Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

Chapter 14: Quizzes
the query string. The recordset is made using the SQL query ‘SELECT * FROM’ the table
‘Quiz’ ‘WHERE category=’ the value of the variable category. Then we create a string from
the records to pass back to Flash. The value of the columns in a record can be accessed using
‘Fields.Item(x)’ where ‘x’ is the number of the column. To set up the string suitable for Flash
the variable data must be in the MIME-encoded form of variable name equals variable value
connecting each assignment pair with the ampersand character. To move through the records in
the recordset object use the ‘moveNext’ method. So that Flash knows how many records have
been sent, the value of the variable ‘questionTotal’ is added to the string and a ‘loaded=1’ value
so that Flash knows that the data has been passed. An alternative method for passing data is to
use the ‘LoadVars’ object which has something called a call back function, to inform the program
when the data has been correctly received. You will learn more about the ‘LoadVars’ object in
Chapter 19.
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