Variables through URL

Axure RP 8
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I need to pass some variables through a URL. It works up to a point. I’ve got 4 variables. It passes 1 but then if I add more, it stops passing them all. I’ve tried various combinations but there doesn’t seem to be a pattern. Sometimes it’ll pass 3, sometimes only 2.

Any ideas gratefully received!

Cheers
Andy

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I’ve been trying to pass parameters through the URL for awhile with no luck. How are you doing it?

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You might be doing this already and have a different problem but the ‘gotcha’ for me was that I don’t think you can do it using the URL construct:

start.html#p=my_page&var1=x&var2=y

You have to have to use:

my_page.html#var1=x&var2=y

So you lose all the Axshare functionality like the console to see what your variables are set to and notes, etc.

I want to replicate a user hitting a page from a personalised URL. So, a box for their e-mail address is pre-populated along with the state of 3 dynamic panels that represent check boxes.

If I do #email=blah@blah.com, it works.

If I do #email=blah@blah.com&var1=yes&var2=no&var3=yes, the email box is empty but the 3 check boxes work.

If I do #email=blah@blah.com&var1=yes&var2=no, then they all work.

The only way I can see round this is to create a dummy page that allows users to click on specific links so that the variables get set that way. I was hoping to send people e-mails with a link that’s personalised to them.

I’d love to find a way round this as it’s an important piece of functionality that I want to demonstrate.

Cheers
Andy

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Maybe @ is messing with you. Have you tried removing it or swapping it out with something like ‘zzzzzz’ then replacing all those z’s on arrival?

I’ve had some luck saving information in a cookie (mouse clicks for a heat mapping project)… and until now I never thought to use it to transfer variables from one project to another. This might be a plausible workaround.

I don’t think I’ve tried it your way but I’ll poke around at it today.

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I seem to have got it working. No idea why, but I reordered the actions OnPageLoad and it burst into life.

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