Thanks James. It's a good idea, but I think for this project I'll go
with the "Javascript sets hidden form fields" idea. But thanks for
adding this idea to my spongey brain!

On 31/10/05, JOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I wouldn't hit the server until the location was considered final by the
> user.  Maybe have a "lock hole" or "finalize hole" button in the flash
> movie that triggers the POST.  It wouldn't work to put the POST on
> something like a mouseMove event and I'd be hesitant about using mouseUp
> either for the exact reason you mention.  You don't want the user to
> keep hitting the server over and over for nothing.
>
> The advantage to using the session object would be for two different ASP
> pages... A) The one your Flash movie POSTs to behind the scenes and B)
> the one your HTML form POSTs to when the form is complete.  In order for
> the two ASP pages to share data you need to store the X and Y locations
> somewhere they both can access.  Session seemed like a logical place but
> you have other options like a database or even cookies.  It's up to you
> what makes the most sense for your needs.
>
> JOR
>
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