Table F-1 lists, by function, the official support for HTTP GET and POST on Windows and Macintosh in Standalone Player 5 and Standalone Player 6. Note the following general rules:
Standalone Player 5 on Windows and Macintosh does not support POST.
Standalone Player 6 on Windows does not support POST for functions that receive results in a web browser rather than the Player.
Hence, even if POST works on your system, you should use GET wherever possible for the best results on the most platforms.
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Function |
Win GET F5 |
Mac GET F5 |
Win POST F5 |
Mac POST F5 |
Win GET F6 |
Mac GET F6 |
Win POST F6 |
Mac POST F6 |
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getURL( ) |
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loadMovie( ) |
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loadMovieNum( ) |
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loadVariables( ) |
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loadVariablesNum( ) |
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LoadVars.send( ) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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LoadVars.sendAndLoad( ) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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MovieClip.getURL( ) |
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MovieClip.loadMovie( ) |
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MovieClip.loadVariables( ) |
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XML.send( ) |
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XML.sendAndLoad( ) |
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[1] POST requests are converted to GET requests but no variables are sent (i.e., the query string is missing). In my tests, POST works in Standalone Player 5 on Macintosh, but the consensus from Macromedia and the developer community is that POST does not work reliably in that Player.
[2] POST requests are converted to GET requests, and data is transferred via the GET request query string.
[3] The entire loadVariables( ) method works neither in the Standalone Player nor with executable Projectors (i.e., movies bundled with the Standalone Player in a single executable file).
