[Boulder.pm] Flash 5 Perl interface

[Luke Palmer]

> Is there anyone that can help with me with a Flash 5 / Perl interface
> question. I am trying to create a form in Flash 5 that will send
> information to my server (Win NT) and store the information in a text
> file. The server has Perl installed.  I have already created a small Perl
> script that will parse the information and write it to a file. I tested
> this Perl script with some HTML code. The HTML code consists of a form
> that sends one variable to the Perl script. When I try to create the form
> in Flash, I am having difficulty. 
> 
> This seems like it should be very easy to do. I have tried many examples
> that I have found on the web without any success.
> 
> If you would like to help, I can send you the source code of what I have
> done so far.

Hmm, I did some of this at my previous job.  I don't (*can't) have
Flash 5 installed here, but IIRC, GetUrl takes parameters that tell it
whether to post its variables.

Why don't you try activating that option and then writing a little CGI
script that will dump everything passed to it, so you know what you're
looking for?  Flash 5 has some strange conventions as I recall.

Luke