MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 403

The Flash test environment always uses the GET method. To test using the POST method, be
sure you are attempting to use it from within a browser.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
- A string; the URL to which to upload variables.
url:String
- A string; the browser window or frame in which any response will appear.
target:String
You can enter the name of a specific window or select from the following reserved target
names:
specifies the current frame in the current window.
■ "_self"
specifies a new window.
"_blank"
■
specifies the parent of the current frame.
"_parent"
■
specifies the top-level frame in the current window.
■ "_top"
[optional] - A string; the
method:String
default value is .
POST
Returns
- A Boolean value;
Boolean
Example
The following example copies two values from text fields and sends the data to a CFM script,
which is used to handle the information. For example, the script might check if the user got a
high score and then insert that data into a database table.
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
my_lv.playerName = playerName_txt.text;
my_lv.playerScore = playerScore_txt.text;
my_lv.send("setscore.cfm", "_blank", "POST");
See also
sendAndLoad (LoadVars.sendAndLoad method)
or
GET
if no parameters are specified,
false
method of the HTTP protocol. The
POST
true
,
send (XML.send method)
otherwise.
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