I tried all sorts of combinations. The point is, it works fine *if* the data pertains to var "id" but not if it pertains to var "pkg" (which is why I don't think your suggested solutions would have helped). It's absolute idiocy, and something I have found pervasive throughout Flash. It's hard enough working through my own bugs without having to work through all the bugs in Flash which I have found to be plethora. I guess since Adobe has us all by the short hairs with a monopoly and since no large corporation could give a rat's a$$ about the little guy, they just suck us dry and hang us out to do the same.
What I ended up doing was appending a 0 to the one variable it seemed to want to accept--id--if it was to be a package. Then all the data neatly compiled just fine for me. How absurd to have to waste a day working around this Flash bug. For the record, I've also found I can't call vars from my Python scripts. I end up calling everything like below with e.target.data and writing my own script to parse out all the name/value pairs. Thank you, Adobe. John ________________________________ From: Cor <c...@chello.nl> To: 'Flash Coders List' <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 3:25 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] can't get e.target.data var str:String = String(e.target.data); without new? -----Original Message----- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: zaterdag 8 oktober 2011 2:44 To: Flash List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] can't get e.target.data Maybe set it to a var first? var data:String = e.target.data; var str:String = new String(data); HTH, Karl On Oct 7, 2011, at 2:23 PM, John Polk wrote: > Here's a code snippet: > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(siteUrl + "store/ > flash_store2.py?id=" + id + "&pkg=" + pkgID); > /* > var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables(); > loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES; > req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST; > variables.pkg = pkgID; > variables.id = id; > req.data = variables; > */ > loader.load(req); > loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSendComplete); > } > > private function onSendComplete(e:Event):void > { > var txt:TextField = new TextField(); > var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); > myFormat.font = "Arial"; > myFormat.size = 5; > var str:String = new String(e.target.data); > > First up, I find I have to often bypass URLVariables because it simply > doesn't work, as is the case here. But the real problem is > thus: > 1) When I test this on my Mac, calling the data from my server, > everything works fine. > 2) When I test this on my server, calling the page TTW, everything > works fine if "id" has a value and "pkg" does not. > 3) When I test my python script that generates the data on my server > passing a value only for "pkg", everything displays fine; however; > 4) When I test this on my server, calling the page TTW with no value > for "id" and a value for "pkg", e.target.data only serves up this > string "->->" which is incomprehensible to me. > How do I trouble-shoot this? > TIA, > John > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
