OK, so I fixed the Javascript to use the correct alert box code (I've
got Flex syntax on the brain):
alert(url);
Now I see that loadIFrame() is executing -- but it executes 3 times,
or at least I'm getting 3 javascript alert boxes each time I load the
iframe page.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "byte.sensei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> I've got a Flex site with several pages that load HTML content from
an
> older HTML version of the site into an iframe that I then place
over the
> Flash movie so it looks like the content has been embedded into the
Flex
> UI even though it's still being loaded from the old HTML site.
>
> I've got the following Javascript function to load the HTML content
into
> the iframe:
>
> function loadIFrame(url){
> document.getElementById("myFrame").innerHTML = "<iframe
id='myIFrame'
> src='" + url + "' frameborder='0'></iframe>";
> Alert.show(url);
> }
>
> I added the "Alert.show" for testing so I'd get a Javascript alert
box
> if/when this Javascript function fires.
>
> Inside my Flex app, I'm using the following code to refresh the
iframe
> based on a URL:
>
> ExternalInterface.call("loadIFrame", source);
>
> I'm using the "show" event of a VBox component to make the
> ExternalInterface.call to the Javascript function. I've verified
via
> trace that the show event is firing and the ExternalInterface.call()
> function is executing, but the iframe never "loads" the URL nor
does the
> Javascript Alert.show() function execute.
>
> It seems to work some of the time, but not consistently and not in
any
> pattern I can distinguish. Am I missing something here? Is there a
> different/better approach for loading HTML content via an HTTP GET
into
> a Flex UI? If not, how can I get this to work
properly/consistently?
>
> Cheers!
>
