loading variables into a projector

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04-20-2001, 06:29 AM
lamb_retta

hello

i am trying to load variable text form PHP into a projector.

loading variables from PHP into the swf works fine with this piece of code: _root.mc1.loadVariables("http://www.xy.com/variables.php3", 0, "POST");
in the variables.php3, the variables are in the format &var1=dada&var2=blabla&

now, when i export the project as a projector, it doesn't show me the variables. doesn't like projector variables? and how could it be helped? or what am i doing wrong? does anyone know?

cheers mates
lamb_retta
04-20-2001, 04:29 PM
Northcode

Adam Burtch (Flash Tech Support at MM) has done some research with the Flash team to figure this out and reported back to the community in macromedia.flash.

Basically, POST doesn't always work from a projector file but there ARE situations where it will work (Adam mentioned them but I didn't scribble it down). GET is the golden child if you can pick and choose which method to use.

You can search the old posts at macromedia.flash (forums.macromedia.com) for Adam's full response. I don't think it was more than a week ago that I saw this. If I find it first I'll post it in this thread for everyone to enjoy :)
04-20-2001, 04:33 PM
Northcode

I found it...

-----POST & GET mystery [partially] explained-----

Hi folks:

With regard to folks using the POST method and getting a return code
that the data has been requested via GET (despite the fact that the
data does, in fact get sent properly) here's what the developers told
me:

******
The Flash Player ActiveX control can result in this GET/POST hybrid
behavior for some, but not all, POST operations.

The problem only manifests if the initial URL contacted by the POST
operation performs a Redirect to another URL. The URL that the POST
is redirected to will receive a GET request, not a POST request,
except that the variables will still be contained in the content data
like a POST rather than be appended to the URL like a GET.

Example:
1. A Flash movie sends POST to http://www.macromedia.com/foo.cgi
2. The Web server on http://www.macromedia.com replies with
a Redirect header:
Redirect: http://www.macromedia.com/bar.cgi
3. The user's machine receives the Redirect header from the
server, and re-requests using the new URL:
http://www.macromedia.com/bar.cgi
When bar.cgi is requested, the HTTP request method will
incorrectly be set to GET rather than POST.

The problem will not occur if no Redirect is performed by the initial
URL.

Likely, the folks who are encountering this bug are using Redirects on
their site.

This affects only the Flash Player ActiveX control for all versions of
Internet Explorer/Win. The Netscape plugins and standalone players
are not affected on either Mac or Win or Unix.
******

Sincerely,
Adam Burtch
Macromedia Tech Support/Flash
-- Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of all.
-- and PLEASE read the Flash newsgroup FAQ at
http://www.macromedia.com/go/3535
04-20-2001, 04:40 PM
Northcode

You can find more good info on the POST/GET (and related) problems by doing an advanced search of newsgroups at Google using the following parameters.

subject: POST
author: Adam Burtch
group: macromedia.flash

I suggest using Adam's name to weed out the questions since he replies to (and quotes) most of them anyway.

If you don't read macromedia.flash on a regular basis, you should. There's quite a bit of volume and a lot of "newbie" posts but the occasional nugget pops up every now and then. Failing that, the Google newsgroup archives (formerly DejaNews) are a real treasure.
04-23-2001, 09:15 AM
lamb_retta

neither get nor post -> i am lost

thank you for your help

but unfortunately it doesn't work with "get" either.
funny enough, when i preview the flash player by pressing command + enter on the mac, it works. as well as if it would be a <html>swf</html> in my browser.

it seems, that the projector doesn't "connect" to the net. therefore i ask whether the loadVariables("http://...") statement is enough to get a connection to the net?

hm... i am really puzzled and i tried it on mac and pc_

_retta
04-23-2001, 09:22 AM
lamb_retta

would a xml socket do better?

does anyone know, if xml or xml sockets would solve this problem? is anyone experienced with it?

please let me know, before i head into undiscovered galaxies

hasta pronto

ramba_letta
04-23-2001, 11:06 AM
lamb_retta

... and it works, at least on most pcs except the one i am working with and my mac!!!
it works with loadVariables - get or post in a projector.exe

limbo_rosso
04-23-2001, 11:46 AM
JabezStone

retta,

I am having a similar problem, and one question I am asking myself is whether the fact that I am behind a company firewall could be the culprit or not.

Are you trying to connect via a company network/firewall?
04-23-2001, 12:07 PM
lamb_retta

there is a firewall

jabez

yes, all machines i tried are behind a corporate firewall
i really don't know what could be the problem_

saludos
retta