Put your cfcookie after the flash. Else it will always be 1 when you get
to the flash.
<cfparam name="COOKIE.previousvisitor" default="0">
fo.addVariable("previousvisitor",
"<cfoutput>#COOKIE.previousvisitor#</cfoutput>");
<cfif COOKIE.previousvisitor IS 0>
<cfcookie name="previousvisitor" value="1" expires="100">
</cfif>
Andy Matthews wrote:
> There's a flash video on the front page of my company website. The boss
> wants it to play straight off the first time you visit, then go to a still
> frame with a play button the second (and any time afterwards).
>
> So I thought to myself, cfcookie would be a great idea. I've got this code
> at the top of the page:
>
> <cfparam name="COOKIE.previousvisitor" default="0">
> <cfif COOKIE.previousvisitor IS 0>
> <cfcookie name="previousvisitor" value="1" expires="100">
> </cfif>
>
> Then, I output the value of the cookie and dump it into the Flash movie like
> so:
> fo.addVariable("previousvisitor",
> "<cfoutput>#COOKIE.previousvisitor#</cfoutput>");
>
> The problem is that it's not working. In FF, I clear ALL of my private data
> (including cookies), but when I reload the page the video is still stuck on
> the still frame. It's not the Flash because it's outputting 1 into the movie
> instead of 0.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
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> web developer
> certified advanced coldfusion programmer
> ICGLink, Inc.
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