Using FlashVars in an application

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animagics said on Jul 23, 2007 at 9:06 AM :

This DOESN'T WORK unless you add FlashVars to the Javascript part of the HTML as well.

Find the "AC_FL_RunContent" function and add the following line to the middle of the list of parameters:
'FlashVars', 'myURL=http://weblogs.adobe.com/',

da4seen said on Jul 23, 2007 at 6:53 PM :

It would be nice if the example was more detailed:

this.createTextField("myTxt", 100, 0, 0, 100, 20);
myTxt.autoSize = "left";
if (_level0.myURL == undefined) {
myTxt.text = "myURL is not defined";
} else {
myTxt.text = _level0.myURL;
}
----

1. What does the numbers mean in:
- this.createTextField("myTxt", 100, 0, 0, 100, 20);

2. How exactly does the ".createTextField" work and why is it needed in this example?

3. What does "_level0." mean?

Preferably it would be good if the tutorial went into further detail beginning with creating the text box in flash and explaining exactly what else is needed.

No screen name said on Aug 6, 2007 at 11:10 AM :

Searching for hours and a simple mistake in the example because it is no
up to date for cs3...

No screen name said on Aug 7, 2007 at 3:25 PM :

1) this.createTextField("test_txt", 10, 0, 0, 300, 100);
This code creates a 300 x 100-pixel text field named test_txt with a location of (0, 0) and a depth (z-order) of 10.

2) It is used to create a place for the message to display. It is easier for MM (or Adobe) to "create" a textfild via text/code than it is by screenshot and frame.

Essentially same thing as when you press the text button in the GUI

3) Root

todddominey said on Aug 7, 2007 at 4:40 PM :

Yeah, Adobe really needs to update this document with the ActiveContent
javascript info noted in comment #1, especially since that's the default way
that Flash publishes now.

AmarShah said on Sep 10, 2007 at 10:28 AM :

Hi,
I try to follow the same steps described in the Note but it doesn't work I also add the FlashVars in the JS but still doesn't work. Any one know what could be the issue??

kaos2 said on Sep 10, 2007 at 11:23 AM :

I went searching for a solution for AS3 and found what I was looking for:
To access the flashvars passed in use this (in AS3):

root.loaderInfo.parameters.MyVariableName

go mama go said on Sep 21, 2007 at 11:35 AM :

Kaos2, can you post your solution and your code? I'm also using CS3
and get errors when I follow this. thanks so much!

AndreLelis said on Nov 22, 2007 at 10:50 AM :

In IE6 the FlashVars doesn´t work,
To fix it you have to pass the variables in the movie address like this

<param name="movie" id="mymovie.swf?var1=foo&var2=bar" />

TessandraFae said on Mar 4, 2008 at 7:55 AM :

Ok everybody,
I figured it out.

Flash Player 9, update 3 has changed the rules a bit. You now have to declare AllowAccess in order for flash buttons to change the html navigation. See this article for more details on the change:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=50c1cf38&sliceId=2

Now, to make a generic flash button, that you can set an html flash var in the html page, do the following:

In the AC_FL_RunContent code, add the following:
'allowScriptAccess','always',
'FlashVars', 'myURL=mywebpage.html',

In the params, add the following:
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always">
<param name="FlashVars" value="myURL=mywebpage.html">

In the embed, add the following:
allowScriptAccess="always"
FlashVars="myURL=mywebpage.html"

Inside the Flash button, at the top most layer, Frame 1, add this code:
mybtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(_level0.myURL,"_self");
}

Make sure your button symbol is given the instance name "mybtn"

Publish your swf and your html pages. You're buttons should now function properly.

Cheers!
Tessy

No screen name said on Jul 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM :

Be sure that your movie works properly on any browser. I tried the tip above but didn't work in Camino. (I bet it doesn't work in Safari neither)


This solved my problem.

AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0',
'width', '395',
'height', '178',
'src', 'fotos_oferta',
'quality', 'high',
'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
'align', 'middle',
'play', 'true',
'loop', 'true',
'scale', 'noscale',
'wmode', 'window',
'devicefont', 'false',
'id', 'fotos_oferta',
'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
'name', 'fotos_oferta',
'menu', 'true',
'allowFullScreen', 'false',
'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
'movie', 'fotos_oferta',
'salign', '',
'FlashVars','param_note=erase_the_arrow_on_the_right' <-------
); //end AC code

Regards
Quique