[thelist] Netscape, Flash and query strings

[Peter McKenna]

Hey Joe,

In my dealings with Flash, I have found it easier to pass values to
and from the movie by using scripting languages like PHP or ASP. Use
the ActionScript function: loadVariablesNum ("somescript.php", "0");

When the user logs in, you could have all login details stored in
session variables and pass them into Flash movies like this:

<?php

session_start();

print "username=" . $_SESSION['username'] . "&someuserpreference=" .
$_SESSION['preference'];

?>

This would set the username and someuserpreference vars in the Flash
movie. Just something to think about anyway.

Peter

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[mailto:thelist-bounces-peter=ebow.ie at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of
joe
Sent: 30 March 2004 17:42
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] Netscape, Flash and query strings


Hi folks

I wonder if anyone has experience of this problem:  I'm trying to
pass a
variable to a Flash movie using a query string as follows:

<object id="flashbanner"
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swf
lash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="500" height="100">
	<param name="movie" value="flash/header.swf?user=joe" />
	<param name="quality" value="high" />

	<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
	document.write('<'+'embed src="flash/header.swf?user=joe"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500"
height="100"></'+'embed>');
	</script>
</object>

The flash movie then loads up various other swfs depending on the
user's
settings.  Unfortunately, NN4 isn't having it at all.  It's fine in
IE
and Mozilla.  I can't show a URL because it's inside a members area.
Just wondered if anyone has any tips for NN4's handling of this issue
or
if there's an error in my code I can't see.  .

In return, I thought I'd share something I ran into recently

<tip author="joe" subject="checking mime types">

If you're trying to validate the mime-type of file uploads bear in
mind
that different browsers may send different headers.  If you're
checking
jpegs, check for image/jpeg, image/pjpeg and possibly even
image/x-jpeg.  Checking for only one may exclude valid files sent by
browsers you're not testing on.

</tip>

Joe

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