flashvars

retrieve flashvar from Flex3 using mxml

Is it possible to retrieve flashvar parameter in mxml code and if so how? Up to now i have been using Application.application.parameter.name to get what i need. ...

What headers does a SWF file send when requesting data from a URL

When requesting data with: <param value="data-file=http://url-to-my/json.script" name="flashvars"> via an SWF file, what request type would "http://url-to-my/json.script" receive. It doesn't seem to be a "xmlhttprequest". Is it the same as a request from a browser? ...

FlashVars in Flex, getting error?

I changed my html template to include flashvars like so: if (hasRequestedVersion) { // if we've detected an acceptable version // embed the Flash Content SWF when all tests are passed AC_FL_RunContent( "src", "${swf}", "FlashVars", "product_id=4958", "width", "${width}", "height", "${height}", "...

ActionScript 3.0 Flashvars

I have tried following things to access the FlashVars from HTML in the flash movie. Added the Flashvars in embed tag added the FlashVars in param tag added the FlashVars in JavaScript code generated by the Adobe Flash compiler Tried to access the FlashVars by using: root.loaderInfo.parameters.param_name and root.loaderInfo.parameters["...

Using FlashVars to pass variables to a SWF

I would like to pass over 50 items of variables from php to flash. Actually I want to pass array with foreach statement, looping through the array and assigning loop index to the variables and flash again accept the php values through looping. Is this possible? If passing values through foreach or loop statement is impossible, I would l...

php, jquery, flash & .click function in Firefox 3 - stumper

Hi all, I have a page that is using PHP to build itself and then uses Jquery to embed some SWF's into the page with different Flashvars based off the DB connection in the PHP section of code. I then have a jQuery .click(function(){ that fires a simple alert at the moment to test for functionality - this works as expected in Safari, but ...

How to pass flashVars in to Flash and then back out as a query string

I am asking this question as a complete Flash novice, so please do point out if I'm doing anything wrong here (I suspect I am). I have a Flash MPU size animation with a link in it which has been created by using a full sized transparent layer as a button (is that the correct way) with the following ActionScript: on(release){ getURL("...

How to put multiple SWFObjects on a web page?

IS there a clean and concise way to put multiple swfobjects into one page in HTMl, bearing in mind they will all need different flashvars? Below is just one: <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars = {}; var params = {}; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF("/swf/AllBookings.swf"...

Passing flashVars when testing in Flex Builder

I can pass values from HTML to a SWF when running my own HTML file, but I cannot see the way to do this within Flex Builder. Creating my own HTML file with an extra param in the object tag works fine: <param name="flashVars" value="greeting=Hello"/> Then I can use this ActionScript to get the value in Flex: blah = Application.applic...

AS3 Pass FlashVars to loaded swf

Hi I have a A.swf which loads B.swf onto a movieclip and needs to pass it some FlashVars. When loading B.swf with html, I can pass FlashVars fine. When passing from A.swf, it gets a Error #2044: Unhandled ioError:. text=Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: file: The code in A.swf is var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("B.swf"); var...

Is it possible to tell the Flash Player to use AVM1 instead of AVM2?

It's my understanding that the Adobe Flash Player has two ActionScript Virtual machines. AVM1 and AVM2. It is supposed to detect whether a swf contains ActionScript 1/2 or ActionScript 3 and automatically select the proper virtual machine. The latest releases of the Flash Player 10.0.40+.x are breaking our oldest content. We speculat...

ActionScript 2.0 - Passing numeric data in via Flashvars results in losing zeros

Hey guys, I'm modifying someone's old AS 2 Flash application and I need to pass numeric data in as a string OR have a properly formatted USD currency string in the end. Currently, I might pass something like Data1=$34,000.00&Data2=$12,344.18&etc... in via FlashVars. Assuming I show Data1 in a dynamic input field, I'd get something...

How to recive an array from flash vars?

How to recive an array from flash vars? So I have HTML page. with flash app on it. I vant to send an array to flash. How to do such thing using flashVars (I have something like uid=12&sid=12&sid=32&sid=12&sid=32) so i need to get dinamic\random\beeg\unnown number of Sid's not losind UID how to du such thing? btw I want to pass in an ...

Action Script 3.0 : How to extract two value from string.?

HI I have a URL var str:String = "conn=rtmp://server.com/service/&fileId=myfile.flv" or var str:String = "fileId=myfile.flv&conn=rtmp://server.com/service/" The str might be like this, But i need to get the value of "conn" and "fileId" from the string. how can i write a function for that. ...

How do I get flashvars in Firefox using object embed tag only to work?

I am trying to generate an <object> tag only embed code and cannot get Firefox to pass Flash along the FlashVars values. This seems to work everyplace else that I've tried it but fails in Firefox. Here is a sample of the embed that I'm using: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354000...

Problem sending php variables to flash game, on facebook

When I run the app for the first time in a session it works great i get all data form Database(if i logout, and enter with a diffrent account)the swf does not receive the variables. If i run manually the script typing the url address in the browser (typing: http://myserver.com/app/variables.php), and refresh the facebook app, it receives...

How to get multiple Flashvars variables into Flash (not using swfobject)

I'm rebuilding this embedable player for a client of mine, the video file URL and a couple of other variables are in the HTML as Flashvars. I suspect something is wrong with the code that looks for the flashvars. Link to test page: http://dev.howdini.com/embed.html The top part showing the green box is where the player didn't load becau...

Passing flashvar into flex 4

I am trying to let the user set the background color of my flex 4 app by setting the colour in the flashvars variable of the calling javascript. However, I don't seem to be able to access the flashvars at all, the best result I can get (from trace) is undefined. The javascript looks like: <script type="text/javascript"> var flashv...

Javascript is passing an Array of Objects instead of an Array of Arrays...

I'm passing a Javascript Array() to Flash via FlashVars but Flash complains. Can you guys point me what am I doing wrong here? javascript code // array with the user defined cities var usercities = new Array( {'nome':"London", 'lat':51.5002, 'long':-0.1262 }, {'nome':"NYC", 'lat':51.5002, 'long':-0.1262 } ); flashvars.newcit...

xml file as flashvars in SWFobject

I have a flash file with an xml file as flashvars. when I use this code it works in every browser, but not in IE 7 or higher. OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="530" HEIGHT="410" id="usa_locat...