After some research, I think I found my answer. Yes, there are sandbox issues because of the different domains. It's unlikely that the other domain will grant me access to it, but I found this trick to get around the sandbox:
Server-side Proxy Script proxy.php <?php fpassthru($_POST["proxy_url"]); ?> >From the Flex application, just call proxy.php?proxy_url=http://otherdomain.com Since the proxy.php file is in the local domain, it is in the sandbox and PHP is doing all of the out-of-the-sandbox work, not Flash. --- In [email protected], "kenny14390" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I'm trying to get the contents of a web page to read and parse and > return a certain value on that page. The URL looks something like this: > > https://longaddress?something=aa&other=CRN > > The "CRN" value at the end is variable and changing it will lead to a > different web page. So I want the user to specify the CRN and then I'd > make a connection to the page, read it, find the value I'm looking > for, and then display it. > > Are there sandbox issues with this? Can I just use the HTTPService > tag? What are the parameters, such as method and resultFormat? > > Thanks >
