coldfusion flash integration: Here's the deal, I have a hidden field in a CFFORM format=flash:

<cfinput type="hidden" name="currrent_index" value="first">

When I try to access the field using inline ActionScript:

<cfinput name="aaa" type="checkbox" onclick="{alert(current_index.text)}">

The frickin field is BLANK! Yeah, I also tried
alert(_root.current_index.text), no dice.

Even worse, when I try to access using ActionScript in <cfsavecontent>, ex:
<cfsavecontent variable="#load#">
alert(current_index.text);
</cfsavecontent>
<cfinput name="aaa" type="checkbox" onclick="#load#">

I get an error message stating:
There is no property with the name 'current_index'.

BUT - when I change the field to "text" from "hidden", it works! So now I
have to make my "hidden" fields "text" fields and make their visible value
"false" to hide them. What gives???

I'm Using MX7.

To access hidden field you do this by formName.fieldName

You do not use .text

Thus, assuming the name of the form is "myForm"

<cfinput name="aaa" type="checkbox" onclick="{alert(myForm.current_index)}">

Ken

I agree, and the text in the docs should not be just an Ohh and you do this to access a hidden field.

I had the same problem, and the solution was to use text input control with visibility set to no :