Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Remoting / August 2006

The Flash is being exported as Flash 7 and uses ActionScript 2.0. Here's the
ActionScript that calls the products from the database:

[h]//-- box styles
lb_ProductList.setStyle("backgroundColor","0xF3E6E0");
lb_ProductList.setStyle("borderStyle","none");
_root.product_details_mc.colours.setStyle("fontSize","9");
_root.product_details_mc.sizelist.setStyle("fontSize","9");
_root.product_details_mc.quantity.setStyle("fontSize","9");
_root.product_details_mc.quantity.setStyle("backgroundColor","0xF2ECD9");
_root.product_details_mc.quantity.setStyle("borderStyle","solid");
_root.product_details_mc.quantity.setStyle("borderColor","0x999999");
//--

var z=1;
while(z < 15){
    setProperty(_root.swatches["swatch" + z], _visible, false);
      z++;
}

// Include the Required NetService class files
#include "NetDebug.as"
#include "NetServices.as"

// connect to the Flash Remoting service provider
if (isGatewayOpen == null) {
  // do this code only once
  isGatewayOpen = true;
  // Make the Gateway connection
 
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("http://OURIPADDRESS/flashservices/gateway");
  gatewayConnnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();  
}
productService=
gatewayConnnection.getService("com.clientname.product_range_new", this);
  trace("Connected");
  // CALL Web service: Do initial Data load for DropDown List
  productService.product_range();
  trace("sent request");

function getProductsList() {
    // Check first list item is not selected
    if(bob.getSelectedIndex() != 0){
        // Invoked when a user selects a product Type from the ComboBox
        trace("sent request. ProductType: " + bob.text);
        // invoke the "getProductsList" method in the productService service, send
current selection
        productService.product_range2(bob.text);
    }
  }
 
function product_range2_Result(result){
    // populate the list box with products of the selected type
    trace("server responded: Records: " + result.getLength());
    trace("setting the ListBox");
    lb_ProductList.setDataProvider(result);
    }
 
  function product_range_Result(result) {
    trace("server responded: Records: " + result.getLength());
    trace("setting the Drop Down");   
    // This function will be invoked by the server when it has finished processing
    bob.setDataProvider(result);
    bob.labelField = "range_name";
    }
   
function getProductDetails() {
    // Invoked when a user selects a product Type from the ComboBox
    trace("sent request. Product id: " + lb_ProductList.selectedItem.data);
    // invoke the "getProductsList" method in the productService service, send
current selection
    productService.product_details(lb_ProductList.selectedItem.data);   
    // retrieve all styles for this item
    productService.product_styles(lb_ProductList.selectedItem.data);
}

function getSizes() {

    productService.product_sizes(lb_ProductList.selectedItem.data,_root.product_det
ails_mc.colours.selectedItem.label);
}

_root.product_details_mc.product_name="";

function product_details_Result(result){
    // This is the final bit which displays the product details. It just takes
the values from the server and puts them into the mc product_details_mc
    trace("server responded: Records: " + result.getLength());
    _root.product_details_mc.product_name=result.items[0].product_name;

    _root.product_details_mc.product_description=result.items[0].product_descriptio
n;
    if (result.items[0].price != "0"){
    _root.product_details_mc.price="?"+(result.items[0].price)+".00";
    }
    trace("On Sale: " + result.items[0].onsale);
    if (result.items[0].onsale == "yes"){
        setProperty(_root.product_details_mc.strike, _visible, true);
        _root.product_details_mc.saleprice="SALE:
?"+(result.items[0].saleprice)+".00";
    }else{
        setProperty(_root.product_details_mc.strike, _visible, false);
        _root.product_details_mc.saleprice="";
    }
}

function product_sizes_Result(result){
    trace("server responded: Size Records: " + result.getLength());   
    _root.product_details_mc.sizelist.setDataProvider(result);       
}

function product_styles_Result(result){
    trace("server responded: Records: " + result.getLength());   
    _root.product_details_mc.colours.setDataProvider(result);
    setProperty(_root.product_details_mc, _visible, true);
    getProductImage();
    getSizes();
    loadColourChart();
}

function loadColourChart(){
    _root.colourArray = new Array();
    _root.loadedcolours = 0;
    _root.overlay.gotoAndPlay("fadeout");
    _root.overlay.loadingtxt = "Loading colours...";
    var numcolours = _root.product_details_mc.colours.length;
    var x=0;
    _root.maxcolours = numcolours;
    while(x < numcolours){
        var thiscolor = _root.product_details_mc.colours.getItemAt(x).label.split("
/ ");
        productService.swatches(thiscolor[0]);
        if(thiscolor.length==2){
            productService.swatches(thiscolor[1]);
            _root.maxcolours = _root.maxcolours + 1;
        }
          x++;
    }
}

function swatches_Result(result){
    if (array_search(result.items[0].colour_name, _root.colourArray)===false){
        var colorpos = _root.colourArray.push(result.items[0].colour_name);
        set("_root.swatches.swatch" + colorpos + ".colourlabel",
result.items[0].colour_name);
        _root.swatches["swatch" +
colorpos].loadimg.loadMovie("http://www.ourdomain.co.uk/images/colour_chart/" +
result.items[0].swatch);
    }else{
        _root.loadedcolours = _root.loadedcolours + 1;
    }
}

function array_search(needle, haystack) {
var y;
var found=false;
    for (y=0; y<haystack.length; y++) {
        if (haystack[y]==needle) {
            found=true;
            break;
        }
    }
if (found==true)
    return (y);
else
    return (false);
}

function getProductImage(){
    // this removes the instuction text
    setProperty(this.prodInstructions, _visible, false);
    // this shows the loading mc
    setProperty(this.loading, _visible, true);
    // This populates the product details movie clip and loads the image.
    if (_root.played_once){
        // there is already a product image there. Use this to remove it before
loading in the new one below.
        removeMovieClip(_root.product_details_mc.image_holder)
    }
    // duplicate movie loader movie clip so that it the duplicate can be deleted
when it's time to remove it.
    duplicateMovieClip(_root.product_details_mc.image_loader, "image_holder", 50)
// pass the variables so it knows what image to load.

    _root.product_details_mc.image_holder.product_image=_root.product_details_mc.co
lours.selectedItem.data;
    _root.product_details_mc.image_holder.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

function addToCart(){

    productService.addtocart(_root.userid,lb_ProductList.selectedItem.data,_root.pr
oduct_details_mc.colours.selectedItem.label,_root.product_details_mc.sizelist.se
lectedItem.label,_root.product_details_mc.quantity.text);
}

stop();[/h]

We are really stumped so any help is much appreciated.