Translated by: Bernhard Spuida
First published: 9/8/2000
Setting or reading cookies in Flash may be necessary for example to extend the personalization of a web
site to the Flash file.
Flash does not support direct setting and reading of cookies. Thus, you either have to take the often
published detour of using JavaScript or you just use ASP scripts to set and read cookies. This has among
other things the advantage that Flash can access cookies even when JavaScript is disabled.
The Flash File
In the following the Flash file which can read and set cookies at the client is described. The file calls
the ASP Scripts testCookies.asp, setCookies.asp and getCookies.asp to gain access to the browser's cookies
via ASP.
The Flash file tests for the permission to set client side cookies and allows entering data that is to be
stored in a cookie. The file also reads the cookie content and displays it on screen.
There are two files in the download: one .fla in English, and a second one in German. The compiled .swf is
available in German only.
The User Interface
The user interface is divided into three parts which are described in the following sections.
Figure 1: User interface in Flash
Step 1:
The user clicks the 'START TEST' button to trigger the test on the server to determine whether the browser
of the page visitor accepts cookies. The status message indicates whether the browser accepts cookies or
not.
Step 2:
In the case of cookies being accepted, the Flash movie runs on to th
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