Can you say: EMBED src="movie.swf?var=somthing"

[jcd1489]

I am wondering if you can pass variables through the "querystring" that embeds a SWF. If so, how do you get at this variable inside the movie?

Thanks,
John

[NerdInside]

movie.swf?var=somthing

That does it. If var was the variable for a textbox, that text box would then say something (or whatever is after the = ). You can also use multiple vars like so:

movie.swf?var=somthing&var2=something else

And they don't have to be var. They can be any variable at all.

[Connick]

How are these variables referenced in Actionscript in the SWF?

Thx for the help!

Stace

[TomServo24]

They're referenced exactly the way they're called in the HTML, and they live in the _root timeline. Using the example given by NerdInside, you can access the variables as _root.var and _root.var.

-Dan

[Connick]

So if I've got this within the OBJECT tag:

< PARAM NAME="uuid" VALUE="26e334c1-77ea-43ce-aac3-d652cc8ca368" >

I can reference this by saying

_root.uuid ?

Thanks!

[TomServo24]

No, I don't think you can do that. But one of the PARAMS will = the movie's name.swf. You can attach the variables there like NerdInside did.

-Dan