Automatic filling flash form

stratos

Hi from Greece,

I faced the following problem and looking for help. There is a flash form that I want to fill in several times per day (not a poll). The flash form is not mine so I don't have the source and I don't know the names of the fields (ex FirstName,LastName,etc). By using the SWF decompiler I found out that all data are send to mail.asp file, but no more details are known. It's obvious that the flash form exists on a web server with microsoft software. I have access on that form only as simple visitor (http://domain.com/formpage.htm).

I want to make a php script to automatically fill the form and send data. This script I will put it on my web server (linux OS) and run it as cron job, so the flash form will be filled automatically twice a day.

Can anyone help me? It's crucial to me to make it (personal bet with my boss). Also if someone has a link to give me so I can find more details.

Thanks
Stratos

Weedpacket

Given that you can run the Flash program (fill it out, submit, and all that), it sounds like what you could use is a so-called packet sniffer. Using one of these, you can get a look at exactly what the Flash program is sending to the ASP page (field names and values and headers and all). With that in hand, you can write your script to send the same headers and the same form information with the same field names in the same format.

Dunno what setup you've got, but a quick search on Google on the subject of packet sniffer is sure to turn up something you can use to get the get the above information you need.

estebanz

Did you try to play your flash file in a debug flash player ? If it's not locked, you could identify variable names

stratos

Thanks for your answers. I didn't think the debug player. I will try it. The sniffer will be the last sollution. If you find any other sollution, please sent it!

stratos

Finnaly found the sollution and I'd like to share it with you in case someone has the same problem. I tried Action Script Viewer V3.1 ( http://buraks.com/asv/ ) and ... the field names just came in front of my eyes!!!