to get this working and it should be dead simple.

Pass Frame Variable Via Query String Bettween 2 Swf In 2 Different Html Files
Hello, I have an swf movie embedded in an HTML. One of the links calls to another HTML with a different SWF embedded. I need to link back to the original HTML/SWF but to a certain frame within that SWF using HTTP query. I understand that I can do this with Javascript and by parsing the HTTP query. Can anyone direct me to a tutorial or give me some help?

Thank you

maknenoiz

Pass URL String From External File To AS Variable (dynamic File Names)
I have a movie player that works fine when i hard-code the url value in the video function, but when i try to pass that url/file path from an external file, the video doesn't load. I suspect that there is something i'm doing wrong with the quotes. What am i doing wrong?

Code:
var vfile:String = string("path");

supervideo = function () {
var netConn:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
netConn.connect(null);
var netStream:NetStream = new NetStream (netConn);
video.attachVideo(netStream);
netStream.setBufferTime(10);
netStream.play(vfile);

};

loadText.load(_global.text_url1);
loadText.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success){
showtitle.text = this.title1;
vfile = this.flv_name;
supervideo();
}
}
The value in the php file looks like this:

PHP Code:

&flv_name="elements/flv/superape.flv"&

So ultimately i want to end up with netStream.play("elements/flv/superape.flv");. I know the value of vfile is being passed from the php file and getting into the supervideo(); function because i have a textbox echoing vfile. I have tried defining the variable with and without the ":String". Please let me know if you can see any errors. Thanks!

Pass Variable With String From One Flash File To Another Flash File
There are two flash files which are developed in Flash MX 2004 Professional and its names are Main.fla&Child.fla.
I have created a Input text box in Main.fla and enter text during runtime. When I click a button in the same Main.fla file, the text entered should display in the dynamic text box which is created in Child.fla. But, I am not getting appropriate logic to achieve this task.
Request you to kindly send appropriate logic. It is urgent.

URLRequest
o IM trying to take input text, and apply it to a URL string.
Im using URLRequest, and this is not kiking back an error,
but its also not including the zip either??

var zip:String;
var norcalhonda:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.norcalhonda.com/result.php?searchzip=" + zip);

goBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , getCode);

function getCode(event:MouseEvent):void
{
zip = zipInput.text;
navigateToURL(norcalhonda);
//trace(zip);
}

URLRequest Help
hey im newbie at actionscript
i was wonder do i need to have the URLRequest-action in the time line of sceen 1 for it to work?

nothing is wrong with my code cuz it works if make a new swf with the button in the middle of the stage on sceen one.

URLRequest
so Im trying to pass a URLRequest in a function that contains
both the start of the URL and the subsequent zip code for part
of the string. However URLRequest only accepts urls in quotes
so heres the code that doesnt work:

var norcalhonda:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.norcalhonda.com/result.php?searchzip=" + zip.text);
var zip:String;

goBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , getCode);

function getCode(event:MouseEvent):void
{
zip = zipInput.text;
navigateToURL(norcalhonda);
//trace(zip);
}

and heres the code that does work because I pulled the zip.text out of the URLRequest. I also tried putting a variable in the URLRequest and building the string there, but the URLRequest does not accept anything not in quotes, and at which point it becomes a relative path/link. someone help!

Help With URLrequest
Is there an alternative to using the URL request method, like if i have the flash object in the library could i call it in some other way, so this way the movie isn't dependent on the other flash file, instead its already in the library

Thanks this is my code im using skrol 1.0 and figuring out a few things

Code:
var skrolDefaultPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest("_comp/skrol/skrol_basic.swf");
//var skrolDefaultPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest("_comp/skrol/skrol_Basic.swf");
//var skrolDefaultPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest("_comp/skrol/skrol_classic.swf");
//var skrolDefaultPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest("_comp/skrol/skrol_classic/skrolClassicBlue.swf");
var skrolDefault:Loader = new Loader();
var mySkrol:MovieClip;
var myContent:skrolContent = new skrolContent();
skrolDefault.load(skrolDefaultPath);

var skrolMotion:Boolean = true;

function mySkrolLoad(event:Event):void {
mySkrol = skrolDefault.content as MovieClip;
addChild(mySkrol);
mySkrol.start();
mySkrol.addContentMovie(myContent);
mySkrol.setHeight(400);
mySkrol.setWidth(500);
mySkrol.setScrollMove(1);
mySkrol.setScrollWidth(10);
mySkrol.setMotion(skrolMotion);
mySkrol.refresh();
mySkrol.x = space.x + int((space.width - mySkrol.getWidth()) / 2);
mySkrol.y = space.y + int((space.height - mySkrol.getHeight()) / 2);

skrolDefault.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, mySkrolLoad);
}

skrolDefault.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, mySkrolLoad);

stage.frameRate = 50;
stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

URLRequest
Hi

I have three swf's
a preloader.swf that loads my menu.swf and a third that
loads after a button is clicked inside menu.swf

Once the button is clicked I want the menu.swf to be replaced with my third swf.
The loader instance for menu.swf is inside my preloader.swf file.
How do I use reference 'myloader1' for use inside menu.swf?

here is the code inside preloader.swf:
var myrequest1: URLRequest= new URLRequest ("Menu.swf");
var myloader1: Loader = new Loader();
myloader1.load(myrequest1);

here is the code inside my menu.swf:
function Click3 ( e : MouseEvent ) {

mySound3.play();
myloader1.load(myrequest2);
addChild( myloader1 );

}

Any help would be appreciated!
matt

Help Wih URLRequest
linkButton.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler (event:MouseEvent) :void {
navigateToURL (new URLRequest ("

URLRequest
OK, new Flash user here and I am trying to get my head around the differences between ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0

I'm trying to add an Action to an invisible button that sits on top of my animated Flash banner. I've used the following script but can't get it to work ('link' is my instance name):

function goHome (event:MouseEvent):void
{
var targetURL:URLRequest=new
URLRequest("https://www.josh.com/josh/")
;
navigateToURL(targetURL);
}
link.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goHome);

When I check the script I don't get any error messages however when I publish it won't link. Can anyone offer any advice?

URLRequest Help
so IM trying to take input text, and apply it to a URL string.
Im using URLRequest, and this is not kiking back an error,
but its also not including the zip either??

var zip:String;
var norcalhonda:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.norcalhonda.com/result.php?searchzip=" + zip);

goBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , getCode);

function getCode(event:MouseEvent):void
{
zip = zipInput.text;
navigateToURL(norcalhonda);
//trace(zip);
}

URLRequest
Hey guys,

Im not sure why this is happening but i have a perfect script which works fine on its own. It executes the URLRequest and loads in an external sound.

However when i add the code to another .fla file i keep getting "Call to a possibly undefined method URLRequest".

The .fla it doesnt work on is a platform game im working on. With an external .as file with around 600 lines of code.

Ideally i'd like to import 4 songs externally and use them for each of the levels but im getting this error over and over. I even tried applying the code to the timeline but the same error occurs.

The code i am using is: -

Code:

var s:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("Sound.mp3"));
s.play();

Any help would be welcome.

Thanks

URLRequest Issues
I am working on a project that reads data from an online xml file that changes frequently. I an using timers to access the file (around once a minute). I get the first read successfully but the subsequent reads end up giving me the exact same data (like the request is just reading from a cache).

I looked up URLRequest http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/...RLRequest.html and URLRequest objects have a useCache property - however the flash help does not say anything about any kind of cache or useCache boolean value.

Does anyone have any idea of what I should be looking for?

Help With URLRequest Within A Loop
Hi All

I have built a little news reader in Actionscript 3. I am having a problem with assigning the url property for each news item. Being completely new to as3 i was thinking that i may be doing this all wrong so i hope somebody can help.

here is the script in quetion:

ActionScript Code:
import fl.motion.easing.*;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import gs.TweenLite;
var ySpacing:Number = 55;
var itemCount:Number = 0;
var pageNum:Number = 1;

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadXML);
loader.load(new URLRequest("newsReader.php"));
function loadXML(e:Event):void
{

var xml = new XML(e.target.data);

for (var i=0;i<xml.item.length();i++) {
var newsBit:newsClip = new newsClip();
newsBit.newsHeader.htmlText = "<b>" + xml.item.newsHeader[i] + "</b>";
newsBit.newsDate.htmlText = "<b>" + xml.item.newsDate[i] + "</b>";
newsBit.newsText.htmlText = xml.item.newsText[i];

if (xml.item.newsLink[i] != "") {
var clickObj:moreInfo = new moreInfo();
clickObj.y = 43;
clickObj.x = 175;
clickObj.goToLink = new URLRequest();
clickObj.goToLink.url = xml.item.newsLink[i];
clickObj.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadLink);
function loadLink() {
navigateToURL(clickObj.goToLink, "_parent");
}
newsBit.addChild(clickObj);

}
newsBit.y = itemCount * ySpacing;
newsHolder.addChild(newsBit);
itemCount++
}

}

Everything works great except that no matter which clickObj you click, the URLRequest always loads the last item from the xml. I am thinking that a unique instance of the URLRequest object is not being created on each loop pass so the url parameter of the URLRequest object is being overwritten with the last value in the xml ech time around.

Can anyone shed some light on what i can do?

Thanks
pT

URLRequest Via TextInput
I'm working on having a URL request so that a user can type in the name of a song within a text input on the player labelled inputText, to accept the song name the use clicks the button labelled save_btn to then change the target file.

I've traced the variable track that is assigned the contents on the text field, but this wont pass itself on, I assume theres some way of updating the URLRequest but I can't seem to get anything to work: -

Code:
inputText.text = "2.mp3";
var track:String = new String(inputText.text);
var url:URLRequest= new URLRequest(track);
var _channel:SoundChannel;
var _sound:Sound = new Sound(url);

initSound();

save_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, save);

function save (event:MouseEvent)
{
track = inputText.text;

//SOME CODE IN HERE TO RE-ASSIGN URL?
trace(track);
}

function initSound():void
{
_channel=_sound.play();
}
For the love of all that is sacred someone please help...I don't have much hair left to pull out as it is!

URLRequest And Switching It
Hi, Im looking for some advice on the best way to switch my URLRequests and load the request into my TArea component..

could anyone help with how to switch the request, at the moment I am writing a new URLRequest, externalReq, externalReq2 etc, but I will need 12 all together so this seems a little long winded, also how could I use a combo box to switch the Request, Im basically loading HTML into a TArea component one for each month of the year and I need to be able to choose a month and then load in the appropriate HTML file...

Any advice appreciated...

Thanks...

AS3 noob

ActionScript Code:
var externalReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("panels/dates.html");
var externalReq2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("panels/test.html");
var externalLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

externalLoad.load(externalReq);

externalLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textReady);
but_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, switchFeed);
but_mc.buttonMode = true;
//up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, scrollUp);
//down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, scrollDown);

function switchFeed(evt:*):void {
trace("i was clicked");
externalLoad.load(externalReq2);
externalLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textReady);
}

function textReady(event:Event):void
{
external_txt.htmlText = event.target.data;
}

Urlrequest Question
Hi everyone, I am using the following code to link to several different page anchors I have:

The problem I have is I don't want the link to be opened in a new browser (new urlrequest). What should I use so the link just moves to the page anchor?

ActionScript Code:
function image1_1Click(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var url = "http://wri.eas.cornell.edu/MessageBrandAdvertisingFinal/portfolio.html#image1"
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url))
logAction("image1");
}

function image2_1Click(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var url = "http://wri.eas.cornell.edu/MessageBrandAdvertisingFinal/portfolio.html#image2"
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url))
logAction("image2");
}

function image3_1Click(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var url = "http://wri.eas.cornell.edu/MessageBrandAdvertisingFinal/portfolio.html#image3"
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url))
logAction("image3");
}

function image4_1Click(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var url = "http://wri.eas.cornell.edu/MessageBrandAdvertisingFinal/portfolio.html#image4"
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url))
logAction("image4");
}

URLRequest - Variables From PHP
Hello all,

I am using URLRequest to get variables from PHP. I can get all variables from php but thy are in string form, how can I get them to be seperated?

This is PHP:

PHP Code:

print "mediaPaths=$mediaPath&mediaType=$mediaType";

This is the flash part, which hopefully will seperate them:

ActionScript Code:
function onLoaded(evt:Event):void {
datatext = myLoader.data;//returns the two vars above as one long string
}

Thanks all

URLRequest Delay ?
Hi, i'm creating an application where I want to iterate through an array of objects, and update their value in a database, the reading from the database and updating it one post at the time goes without problems, BUT, when i want to update all of the post at the same time, only the last object in the array gets updated.

ActionScript Code:
function updatePos(e:Event):void
{
var tmpLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
for(var i:uint = 0; i <= usrArray.length; i++)
{
var tmpString = "http://localhost:1492/Lab3/Lab3Service.asmx/updatePos?name=" +usrArray[i]._name +"&x=" +usrArray[i].x +"&y=" +usrArray[i].y;
tmpLoader.load(new URLRequest(tmpString));
}
}

Could this be due to some kind of delay/"lag" while contacting the webservice and therefore only the last sent URL-request gets processed correctly ? If that's the case, how could i make sure that the previous request gets completed before the next one starts ?

Thanks.