Load variables to level with timeout
If you make a waiting loop after loading variables
and your server doesn't respond at all, you wait 
until the end of time. Here is a script to avoid this:
Append the string "&loaded=1" to your textfile. (without
the hyphens) Then write the following script:


frame 1:
//init variable loaded
loaded=""
//init time
seconds = 60;
endtime = getTimer() + seconds * 1000;
// load variables to level 0
_level0.loadVariables("myVar.txt","");

frame 2:
// nothing

frame 3:
//loop while loaded is not set and we are in time
if(loaded eq "" and getTimer() < endtime) gotoAndPlay(2)

frame 4:
// check if loaded is set
if(loaded ne ""){//ok loaded is set
	gotoAndPlay(6);
} else {//timeouterror
	gotoAndStop(5);
}

frame 5:
// show timeouterror

frame 6:
// ok, start the show





Dan McLean Date: 17/04/2002
Any reason why you need to include the:
"&loaded=1" 

into the variable file?

Couldn't you have a 

onClipEvent(data) {
  loaded = 1;
}

on the movie clip instead?

this means that people using this method do not have to change variable files or server-side code.

Just a thought!

Hope it helps!



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