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When a movie plays back as an applet, this function always returns a string. The string either

has a length of 0 or consists of text that describes an error. The string’s content comes from Java

and can vary on different operating systems or browsers. The text may not be translated into the

local language.

Example

This statement passes a network ID to netError to check the error status of a particular

network operation:

on exitFrame

global mynetID

if netError(mynetID)<>"OK" then beep

end

netLastModDate()

Syntax

netLastModDate()

Description

Function; returns the date last modified from the HTTP header for the specified item. The string

is in Universal Time (GMT) format:

Ddd, nn Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT (for example, Thu, 30

Jan 1997 12:00:00 AM GMT). There are variations where days or months are spelled completely.

The string is always in English.

The

netLastModDate function can be called only after netDone and netError report that the

operation is complete and successful. After the next operation starts, the Director movie or

projector discards the results of the previous operation to conserve memory.

The actual date string is pulled directly from the HTTP header in the form provided by the server.

However, this string is not always provided, and in that case

netLastModDate returns EMPTY.

When a movie plays back as an applet, this function’s date format may differ from the date format

that Shockwave uses; the date is in the format that the Java function

Date.asString returns. The

format may also vary on systems that use different languages.

Example

These statements check the date of a file downloaded from the Internet:

if netDone() then

theDate = netLastModDate()

if theDate.char[6..11] <> "Jan 30" then

alert "The file is outdated."

end if