As mentioned in my first entry I have started to mess around with AS3.
I have to say that the first couple of days i would have expected to be the hardest but not atol. As soon as i saw the new way i would normally do ‘x’ it was easy.
An example of how i would load data into flash AS2 from a php script
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function login() {
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if (txUser.text.length == 0) {
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txError.text = "** Username Required **";
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} else if (txPass.text.length == 0) {
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txError.text = "** Password required **";
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} else {
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mcLogin._visible = true;
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mcLoader._visible = true;
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result_lv = new LoadVars();
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log_lv = new LoadVars();
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log_lv.user = txUser.text;
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log_lv.pass = txPass.text;
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log_lv.sendAndLoad(phpPath+"login.php"+secureVar(),result_lv,"POST");
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result_lv.onLoad = function(success) {
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if (success) {
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if (result_lv.retval.length) {
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mcLoader.dataLoaded = true;
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} else {
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trace("error:"+unescape(data_lv));
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}
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}
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};
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}
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}
Now with AS3 we have
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function login() {
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if (txUser.text.length==0) {
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txError.text = "** Username Required **";
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} else if (txPass.text.length==0) {
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txError.text = "** Password required **";
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} else {
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var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
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variables.user = txUser.text;
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variables.pass = txPass.text;
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var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
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request.url = "login.php";
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request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
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request.data = variables;
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var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
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loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
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mcLoader.visible=true;
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mcDisable.visible=true;
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try {
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loader.load(request);
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} catch (error:Error) {
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mcDisable.visible=false;
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mcLoader.visible=false;
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txError.text="Unable to load URL";
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}
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function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
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restString = "Welcome back <span style="color: #990000;">"+txUser.text+"</span> You were last logged in:<span style="color: #990000;">"+event.target.data.welcomeMessage+"</span>";
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//
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gotoAndStop(2);
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}
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}
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}
In order to see the flash stats app working you need to first login with usename: client passowrd:client
This application is still work in progress and i am only tracking entry clicks at this point. Though work has started on registering clicks within flash. I should give a thanks to Jason at moogleMedia.com for helping me get a head start on this.
