Can't see data

[rubbersoul]

Let me try to explaining what's happening....
I have a flash movie....in that movie theres a section with some dynamic text box's.....it has the following actionscript code:

onClipEvent (load) {
loadVariablesNum("

http://localhost:8080/games.php",

0, "GET");
}

I have taken that .swf and put it in a html page and called it index.html.
Now....if I go to run and type

http://localhost:8080

my page pops up....everything is cool...I see my dynamic text box and it has the data in it which is coming from games.php. However, as soon as I put my url....say it's

http://mywebpage.com

I see my page again, and my dynamic text box....but no data in it??? I've changed the code above and put Code:

onClipEvent (load) {
loadVariablesNum("

http://mywebpage.com:8080/games.php",

0, "GET");
}

and I get the same result.....

 

[tviman]

Off the top of my head, I'd leave out the port number in the url - it's not required and some servers will ignore it.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[wangbar]

Are you trying to load the variables from another domain than the movie is in? If so Flash will block the process as a security measure. In MX2004 you can get around this with 'allowDomain'.

Or it could be a latency issue - loading from localhost is a very fast process due to the proximity of the server, but running on the web means delays in the data making a round trip - if you're trying to use the data immediately after the loadVariables call then the textbox will be blank as the data hasn't had time to arrive back from the server.

 

[rubbersoul]

I'm hosting this site off my own PC. I have no domain setup. It's my XP box with IIS and mysql installed on it....

 

[pixl8r]

Then you should try leaving out the port # and/or a relative link.

on(release){
   loadVariablesNum("/games.php", 0, "GET");
}

The leading forward slash will cause IIS to add the URL to the beginning so the link above is actually

http://localhost/games.php.

If they are in the same directory

on(release){
   loadVariablesNum("games.php", 0, "GET");
}

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!