sendAndLoad cancellation

> Lon, have you tested your method and found that it actually works?
I cannot provide validation that it would work from an intentional
perspective. As I recall the loss of the Flash object results in the client
side not longer handling server responses. As far as the server side
completing the request or the client still processing the request, I do not
know as I would not look to design client server internet application that
way.

What is not clear in the thread is the need versus the technical inquiry.
Perhaps your need may be solvable with a different approach. For example, if
the user cancels, that really sends a new network request that nullifies
what was processed. Thus you need state on the server side to track the
network transaction and the ability to undo.


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"gurthWERM" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies guys.
>
> So, is it correct that there is no real way to achieve this in AS 2.0?
> Lon, have you tested your method and found that it actually works?
>
> Jim

Thanks for the replies guys.

So, is it correct that there is no real way to achieve this in AS 2.0?
Lon, have you tested your method and found that it actually works?

Jim

I don't think that will actually cancel the process. It will nullified any affect it has on the SWF, but it will still continue to download it and spend bandwidth and processor power.

In AS3.0, they finally added cancel methods to loading external data. Most data is loaded by a special loading class, URLLoader, and you can use the method close() to cancel loading.
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/flash/net/URLLoader.html

Set the object (LoadVars or XML) to undefined and use delete to remove it or
send an abort message to the server with the same object.



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Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
"gurthWERM" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a simple way to cancel this process once the send has
> begun???
> I'd like to give my users the option to cancel without sending anymore
> data.
>
> Thanks for any help with this.
>
> Jim
>