Refreshing XML 1

[srudin]

Hi there

I got a flash-site using XML; the XML is beeing prepared by an ASP-page. That works pretty good so far and looks something like:

myXML = new XML;
myXML.load("...file.asp"

The problem is that the second time I load the XML flash uses the values from the cache and doesn't really reload it!

I first tried to set the http-header of the website to 'expire immediately'; didn't do anything. I then changed the browser (ie6) setting: General, T.I.Files, Setting from 'Automatic' to 'Every time you visit the page': That did it!

But hey: I can't (and don't want) to change the browser settings of all the guests on my website! So what's this: A bug by ie6 (what about other browsers? - just got this one installed)? A bug by the flash plug-in? Or am I just missing something?

Would be glad for any ideas
sr

 

[BigBadDave]

You need to add a random number to your file call eg :

myXML = new XML();
myXML.load ("file.asp?noCache=" + random (1000000));

Regards

David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

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[srudin]

That was smart!
sr