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An integer specifying the level in Flash Player to receive the variables.
level
An optional parameter specifying an HTTP method for sending variables. The
variables
parameter must be the string
The method appends the variables to the end of the URL, and is used for small numbers of
GET
variables. The
POST
strings of variables.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Function; reads data from an external file, such as a text file or text generated by a CGI script,
Active Server Pages (ASP), PHP, or Perl script, and sets the values for variables in a Flash Player
level. You can also use this function to update variables in the active SWF file with new values.
The text at the specified URL must be in the standard MIME format
urlencoded (a standard format used by CGI scripts). Any number of variables can be specified. For
example, the following phrase defines several variables:
company=Macromedia&address=600+Townsend&city=San+Francisco&zip=94103
In SWF files running in a version of the player earlier than Flash Player 7,
same superdomain as the SWF file that is issuing this call. For example, a SWF file at
www.someDomain.com can load variables from a SWF file at store.someDomain.com, because
both files are in the same superdomain of someDomain.com.
In SWF files of any version running in Flash Player 7 or later,
domain (see "Flash Player security features" on page
www.someDomain.com can load variables only from SWF files that are also at
www.someDomain.com. If you want to load variables from a different domain, you can place a
cross-domain policy file on the server hosting the SWF file that is being accessed. For more
information, see
If you want to load variables into a target MovieClip, use
loadVariablesNum()
Example
This example loads information from a text file into text fields in the main Timeline of the SWF
at level 0 in Flash Player. The variable names of the text fields must match the variable names in
the data.txt file.
on(release) {
loadVariablesNum("data.txt", 0);
}
See also
,
getURL() loadMovie()
MovieClip.loadVariables()
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or
GET POST
method sends the variables in a separate HTTP header and is used for long
"About allowing cross-domain data loading" on page
.
,
loadMovieNum()
. If there are no variables to be sent, omit this parameter.
url
188). For example, a SWF file at
loadVariables()
,
loadVariables()
pplication/x-www-form-
a
must be in the
url
must be in exactly the same
190.
instead of
,
MovieClip.loadMovie()
,