THIS ISN'T WORKING .... HELPPP

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08-10-2000, 12:45 PM
lebplaya

transfering variables --- HELPPPP

<SCRIPT language=javascript>

var InternetExplorer = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;
var theMovie = InternetExplorer ? window.ourMovie : window.document.ourMovie;

WM_setCookie('cookie', 'true');
var beenhere = WM_readCookie('cookie');

if (beenhere == "true") {
theMovie.SetVariable("switch", "true");
}

</script>

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" ID=ourMovie WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100%>
<PARAM NAME=Movie VALUE="intro.swf">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF>
<EMBED NAME="ourMovie" src="intro.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=100% HEIGHT =100% TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

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This is giving me an error ... "'theMovie' is not an object"
This is also giving me a headache but I cant figure it out ... its probably something simple ....

Thanx
08-11-2000, 12:43 AM
Magister Arenei

:confused:Not that I know what I am talking about, but
I'm going to guess!

After looking at a few HTML pages with Flash content.
None of them had anything between
<EMBED NAME= and src="intro.swf"

This is your statement:
<EMBED NAME="ourMovie" src="intro.swf"

and I think, it should look like:
<EMBED src="intro.swf"

Let me know if it is a good or bad guess!!!
:)MA
08-11-2000, 11:48 AM
robertpenner

Magister, good guess, but the Embed NAME tag needs to be added so Netscape can control the SWF object with JS.

lebplaya,
I've seen browser-specific code like yours around, but never got it to work for me. I found something simpler on the mothership:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl..._variables.htm
(scroll to the bottom)

This code works in both browsers. The crux is:
function sendVar() {
window.document.themovie.SetVariable("varname", "value");
}

Make sure you put swLiveConnect=true in the EMBED tag. For an example, see:
http://rpenner.webhostme.com/flashki...avascript.html
08-11-2000, 12:02 PM
idiot

I posted a reply in the Scripting section of the board. Check it out at:

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...threadid=15153

Hopefully this will help.