Stop music from in flash from javascript event

Question

I am attempting to stop the music inside of my flash swf that I have loaded in the page

<object id="FlashControl1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="Flash/Preloader%20-%20Splash.swf" width="980px" height="316px">
<param name="movie" value="Flash/Preloader%20-%20Splash.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="Transparent" />
<param name="quality" value="High" />
<param name="play" value="True" />
<param name="loop" value="False" />
<param name="menu" value="False" />
<param name="scale" value="Exactfit" />
<param name="flashvars" value="name="FlashControl1"" />
<img src="Images/Banner/Main_Banner.jpg" alt="" width="980px" height="316px" />
</object>

I have a button that loads a modal popup with a silverlight video and I would like the audio to stop by execuding the SoundMixer.stop(); command.

I have yet to find a solution on google

Answer 1

In your Flash file, you must have the following function:

function stopSound():void {
    SoundMixer.stop();
}

Then, you must make it available for JavaScript calls

ExternalInterface.addCallback('stopSound', stopSound);

In your JavaScript code you must have this simple function that selects your swf:

function getFlashMovie(movieName) 
{
    var isIE = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;
    return (isIE) ? window[movieName] : document[movieName];
}

And when you want to stop the sounds in your movie, you just call the function you've previously made available in the swf, from JavaScript:

movie = getFlashMovie('your-movie-name');
movie.stopSound();

That should do it. For more info on ExternalInterface.addCallback, check out the Adobe AS3 Language Refrence page.

Answer 2

function test() {
movie = document.getElementById('FlashControl1');
movie.stopSound();}

this worked :)