Retrieving Network Operation Results With Lingo - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

To retrieve a file as text:
Use the
1
getNetText()
getNetText()
Use the
2 netTextResult()
. See
postNetText
To retrieve and play a new Shockwave movie from the network:
•
Use the
gotoNetMovie
The current movie continues to run until the new movie is ready to play. After the new movie is
ready, the player quits the current movie without warning and plays the new movie in the same
display area as the calling movie.
To open a URL in the user's browser:
•
Use the
gotoNetPage
Shockwave movie, HTML, or another MIME type. See
You can specify that this command replace a page's content or open a new page. If the browser
isn't open, the command launches the browser. If the
which the movie is playing, the movie keeps playing until the browser replaces the page.
The
gotoNetPage
To preload a file from the server into the cache:
•
Use the
preloadNetThing()
The
preloadNetThing()
where it is available for later use. Director can later preload the asset into memory without a
download delay.
The current movie continues playing while preloading occurs.
To test whether getNetText(), preloadNetThing, or gotoNetMovie operations are complete:
•
Use the
netDone()
To post information to a server and retrieve a response:
•
Use the
postNetText

Retrieving network operation results with Lingo

Lingo can retrieve network operation results, such as a text result, a unique identifier for a
network operation, a file's MIME type, and the date an HTTP item was last modified.
A returned network ID is for the network operation whose results are being retrieved.
To retrieve the text result of a network operation:
•
Use the
netTextResult()
To retrieve the "date last modified" string from the HTTP header for a specific item:
•
Use the
netLastModDate()
function or the
or in the Lingo Dictionary.
postNetText
function to return the text you retrieved with
in the Lingo Dictionary.
netTextResult()
command. See
command. This command works whether the URL refers to a
command is similar to the Director
function. See
function initiates downloading a linked movie asset into the cache,
function. See
netDone()
command. See
postNetText
function. See
function. See
command to start retrieving text. See
postNetText
in the Lingo Dictionary.
gotoNetMovie
gotoNetPage
gotoNetPage
command. It doesn't return a value.
open
preLoadNetThing()
in the Lingo Dictionary.
in the Lingo Dictionary.
in the Lingo Dictionary.
netTextResult()
netLastModDate()
getNetText
in the Lingo Dictionary.
command replaces the page in
in the Lingo Dictionary.
in the Lingo Dictionary.
Using Shockwave Player 597
or