You can also use SWF Object to embed the movie... I believe you have the options or grabbing vars form the query string.
Makes it quite easy: The SWFObject script also comes with an extra function which allows you to pull variable values from the url string. An example is you have a url that looks like this: http://www.example.com/page.html?variable1=value1&variable2=value2. Using the function getQueryParamValue() you can easily pull these values from the url and then pass them into your Flash movie. Here is an example, we'll assume that the url looks like the above example: <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("movie.swf", "mymovie", "400", "200", "8", "#336699"); so.addVariable("variable1", getQueryParamValue("variable1")); so.addVariable("variable2", getQueryParamValue("variable2")); so.write("flashcontent"); </script> Take care -----Original Message----- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Nate Beck Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:35 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to access var passed in URL from AS2 class http://www.mydomain.com/index.html?passedPage=180 This won't pass into flash as a flashvar. You have a few options though. - Use Javascript to grab the query string and then write it in as a flashvar or query string to the swf. (ex: MySwf.swf?passedPage=180" - Make an ExternalInterface call a javascript function that returns the variables to you. - Auto populate the flashvar with a serverside language: php, cf, jsp... etc.... - If you're using Flex, look into BrowserManager. Cheers, Nate On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Ali Drongo <alidro...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hi there, I'm passing a variable to my swf through a query string like > this: > > htp://www.mydomain.com/index.html?passedPage=180 > > I have my main AS2 class that is the root class and have tried to > access the variable like this: > > trace("====PASSPAGE SET:"+this["passedPage"]); > trace("====PASSPAGE SET:"+_level0.passedPage); > trace("====PASSPAGE SET:"+_root.passedPage); > > each of these traces returns undefined. > > I am compiling this SWF using MTASC which means I can't write the var > as passedPage as MTASC says this is an unknown variable. > > I have tried declaring passedPage as a public variable within the > class though I still can't access it. > > Any suggestions much appreciated. > > Thanks > Ali > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
