How do I use FlashVars with ActionScript 3.0?
I found this guide for using the flash parameters, thought it might be useful to post here, since Flash CS3 lacks a usage example for reading these parameters. See answers for the link ...
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Problems with accessing FlashVars via parameters in AS3
I keep getting compiler errors when I try to access flashVars in an AS3 class. Here's a stripped version of the code: package myPackage { import flash.display.Loader; import flash.display.LoaderInfo; import flash.display.Sprite; public class myClass { public function CTrafficHandler() { var myVar:String = LoaderInfo(this.root.l...
Passing flashvars-style parameters to a loaded SWF
I have a Flex 3 app (player v9) which loads a Flash SWF (AS3, also player v9) and needs to dynamically pass it a collection of parameters which are known at run-time. These are parameters that are normally passed via the flashvars element in an HTML page. The embedded movie accesses these parameters via the loaderInfo.parameters object. ...
passing paramaters to a swf via Loader
I have a swf (child.swf) that I wish to load into another (parent.swf). I wish to pass a parameter to child.swf through the loader I am using. Note that I am not trying to pass FlashVars that parent.swf already has, but rather I am trying to simply load a swf through another swf with custom arguments. Any ideas? ...
flashVars flex3
hi im trying to using flashVars however for some reason there not getting sent to my flex app. Im embedding my object in a velocity file and here is the object embed code; <object width="$!WIDTH" height="$!HEIGHT"> <param name="flashVars" value="maximizeUrl=http://maximizeUrl"/> <param name="movie" value="$!SRC"/> <e...
What does a Flash object know about the page it's in?
The organization I work for has created a small flash widget that we're encouraging supporters to place on their website. I'm trying to determine if there are ways to improve the statistics we get from those embedded widgets. Mostly I would like to get the domain of the site that loaded the widget. Right now I'm able to see the referr...
Detecting if fullscreen is allowed in ActionScript 3.0?
I would like to remove a fullscreen button if the allowfullscreen param is false. param value="true" name="allowfullscreen" Does anyone know if its possible to detect that value? It doesn't come with other flashvars on loaderInfo.parameters. ...
Access flashvars in preloader in flex?
I want to access some flashvars in my preloader to a Flex application. How is this possible? Regards Adlertz ...
How to include flashvars in an app engine response?
I have a flash movie I'm trying to return in an App engine handler, but I'd like to dynamically embed flashvars before returning the .swf file. Basically trying to get it so a request for http://app.appspot.com/someurixyz returns the equivalent of http://app.appspot.com/xyz.swf?myvar=something ...
How to pass custom variables to Flex applications
I'm trying to write an application where parameters have to be passed to the application. In Flex builder I modified the and tags in the index.template.html, but when debugging I still don't see the variables passed (using from as3 the Application.application.parameters object)... ...
How can I get FlashVars values in ActionScript 2.0?
Hi! I have to dynamically send a flashvars value from <object>/<embed>, for example "<object name="flashvars" value="test=myxml.xml"> to my swf file. And in my AS, I have this: var xmlPath:String = _level0.test; doc.load(xmlPath); So, this way I want to read several xml files (at least it's my intention!). But nothing of what I do ...
Trace externally loaded XML data in Flash
How do I trace all of the data from an XML file that was loaded into a flash file? I am trying to debug, and part of my flash file gets updated from the XML file, but the other half acts like it isn't there. ...
How to pass parameters to a Flash projector (Windows)?
Is there any way to pass command line parameters to a Flash projector in Windows? I have another application (in this case, an installer) that will need to communicate to a Flash projector (the same way flashvars work). I wasn't able to find any information online (everything seems to be focused on using FSCommand parameters for execut...
Pass variables into a Flash movie from HTML
As a Flash newbie I found this very confusing and it cost me a couple of hours. Answering my own question here in case anyone has the same problem. Technically you should be able to do something like this: <param name="movie" value="movie.swf?param=value" /> <embed src="movie.swf?param=value" ... Or this: <PARAM NAME "FlashVars" ...
Is there a list of reserved FlashVars names?
Currently I work on localization for a Flex application. From an article I know that you can control the localization with the following FlashVars: resourceModuleURLs localeChain Are there any other FlashVars reserved by Adobe that a Flash/Flex Developer should know about? ...
Where does actionscript 3.0 pick up its params from?
in AS2.0 you would include key->val style params in the param embed and object strings and then when running the SWF you would pick them up via the _root object. So in your HTML you would say foo=bar and then in your movie you could go and retrieve _root.foo Obviously they've removed _root altogether in AS3.0 and I'm now at a loss as t...
How to implement 'domain protection' in ActionScript 3.0
I want to limit my SWF file so that it cannot be stolen and hosted on another server. So if the domain serving the SWF file isn't on a list of approved domains, the SWF will not load normally but will instead display a message that links to one of the approved locations. What I'm unsure about is how to access the domain that is hosting t...
Is there any way to do flash data in asp.net mvc?
for more info of what I mean here is a quote from the user guide of the php mvc framework CodeIgniter CodeIgniter supports "flashdata", or session data that will only be available for the next server request, and are then automatically cleared. These can be very useful, and are typically used for informational or status messages (for...
What is the default value of the "quality" param in Flash embeds?
When embedding flash movies, you can specify a parameter indicating the "quality" of the movie's playback. This generally affects whether the Flash runtime will antialias your shapes and your video content. More info here. Does anyone know the default value of this parameter? Adobe neglected to document the default value. Empirically, i...
How to dynamically retrieve the page URL within Flash using swfobject / JavaScript
Hi, I have created my own video player using Flash and AS3. Within the flash movie, i have a link which allows the user to copy the object embed code and page url on their own site, similiar to youtube. The player all works fine and retrieves the right flv's depending on what page you are own. I also have the object embed code working f...