Evaluating returns from Cookies

[jamesjackson]

I am using Flash with FS commands to write to and read from Cookies. I have succesfully got Flash to pass values to cookies and for cookies to pass values to Flash. What I cam doing is loading a string from a cookie 'WWUserName' into a variable (an editable text field) named realname. I want Flash to parse the text so that if it equals 'NULL' the text is changed to something else. I have tried, but failed. I used the following Action Script:

FS Command ("GetName", "")
If (realname eq "testing123")
Set Variable: realname = "Correct"
Else
Set Variable: realname = "Incorrect"
End If

The FS Command GetName puts the value from the cookie into the realname textbox fine, but the script after isn't working.

Any suggestions? I would really appreciate if people emailed me suggestions (james@newerawd.co.uk) as I won't have much time to check back here.

Cheers.

[dbrf]

Hi

I think your problem is that you have the commands all in the same frame.

Flash is trying to evaluate 'realname' before it has got it from the cookie.
I know its only a tiny pause while you access the cookie but it is long enough for flash to miss the result, even though it is very quickly displayed in your text box.

Just to test if this is the problem try having two buttons the first calls the cookie and gets back 'realname' and the second then evaluates it.

eg:
"button1"
On (release)
FS Command ("GetName", "")
End on

"button2"
On (release)
If (realname eq "testing123")
Set Variable: realname = "Correct"
Else
Set Variable: realname = "Incorrect"
End If
End on

If this works I'd love to see the code you've used to write to cookies, I've done it using Get URL and javascript but I haven't tried FS commands yet.

Cheers

Dan