I have a little flash application(cs4) to read xml files and to display the contents. xml files are being read using LoadVars::sendAndLoad() over http. It works fine unless I have an accented characater in the url.
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Is there an easy way using AS3 to convert a string that has accented characters in extended ASCII into regular characters? For instance:"Cdiz, Spain" to "Cadiz, Spain"The reason I want to do this is my program tests for matches between two data sources, one that uses accented characters and one that doesn't. Currently it's not considering that kind of comparison to be the same even though I want it to.
I'm building an interface to browse the Netflix Watch Instantly movies and I have run into a problem with special characters in the RSS feed. The URL for the feed is as follows: [URL]. If you open this in your browser, you will see the entire list. If you load this via an XML.load() call in Actionscript and read the result in an onLoad handler, it gets truncated at the end of the entry for the movie called "Lola Montes".
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I'm experiencing a strange problem. I'm loading an image with the Loader class (here is the code snippet):
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loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest(path));
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After a lot of frustration I have just discovered that flash would pass in a different way a variable containing an accent (ex: myVar=test) if using LoadVars or just oadmovie("someScript.php?variable="+myVar);
PHP would get:
(with loadVars) =testé (which is probably unicode)
with (loadMovie) = test (which is not readable back again in flash, without using
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I cant figure out how to import and read accented characters.
I have a php files, that loads as an XML file.
I'm trying to gather a Unicode list of all the 'o' like shapes in the Hindi character-set. In fact, a list of any characters (in any language) that makes uses of separate characters to indicate an accent would be better.I intend to use this unicode-list in a RegExp.I been trying to edit a list of character-ranges by outputting them in an Input TextField, but editing this text causes weird issues (the keyboard-cursor isn't place on the correct character, selections suddenly dissappear / incorrectly warps... in other words... HINDI HELL!)
I've tried this with Notepad++ too, but although it was more responsive, it eventually crapped out on me like it did in the Flash Player textfield. This seems to occur especially while removing the [] block (nulls?) characters. Some of them trigger odd behaviors.
I've been using Flash for a few years now and I've recently (5 months+) started using CS5 package.My query is how do I successfully embed accented latin characters into a "classic" dynamic text field in my compiled Flash movie that are called from an external text file. I've searched the various forums online and all the methods demonstrated have not worked.
What I've done so far is to to select my dynamic text field, click on "Embed" within the PROPERTIES area, choose the font and the weight, then add any of the foreign characters and/or glyphs to the "Also include these characters:" area then finish up and compile. When I run my SWF file, the glyphs and accented fonts are missing but all the other typical Latin characters show up.
I tried this same method in CS4 (because we have an old Mac in the office too), and almost the same thing happened except instead of completely missing out the glyphs and fonts, it showed a box (almost like an image placeholder) instead.
i am trying to get my serverside URL link from XML file to be able to POST in flash using sendAndLoad method.
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I was googling all the evening trying to find a safe way to send data to MySQL db.
The method that I was using in past projects is like this (AS2 > PHP > MySQL):
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This method is unsafe since it sends data to PHP with a GET method, the URL string insertDB.php?Name=Jonh&Age=18&Country=USA&Points=123 So anyone can just type in the address bar [URL]..and insert this record (for example with 999 points) into database.
I am having an issue getting sendandload to work with IE. It is working great with Firefox. I am not using https for anything, so I dont think it would have anything to do with what I have been reading.
View 0 RepliesI have a flash form with input text fields. I am sending the data to a 3rd party server. I can send the information via getURL but I want to send the data without opening a browser window so I am utilizing sendAndLoad. It works great locally but not through a browser (tested in IE and Firefox). I have verified that all the variables and urls are in the correct case, I have tried both Post and Get, I have tried network and local
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Just wondering if you can use the sendAndLoad method of the Loadvars object to send "POST" data to a server then recieve the response in an XML object.
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Theres a great tutorial for sending and loading XML here: http:[url]...However, its written in AS2 and Id like to have an equivalent in AS3. Ive attached my attempt, but it doesnt work? even though it doesnt throw any errors.
View 2 RepliesI'm attaching an MC to the timeline and within that attached MC is a LoadVars.sendAndLoad command. This works flawlessly when I have a few variables but becomes horribly bogged down when I have to send (and receive) lots of data. It actually freezes my swf until all the data is loaded, then switches windows <minimizes itself in Win XP> after it's all done loading.So I figure I need a way for the original attach movie to finish loading, before I send the PHP commands...
View 1 RepliesI'm using sendAndLoad to send data from a Flash form to a PHP script. The PHP script will search an SQL database and return the results, in XML, to Flash for parsing. The problem is I'm completely stuck on how to extract the sent Flash information with PHP. It's a single tag with attributes.
View 1 RepliesI'm having trouble with a sendAndLoad-script:
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listener.onComplete = function(file:FileReference):Void{filename = file.name;var sender_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();sender_lv.filename = filename;var reciever_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();reciever_lv.onLoad =
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It uploads a text file to my server (I'm running the .swf file locally) and it works. But I need to load the contents of the file into my program, and when I do the special norwegian characters "� � �" turns into jibberish. So I wrote a script to change the encoding, but when I send the filename to the .php file, I don't get a response.
I am using the sendAndLoad class to perform a script through PHP and load the variables back into the swf. Using Firefox Firebug, I am able to tell that everything is executing correctly, including the PHP script returning the following variables:
&mySubscriberID=36&firstName=Bill
But the variables are not making it back into the swf file. Here is the code for the first frame of my flash file:
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I also have dynamic text fields with the above variables assigned to them.
the sendAndLoad class to perform a script through PHP and load the variables back into the swf. Using Firefox Firebug, I am able to tell that everything is executing correctly,including the PHP script returning the followingvariables:&mySubscriberID=36&firstName=BillBut the variables are not making it back into the swf file. Here is the code for the first frame of my flash file:
stop(); var sendLV = new LoadVars();var recLV = new LoadVars();
recLV.onLoad = function(success:Boolean){trace("recLV back from php");}
sendLV.onLoad = function(success:Boolean){ nextFrame(); trace("sendLV back
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How do I add a preloader for the sendAndLoad function.
View 11 RepliesIn the code below - fRequest_activate initiates a sendAndLoad - all fine and dandy. Thing is - I want to be able to return a value from this function that indicates whether the server response was satisfactory - and I can't work out how to to it.Because the onLoad function is nested within my fRequest_activate function it has all got a bit messy - and just doesn't work - how do I pass the status from an asynchronous server call - which at the moment is picked up by the onLoad callback, back to my original function? - or should I just approach this problem in a different way? All I want to do is call one function - and know if it has been successful or not in talking to my server.
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function fRequest_activate():String {
var lvEmail_send:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
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I am using sendAndLoad to query a database that returns over 30,000 records. While the query itself is executed in 0.43 seconds (says phpmyadmin) the sendAndLoad takes some 15 seconds to be executed in AS2. I am wondering if there is a faster alternative to this method.
View 2 RepliesI try make work a simple sendAndLoad but I got a strange answer from server!
AS3-PHP.fla :
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var var_put:URLVariables=new URLVariables();
var_put.name1="John";[code].........
First var1 is undefined, second it's strange to see a part of the html page.I read other examples which looks like to mine, I don't know what write more to make it works.
I'd like to double check that sendAndLoad is sending the correct string to a jsp. I don't have any control over the jsp so I'm reliant on seeing the url string. Here's the code use to sendAndLoad
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function doSubmit() {
formData = new LoadVars();
formData.loginName = "test";
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I'm creating a login in Flash that connects to a MySql database through PHP.I'm using sendAndLoad() and the variables are being send to PHP without any prolems, however it does not seem to be returning any info resulting in a "invalid username/pass" message.I'm fairly sure the problem lies in the PHP but not too sure where! Do I have to declare the result_lv variable in the PHP somewhere? How and where?
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I have one questio: How can i sendAndLoad variables that are on another domain.I have a mail form in flash...and i'm using sendAndLoad property, here it's my script:
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sender.onRelease = function () {
//senderLoad.theName = nume.text;
senderLoad.kind_txt = Kind;
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But i don't get the variables back and no mail was send!
I have a problem with the code below. It sends the vars to the submit.php but it doesnt load them. All files are in the same folder. Get the .fla --> here
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var oListener:Object = new Object();
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
ratio.text = score;
lvData.scored = score;
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I have an issue trying to send out a url with value name pairs in different languages. Does anyone know if there is a function in flash to convert the characters to html entities before hand?
View 1 RepliesI'm sending an array of 20 items to a PHP script. Here's the sendAndLoad call:
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rankedSubmitBtn.onRelease = rankedSubmitBtn.onReleaseOutside = function():Void
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From what I understand, LoadVars.sendAndLoad( ) is generally used to request variable data form a server. I am trying to download an image (which can be returned to me as a bitmap, jpeg, or png depending on my a variable i pass to the server in the sendAndLoad command.
Is this possible? If so, what object do I specify as the target object in the sndAndLoad( ) command?[code]...