Hi Michael, > > where in the Macromedia file they use > > document.write("$PR"); > I don't understand the "$PR" - what kind of variable is this? > PHP? I didn't see any declaration.
it's a variable parsed by Director when publishing > In your suggestion: > document.write('<PARAM NAME=sw1 VALUE="'); > document.write(nYourParameter); > document.write('">\n'); > > nYourParameter is passed as a text to Shockwave - how do I pass the value? > I suppose you expected me to declare like this: > var nYourParameter = navigator.appName(); (for example) you're supposing very well ;¬) > Sorry, I am new to web programming and rather confused. I'm not very advanced into javascript boring stuffs, but I've done a quick demo to show you how this works: <http://sebastien.portebois.free.fr/lingo/javascript/> you'll have the .dcr that get and show the sw1 parameter, and the .htm page use this javascript technique to set the javascript var varSw1 to navigator.appName . hth, .séb [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]