hello i'm Jonny and i have a problem. lol well, my asp runs fine now, but there seems to be a conflict somewhere. when i run it on it's own, i get the error "&act=3", which is a custom error, and should be generated when my results return null. however, when they don't return null, even when the script has written "&act=#username", it still returns this error 3 to the flash page. i have the flash spaced over three frames, frame 1 is the log-in, frame 2 is the preloader, frame three is the result. here's the code. frame#1 //button script on (press){ mySend=new LoadVars(); mySend.name=name; mySend.pass=pass; mySend.send("http://www40.brinkster.com/c0154697/aim/test.asp","_blank","GET"); gotoAndPlay(2); } frame#2 myLoad=new LoadVars(); myLoad.load("http://www40.brinkster.com/c0154697/aim/test.asp", 0); myLoad.onLoad=function(success){ //below line means if success=true if(success){ gotoAndPlay(2); } else{ trace("not loaded!"); } } stop(); frame#3 testBox.htmlText="validation #"+myLoad.act+""; stop(); asp content it's a preliminary build. any help anyone!!!!! much appreciations to one and all!