public function getResults(url:String):void

                {

                        var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

                        request.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;

                        var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

                        loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, setResults);

                        loader.load(request);

                }

                public function setResults(event:Event):void

                {

                        var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);

                        trace(loader.data);

                }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!-- "http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/16/using-httpservice-tag-to-sendreceive-variables-to-a-server-side-script/" target="_blank">http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08...r-side-script/ -->

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"

        layout="vertical"

        creationComplete="httpService.send(myObj);">

 

    <!-- Parameters to send to remote script. -->

    <mx:Object id="myObj" name="peterd" />

 

    <mx:HTTPService id="httpService"

            url="http://www.flash-mx.com/mm/greeting.cfm"

            method="POST"

            resultFormat="flashvars" />

 

    <mx:Label text="{httpService.lastResult.welcomeMessage}" />

 

</mx:Application>