I know Silverlight has this capability, and I have no experience in Flash Development - I need a Flash application to read data in a hidden div on the host page.
Can this be done?
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At the least, you could use the ExternalInterface to get stuff via JavaScript.
steamer25
2009-10-16 14:19:47
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Yes. In Actionscript 3 (not sure about 2) you can use the ExternalInterface object to execute any Javascript against the DOM of the page your Flash app is placed on.
ExternalInterface also gives the Javascript on your page the ability to call functions in your Flash app.
Justin Niessner
2009-10-16 14:20:14
I believe in AS2 `fscommand` provides a similar functionality.
Amarghosh
2009-10-16 14:31:39
SecurityError: Error #2060: Security sandbox violation: ExternalInterface caller http://media.varheroes.com/flash/flashtest.swf cannot access http://apps.facebook.com/feline-frenzy/flashtest/. at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_initJS() at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/addCallback() at flashtest_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
Fahim Akhter
2010-02-05 08:20:35
@Fahim - That's a cross domain security issue. Do a little googling...or ask another question here on SO.
Justin Niessner
2010-02-05 13:35:12
apps.facebook.com does not provide a crossdomain.xml
Fahim Akhter
2010-02-08 07:39:49