The Power of LoadVars Object

This method can be used to internally decode name/value pairs into object properties and values. It accepts one argument as a string that contains name/value pairs and the string will be converted into object properties and associated values.

Name/value pairs look like the following:
myvariable=value&myothervariable=anothervalue

 

This hidden method will convert the above name/value pairs into two properties "myvariable" and "myothervariable." The values of these properties are the associated values in the name/value pair string, so the value of "myvariable" in the above string is "value" and the value of "myothervariable" in the above string is "anothervalue." Here's a little code example to show you what this method does:

// create a new instance of the LoadVars object
vat lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

// call the method with name/value pair string
lv.decode("name=Jhon&age=22");

 

// iterate over all the properties in the ‘lv’ object
for(var i in lv){
    //trace the property name and property value
    trace(i+":"+ lv [i])
}

The output of the above code will be:

name:Jhon
age:22

Conclusion

The LoadVars Object is the powerful way to obtain simple communication with any server or fo loading data from text files. However, for complex data communication it is recommended to use WebService Connector component available in Flash MX 2004 Professional, or you can also use Flash Remoting MX for an effective and efficient method of communicatio. Flash Remoting MX uses Action Message Format (AMF), a binary message format designed for the ActionScript object model, which was modeled on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).AMF uses a packed format to relay information so the communication with the server will be efficient.