System calls?

hello all,

this is my first post here and i hope it’s not a dumb question…i’ve been looking all over (unsuccessfully) for a way to do this. so, here goes:

is there a way other than loadVariables or getURL to have flash mx interact with the server (for example, a perl script)? meaning, do all such interactions have to occur with a webserver running (ie access to scripts in cgi-bin)?

please forgive me if this is a dumb question. :wink:

james

as far as i know they do need a server to interact. you can get apache web server (i think there is a free version) and run that to test things.

though i really haven’t started teaching myself that stuff in depth yet. you might try posting in the server scripting section of this forum
http://www.kirupaforum.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11
good luck … and by the way, there are no dumb questions. everyone is here to ask and answer questions=)

thanx, shuga! i posted the question in the forum you suggested.

james