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ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
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ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

by Colin Moock
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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LoadVars.sendAndLoad() Method
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Bugs
Macromedia’s documentation states that when the target parameter is not specified, the
script at
url is executed, but the results are discarded. However, in Flash Player 6, tests
show that when
target is not specified, the send( ) the method fails to execute the script at
url.
Example
The following code uses a LoadVars object to send the properties name and age as URL-
encoded variables to the script userFind.pl:
// Create the LoadVars object
varSender = new LoadVars();
// Assign properties to the varSender object
// These are the variables sent to the server
varSender.name = "Bruce";
varSender.age = "13";
// Send variables to server, and catch reply in a new browser window
varSender.send("http://www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/userFind.pl", "_blank", "GET");
See Also
getURL( ), LoadVars.onLoad( ), LoadVars.sendAndLoad( ), LoadVars.toString( )
LoadVars.sendAndLoad() Method
transfer variables to a server-side application and receive variables in return
Flash 6
loadVarsObject.sendAndLoad(url, targetObject)
loadVarsObject.sendAndLoad(url, targetObject, method)
Arguments
url A string specifying the absolute or relative location of the external script or
application that receives the Flash variables.
targetObject A reference to the LoadVars ...
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