Trying to get a guestbook to work...

[mjstone323]

Hi there -

Not sure if this is the right forum but I thought I'd try...

I'm adapting a Flash guestbook that uses ActionScript to post entries. The thing hangs on the first section of the movie, although it's supposed to go automatically to the section where you can choose to add to the guestbook, and I think it might have something to do with the script (but I'm not sure).

Here is the script in the frame that seems to be the one it's hanging on:

count= "0";
todo= "read";
index= 1;
eof= "false";
loadVariables (/usr/local/

http://www/virtual1/66/175/61/37/html/cgi-bin/book.cgi",

"", "POST&quot

Or it could be hanging on the next frame:

if (eof eq "true&quot{
gotoAndPlay ("ende"
} else {
gotoAndPlay ("read"
}

"ende" is the section I want it to go to; "read" is the section it's hanging on.

Any ideas? Even "this isn't the right forum; try this one" would be helpful. (BTW, I've already tried the Flash forum, but no one ever answers anything with the word "guestbook" in it...why is that, I wonder?)
Marianne

 

[codestorm]

My only *guess* would be that

loadVariables (/usr/local/

http://www/virtual1/66/175/61/37/html/cgi-bin/

book.cgi", "", "POST&quot

should be

loadVariables ("/usr/local/

http://www/virtual1/66/175/61/37/html/cgi-bin/

book.cgi", "", "POST&quot codestorm
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[mjstone323]

Uhhhhh...(she said with an embarrassed expression) - actually, it is that way - I guess if I want people to help me I'd better put the precise code up...
It's

count= &quot;0&quot;;
todo= &quot;read&quot;;
index= 1;
eof= &quot;false&quot;;
loadVariables (&quot;/usr/local/

http://www/virtual1/66/175/61/37/html/cgi-bin/book.cgi&quot;,

&quot;&quot;, &quot;POST&quot

Someone in the Flash forum said maybe the cgi form needed to be configured differently, but the instructions say to only change the &quot;$basedir&quot; path and to change the local &quot;referer&quot; from &quot;0&quot; to &quot;1&quot;.
Not really sure what else to do - I can't seem to find a way to contact the designers - their emails don't work any more... :-(
MS