MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference page 892

In SWF files of any version running in Flash Player 7 or later,
domain as the SWF file that is issuing this call. For example, a SWF file at
www.someDomain.com can load data only from sources that are also at
www.someDomain.com. To load data from a different domain, you can place a cross-domain
policy file on the server hosting the data source that is being accessed.
To load variables into a specific level, use
.
loadVariables()
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - Behavior changed in Flash Player 7.
Parameters
- The absolute or relative URL for the external file that contains the variables to
url:String
be loaded. If the SWF file issuing this call is running in a web browser,
same domain as the SWF file; for details, see the following description.
[optional] - Specifies an HTTP method for sending variables. The parameter
method:String
must be the string
GET
appends the variables to the end of the URL and is used for small numbers of variables. The
method sends the variables in a separate HTTP header and is used for long strings of
POST
variables.
Example
The following example loads information from a text file called
movie clip that is created by using
target_mc
function to check the loading progress. The script checks for a variable
setInterval()
named in the params.txt file.
done
this.createEmptyMovieClip("target_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
target_mc.loadVariables("params.txt");
function checkParamsLoaded() {
if (target_mc.done == undefined) {
trace("not yet.");
} else {
trace("finished loading. killing interval.");
trace("-------------");
for (i in target_mc) {
trace(i+": "+target_mc[i]);
}
trace("-------------");
clearInterval(param_interval);
}
}
var param_interval = setInterval(checkParamsLoaded, 100);
892 ActionScript classes
loadVariablesNum()
or . If no variables are sent, omit this parameter. The
POST
must be in exactly the same
url
instead of
params.txt
createEmptyMovieClip()
must be in the
url
method
GET
into the
. You use the