I tried it and still can't get it to work.
With AS2, our VB developers could use the SetVariable for his input & I could use fscommand for my output. Simple as that but reading through the forums http://forums.adobe.com/search.jspa?q=AS3++VB6&resultTypes=MESSAGE&resultTypes=COMMUNITY&peopleEnabled=true&dateRange=all&username=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
I realized that a lot of questions were never answered. The only documentation regarding VB and Flash is outdated (I mean good for AS2) http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash_vb.pdf , in fact that is the bases of our company's software. It seems like we are going to be stuck on AS2 and miss out on a lot of good stuff that AS3 has to offer.
Ok thanks, I will check it out.
On the development side I have a simulator program compiled in VB with ActiveX, which contains predefined variable names. I can insert any values to into a field then load the SWF from that simulator.
All I know is that when I click the send button, the new values will show up on an AS2 SWF.
On AS3 (loaded from the simulator) for example, if I set the value of a myVariable:String to null the SWF will not detect if that null value has changed.
The VB send this command: SWF1.SetVariable 'myVariable' with a string data off "whatetever"
I can set AS2 to see if myVariable is null or not and then display the new data when it becomes != null.
Yes I have tried both.
The DeMonster Debugger does not show the VB variables at all.
By default, the software that loads my swf file already sent out the variables. I can't get my swf file to see those variables. In AS2 I used onEnterFrame or setIntervals to detect the changes.
It will only work if you type in the variable & its value but will not display the "new" value supplied by VB.
Hey thanks John, I will play with with and let you kknow how it goes.
Anyway, I will read the info on this URL and try it again.
Thanks for the pointers.
The install did a loop looking for a "folder".
You are one lucky girl....