[thelist] passing variables to a flash action

Charlie Llewellin sallyevans at eden.com
Fri Jan 5 09:54:11 CST 2001


Thanks John - I will experiment!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Corry" <webshot at neoncowboy.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] passing variables to a flash action


> darn tootin' its possible...
>
> I think the syntax within the Flash getURL action would be more like
> getURL="http://somesite.com/+ index.html?var=value"
> But that will depend on the lanquage you're using...
>
> Below is an example of how to set the variable to a given value within the
> <object>+<embed> tags. I wouldn't think a little variable logic would give
> you a problem...
>
> <!-code -->
>
> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
>
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca
> b#version=4,0,2,0" width="740" height="272"><param name=movie
> value=images/va_final_home_face.swf?pageVar=home><param name=quality
> value=high><embed src="images/va_final_home_face.swf?pageVar=home"
> quality=high
>
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_
> Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="740"
> height="272"></embed></object>
>
>
> <!- /code ->
>
> jc
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Charlie Llewellin
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 5:03 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] passing variables to a flash action
>
>
> Does anybody know if the following is possible - I have found lots of
> information about passing variables to Flash but not about doing exactly
> this:
>
> I have a variable in a page that I want to send to a URL in flash along
the
> lines of
> $var=2001-01-01;
> .. src='flashmovie.swf?var=<?echo $var?>"
>
> and in the flash action, something like:
>
> so that I do not have to change the movie every time the variable is
> updated.
>
> Can this work? and what would be the real syntax?
>
> TIA
> Charlie
>
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