Re: flash-wc

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texte = thanks to all who replyed,i got the search to work.it does use hidden layers.i send the variables out to a WC with get URL (flash action) i do mysearch and then write an .txt file - [writefile] - in the samedirectory. according to flash tutorials Load Variable gets the variablesfrom a .txt file in the same movie, in the same html page.everything is ok. kinda..flash gets the variables off of the .txt file for the first 30min. or so.then Load Variables stops working - just like that.i checked if the .txt file gets updated with every search - it does -even if the flash movie is not loading them in.when i build the hole thing from scrach - i get the same thing - works forabout 30 min - loading variables and everything - and then it stops.just doesn't get loaded back into the flash movie. i know this isn'tprobably an wc issue....Please help..any information or comment will be helpful.kalin On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sally wrote:> I don't know if this is what you want to do exactly, but I set up a VERY> simple example of passing variables from Flash to webcat for our advanced> Flash classes, as so many students wanted to know how to pass variables to> a database. Not sure what you mean about not leaving the flash movie.> > You can see it at > http://www.securityblvd.com/flashmodrecord/framemain.html> > The flash movie plays in the menu frame at the left. When you click on> category 1 or category 2, the variable is passed to webcat which then does> the search and returns the results in the right frame. In flash the> buttons are scripted with the following:> > On (Release)> Set Variable: category = cat1> Get URL (catlist.html, window=lowerright, vars=POST)> End On> > And of course category is the name of the field in webcat that is being> searched.> > Hope this helps.> Sally> > At 09:26 AM 7/24/00, you wrote:> >hmmm... i don't really know. i have no experience with flash and the > >flash guy i worked with has really minimal experience with webcat... > >between the two of us, we never got that working. i would love to > >know how to do it.> >> >anyone??> >> >- ck> >> >>thanks to Charles for responding.> >>the site looks grate> >>i thought about the frameset too.> >>my problem is that i waht to do a search and get the results without> >>leaving the flash movie.> >>according to one of the technotes on the macromedia site this is possible> >>and the example they give is based on a ASP script which evaluates> >>variables, something that can be easely done with one template with WC> >>too.> >>Load Variables with action POST wold be the ideal solution for that.> >>i assume you are using the getURL action and you link to that hidden page> >>that does the rest.> >>it seems ilogical that if the action works one way - loading varioables> >>FROM a txt file in the movie - and doesn't work the other way around.> >>> >>thanks> >>> >>kalin> >>> >>> >>> >>On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Charles Kline wrote:> >>> >>> hi kalin,> >>>> >>> we dealt with this kind of issue by using an invisible frame. we have> >>> the movie load into a frameset and have one col have a size of 0.> >>>> >>> then you can pass stuff to this page and do your webcat magic unseen.> >>>> >>> have a look: http://www.charlotteshop.com - i did all the webcat> >>> stuff and a guy names matt did all the flash. i passed your mail to> >>> him to see if he had any advise.> >>>> >>> - charles> >>>> >>>> >>> >hi all> >>> >i'm trying to pass some variables from a flash movie to a .tpl or .txt> >>> >file using WC.> >>> >if i use the flash action getURL everything's fine. but i> >>> >don't want to leave the movie and go to another html page. so i tryed> the> >>> >flash action LoadVariables like this:> >>> >On (Release)> >>> >> >>> > Load Variables (do.tpl, , vars=POST)> >>> >> >>> >End On> >>> >> >>> >and it's not doing it. in do.tpl the code is like this:> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >[name_of_the_variable]> >>> >> >>> >does anybody done that?> >>> >> >>> >i've tryed do.txt too.> >>> >when i load variables FROM a .txt file it works fine.> >>> >> >>> >thanks> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >kalin> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >>> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> > the mailing list .> >>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> >> >>> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> the mailing list .> >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>> >>> >>-------------------------------------------------------------> >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >> the mailing list .> >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>> >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >> >> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: flash-wc (Kalin Mintchev 2000)
Re: flash-wc (Sally 2000)
Re: flash-wc (Rob Marquardt 2000)
Re: flash-wc (Charles Kline 2000)
Re: flash-wc (Kalin Mintchev 2000)
Re: flash-wc (Charles Kline 2000)
flash-wc (Kalin Mintchev 2000)

thanks to all who replyed,i got the search to work.it does use hidden layers.i send the variables out to a WC with get URL (flash action) i do mysearch and then write an .txt file - [writefile] - in the samedirectory. according to flash tutorials Load Variable gets the variablesfrom a .txt file in the same movie, in the same html page.everything is ok. kinda..flash gets the variables off of the .txt file for the first 30min. or so.then Load Variables stops working - just like that.i checked if the .txt file gets updated with every search - it does -even if the flash movie is not loading them in.when i build the hole thing from scrach - i get the same thing - works forabout 30 min - loading variables and everything - and then it stops.just doesn't get loaded back into the flash movie. i know this isn'tprobably an wc issue....Please help..any information or comment will be helpful.kalin On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sally wrote:> I don't know if this is what you want to do exactly, but I set up a VERY> simple example of passing variables from Flash to webcat for our advanced> Flash classes, as so many students wanted to know how to pass variables to> a database. Not sure what you mean about not leaving the flash movie.> > You can see it at > http://www.securityblvd.com/flashmodrecord/framemain.html> > The flash movie plays in the menu frame at the left. When you click on> category 1 or category 2, the variable is passed to webcat which then does> the search and returns the results in the right frame. In flash the> buttons are scripted with the following:> > On (Release)> Set Variable: category = cat1> Get URL (catlist.html, window=lowerright, vars=POST)> End On> > And of course category is the name of the field in webcat that is being> searched.> > Hope this helps.> Sally> > At 09:26 AM 7/24/00, you wrote:> >hmmm... i don't really know. i have no experience with flash and the > >flash guy i worked with has really minimal experience with webcat... > >between the two of us, we never got that working. i would love to > >know how to do it.> >> >anyone??> >> >- ck> >> >>thanks to Charles for responding.> >>the site looks grate> >>i thought about the frameset too.> >>my problem is that i waht to do a search and get the results without> >>leaving the flash movie.> >>according to one of the technotes on the macromedia site this is possible> >>and the example they give is based on a ASP script which evaluates> >>variables, something that can be easely done with one template with WC> >>too.> >>Load Variables with action POST wold be the ideal solution for that.> >>i assume you are using the getURL action and you link to that hidden page> >>that does the rest.> >>it seems ilogical that if the action works one way - loading varioables> >>FROM a txt file in the movie - and doesn't work the other way around.> >>> >>thanks> >>> >>kalin> >>> >>> >>> >>On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Charles Kline wrote:> >>> >>> hi kalin,> >>>> >>> we dealt with this kind of issue by using an invisible frame. we have> >>> the movie load into a frameset and have one col have a size of 0.> >>>> >>> then you can pass stuff to this page and do your webcat magic unseen.> >>>> >>> have a look: http://www.charlotteshop.com - i did all the webcat> >>> stuff and a guy names matt did all the flash. i passed your mail to> >>> him to see if he had any advise.> >>>> >>> - charles> >>>> >>>> >>> >hi all> >>> >i'm trying to pass some variables from a flash movie to a .tpl or .txt> >>> >file using WC.> >>> >if i use the flash action getURL everything's fine. but i> >>> >don't want to leave the movie and go to another html page. so i tryed> the> >>> >flash action LoadVariables like this:> >>> >On (Release)> >>> >> >>> > Load Variables (do.tpl, , vars=POST)> >>> >> >>> >End On> >>> >> >>> >and it's not doing it. in do.tpl the code is like this:> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >[name_of_the_variable]> >>> >> >>> >does anybody done that?> >>> >> >>> >i've tryed do.txt too.> >>> >when i load variables FROM a .txt file it works fine.> >>> >> >>> >thanks> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >kalin> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >>> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> > the mailing list .> >>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> >> >>> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> the mailing list .> >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>> >>> >>-------------------------------------------------------------> >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >> the mailing list .> >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>> >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >> >> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> >> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kalin Mintchev

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