Hello all. I'm wondering if someone could look over my code. I'm trying to pass a dummy variable from javascript to actionscript 3 with the following code: HTML: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="music_player" width="500" height="375" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shock...
I need to send a picture to flash with external interface (as3)... can not be an url because don't have connection... I'm trying open the image file and send to flash like text but without success any idea? ...
I am writing a pure actionscript 3 application in Adobe Flex. I want my application to be exposed to scripting in a browser. It seems that there are two options: Adobe's Ajax Bridge (typically used with a Flex application that uses mxml?) and Adobe's External Interface class (flash.external.ExternalInterface). Is there any reason to u...
I am trying to enable communication between Javascript and Flash via ExternalInterface across domains. The Javascript works great when it is located on the same domain as the SWF. But in one case, the HTML resides on domain A, the javascript and the flash both reside on domain B. I have done all of the following: The embed tag has allo...
Hello, Wondering if its possible to communication from javascript to flash without the use of SWFobject or any other extra javascript file. Currently I am using the following guide: http://www.viget.com/inspire/bi-directional-actionscript-javascript-communication Thank you for your time. ...
Is there a way to query an embedded flash element to determine the available methods that can be executed on it via JavaScript? Edit: It appears that in IE it's as simple as for ( i in flashNode ) { alert(i); } After much clicking, they will be some of the very last members enumerated. Still not able to determine this in Firefo...
Is it possible to send an array from Flash (AS3) to JavaScript using an ExternalInterface call? I currently am calling a function multiple times from a 'for each' loop inside Flash but it goes too fast for the JavaScript to keep up. My idea is to create an array of the attributes, pass that to the JavaScript function and then to loop...
Hi, I have a method: myMethod() {} that I want to make accessible to javascript. I've done a bit of research and found out you need to add a callback to ExernalInterface, so here's what I have done: ExternalInterface.addCallback("invokeMyMethod", myMethod); Now when I load up my web page with the flash on it, I get an error: Referen...
SO, I am getting down to the wire on a deadline for an HTML/Flash hybrid interactive map, and it is not anywhere near finished. I keep getting close to solving each problem, only to discover more bugs. Most of them are quite obvious when you look at the work. I would like to at least squash the big bugs, so I am VERY appreciative of any ...
Using ExternalInterface in AS3 is it possible to call OS (C#?) functions within XP? Example: Set the desktop background to a image supplied by a flash app? If it is possible would it be different calls when applied to different OS. And what about cross over the Mac? Any information would be great Thanks ...
If I call a JavaScript function from flash like so: ExternalInterface.call("main"); This is all fine and good, but I want my scope to be a particular prototype, is there any way I can do something like: ExternalInterface.call("someObj.main()"); So that the keyword this points to someObj? I'm not against somehow passing it as an arg...
I am trying to call an action in a flash object from the javascript: as: function testExternalConnection(str:String):Void { _root.debug.htmlText = "testExternalConnection ok"; } ExternalInterface.addCallback("testExternalConnection", this, testExternalConnection); js: var movie = getFlashMovie("ap1_mod_hidden") movie.testExterna...
Hello, In the application I am designing, I have to communicate with a device and store a history of data readings in a database. The device is essentially a sensor that spits out numbers via the serial port. The user end of the application is a RubyOnRails interface that allows the user to view this data and configure the device. I a...
Hello Everyone, I wrote a flex application that get the host string from the browser using this code ExternalInterface.call("window.location.host.toString") This line of code work prefectally to get the host string in both Firefox and Opera. However, when using IE, the returned string is always 'null'. I need to get such information ...
Hi there, I'm trying to launch a popup window from Flex, but the popup window needs to have certain properties as one can usually specify with the JavaScript window.open. For example, the popup window should not have a browser toolbar or URL box. I've tried using navigateToURL, which works fine, but I can't find a way to specify the...
I have an AIR Application which uses the mx:HTML tag to load a webpage hosted by me. In my webpage, I want to invoke a function in the containing AIR application via javascript? Is this possible? eg: in my AIR application: public function goBack():void{ trace('invoked from javascript!'); } <mx:HTML id="coreHtml" width="100%" ...
Is there any way for C# to get a list of the methods the swf exposes through ExternaInterface? ...
Help, please? It appears that my callback function isn't being called...back. I'm using jQuery, and Flash 8. To access the Flash object, I'm using the jquery swfobject plugin, c.f. (http://jquery.thewikies.com/swfobject/examples). If you think that I'm not accessing the SWF properly in the first place, please recommend code as to how I w...
I'm trying to call a Flash (AS3) function from Javascript. When the code runs, I get the error "Error: uncaught exception: Error calling method on NPObject!" From my day's worth of googling around, this seems to be be a security matter, and I've done everything I can find, but the error still comes up. Some details: * This happens wit...
My simple ActionScript I am trying to use Flash's ExternalInterface to setup a callback so that JavaScript can call a method on my Flash object. Everything works fine in Safari, Firefox and in IE, but I cannot get Chrome working. When I try the code on Chrome, I get the following error: Uncaught TypeError: Object #<an HTMLObjec...