Can I send a variable to my flash movie after it has been loaded on the page?

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Can I send a variable to my flash movie after it has been loaded on the page?

Like the title say's, is it possible to send data to my flash movie after it has been loaded?

More specific: I have a flash-movie with an image in it, and from the outside I would like to be able to alter it by sending fe. '?color=FF00FF' to the movie.

Is there a way to catch this variable in flash?

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Yes. Investigate the flash.external.ExternalInterface class.

Robusto 2010-09-13 15:41:04

Thank you, this was the exact thing I was looking for.

kuipersb 2010-09-14 09:21:41

Yes, you can, there are a few possibilities though depending on how you want to input that variable. If you use Javascript, check the ExternalInterface class that allows for communication between JS & AS3 , but you could also send variables via your url. What would your input method be?

PatrickS 2010-09-13 15:43:40

I would prefer using the url, if possible. How would I go about this if the flash-movie is already running? I am using jQuery at the moment for sending data to PHP via $.get() is something similar possible for the flash-movie?

kuipersb 2010-09-13 17:23:12

check this article: http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashQueryString/

PatrickS 2010-09-14 03:56:49

Thank you, but it does not seem to react to changes in the url, or src="" attributes in the html(Firebug), without reloading the page. So I think the ExternalInterface class would be the better option.

kuipersb 2010-09-14 09:16:16

yes, if you change the url , flash will reload. it all depends on what you're trying to do. ExternalInterface will work well without reload.

PatrickS 2010-09-14 10:43:54

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