FLASH: RE: Load Variables?

[Charles Day]

I came up with a lame solution:


Use "Get URL" instead of "Load Variables >>> Load variables into location"


Use....Get URL >>> "variables.cgi" which grabs the latest values for the

variables and writes a new html page sending the new variable to the .swf

like so...


<EMBED src=\"movie.swf?variable1=blablabla"......


Only problem with this is the horrible transition.  It seems since we can

load and unload movies, the functionality should be there to reload the text

files with new values.  Should I put this on the wish list?  Sorry if

there's a solution I'm not aware of.   Can I execute a perl script from

within a .swf and get the new values?  hmmmm. 


Charles


> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Charles Day 

> Sent:	Monday, May 15, 2000 8:08 AM

>

To: 'flashershocker [dot] com'

> Subject:	Load Variables?

> 

> Good Monday morning (yawn)

> 

> Have a dynamic .swf, which loads information from a file using "Load

> Variables" every 30 seconds.  It works fine on my local Windows box.  The

> content changes every 30 seconds.  When published to the webserver, the

> file doesn't get reloaded.  Is there some webserver caching going on?  Is

> there a better way to do this?  I don't want to refresh the whole page.  

> 

> Regards.

> 

> Charles


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