Equivalent of .send()

Question

Is there an equivalent to LoadVars.send() in AS3 where I just send off variables without waiting for a response? I just send off the variables into cyberspace blindly, and I am happy that way. How do I do it? Or has it been removed for some security thingie in AS3?

Answer 1

You want to take a look at the following URLLoader, URLRequest and URLVariable documentation:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/flash/net/URLVariables.html

Here's example usage directly from the documentation:

package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
import flash.net.URLLoader;

    public class URLVariablesExample extends Sprite {
        public function URLVariablesExample() {
            var url:String = "http://www.[yourDomain].com/application.jsp";
            var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
            var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
            variables.exampleSessionId = new Date().getTime();
            variables.exampleUserLabel = "guest";
            request.data = variables;
            // navigateToUrl(request);
            var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
            loader.load(request);
        }
    }
}

-BTW Yes, that's correct. You should be using URLLoader instead of navigateToURL. I mentioned it but I cut and paste from an example