Flash Forms and Databases Problem

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Hi
Appologies in advance if this question has been posted before.

I am doing the Flash Forms and Databases tutorial, using freewebs (this could be the problem to start with), and whenever i run my program i get a risk error telling me the file was restricted because it didnt match its securit information. All the HTML tags are displayed on the page, and if i show risked content i just get my asp page.

What am i doing wrong? Answers on a postcard. (or alternatively post them here)

Is it possible to run this tutorial on my machine without connection to the net? what variables would i change?

Also while your here I have an XML based question. Using the xml based menu where the menu options in the tutorial were defined like so:
<item name=“Definition” action=“gotoURL” variables=www.wikipedia.com/definition />

I just want mine to refence a scene and frame. if i use gotoAndStop then define a variable for example deifintions, how would i reference this in my flash file?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Are you sure, that your hosting supports ASP?

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actually i think that may be the problem
Where can i get a domain thats cheap, or free, to do this?
Is it possible to just run it on my computer?

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fordey,

ASP is pretty expensive to run on a home machine, that’s why a lot of people have been turning to PHP. You need to check with your server host. I use LunarPages.com which, aside from the 6.99/month fee costs $1 more each month for ASP. But these prices really fluctuate from host to host.

if you have an Apple then you can run php locally pretty easily. I don’t know about a windows box, but who uses those anyway :wink:

-i

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I use MonsterHosting, they charge $6.75 canadian and have everything you could dream of, even oracle.

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I have decided to not use a web server and instead host on my XP computer using the iis function.
i am having a couple of issues with this though. if i am storing the asp page and the access database in the c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ folder would i caall this in the flash form,

getURL(“http:\Inetpub\wwwroot\processForm.asp”,0,“post”);

then the dreamweaver

MyPath=Server.MapPath(“http:\inetpub\wwwroot\db1.mdb”)

is this correct?
it gives me syntax errors.

thanks for all the help so far and er bump.