adding dynamic message at end of flash video - asp.net

Question

I am working on a Flash training video. I would like at the end of the video for a message to pop up with a dynamic confirmation code. I have the code for the confirmation code, but am having trouble creating something either at the end of the flash video or within the aspx page to trigger this message. Any thoughts or ideas of how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.

Answer 1

Depend on the purpose of the application, you can do either one. One thing to consider is does the user has to go through the flash video to obtain the code. If so, you need to organize the flow of the application in a way that the user can't cheat their way to obtain the code.
The ideal way is to have the flash called aspx page at the end of the movie to obtain the dynamic code. This can be done using URLLoader in ActionScript 3.0 or LoadVars in ActionScript 2.0.
URLLoader example
//this is the data
var data = "This is data";
//url of your aspx code
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.yourdomain.com/GenerateCode.aspx");
request.contentType = "text/xml";
request.data = data;
//use POST method
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
try
{
//execute the request
loader.load(request);
}
catch (error:ArgumentError)
{
trace("There is an ArgumentError.");
}
LoadVars example:
//create LoadVars object
var lv_in:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var lv_out:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
//set onLoad event
lv_in.onLoad = function(success:Boolean)
{
//if success, meaning data has received response from .net page, run this code
if (success)
{
//lv_in.status is use to get the posted data from .Net page
statusMsg.text = "Thank you!" + lv_in.status;
}
//if fail, run this code
else
{
statusMsg.text = "Error!";
}
}
//this is the data
lv_out.data = "This is data";
//begin invoke aspx page
lv_out.sendAndLoad("GenerateCode.aspx", lv_in, "POST");
There another easier way but not the best practice i should say. The easier way would be to direct user to aspx page that generate dynamic code after users finish the flash movie. The negative side is, the page can be accessed although users did not finish the flash movie.