Substitute JavaScript for ActionScript

[paragonc]

Hello,

Right now i have a swf that recieves parameters from a snippet of javascript in an index.html file.

<script type="text/javascript">
var flashMap = new SWFObject("main_map.swf", "main", "100%", "100%", "7.0.22", "#FFFFFF", true)
flashMap.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
flashMap.addParam("base", "./");
flashMap.addParam("align", "left");
flashMap.addParam("scale", "showall");

flashMap.addVariable("interfacedata", "skins/default/interface.txt")
flashMap.addVariable("mapdata", "flashdata.txt")
flashMap.addVariable("stateneedloaded", "")

flashMap.write("flash map container")
</script>

The first part is to embed the swf into a div, and the second part passes paramters to main_map.swf. This works fine as long as main_map.swf is the parent file. I'd like to actually embed this main_map.swf into a parent swf file which contains the rest of my layout.

The parent swf is called importMap.swf

it imports main_map.swf with :

loadMovie("main_map.swf", "_level2");

however, when i try and put importMap.swf into the index file, the paramter for "mapdata" is no longer being sent to main_map.swf

var flashMap = new SWFObject("importMap.swf", "main", "100%", "100%", "7.0.22", "#FFFFFF", true)

I've tried declaring global variables for the paramters in importMap with:

mapdata = flashdata.txt;

but it still doesn't pass properly.

Any ideas?

[paragonc]

also the question could be posed can the addVariable method in the SWFObject be altered to pass variables to specific movieClips in the parent SWF file?

[a_modified_dog]

will your project allow you to pass the variables with the loadMovie command

vars = "mov2.swf?var1=this&var2=that&";
loadMovieNum(vars,2);

test in the browser as appended variables will not work in authoring environment

[paragonc]

will your project allow you to pass the variables with the loadMovie command

vars = "mov2.swf?var1=this&var2=that&";
loadMovieNum(vars,2);

test in the browser as appended variables will not work in authoring environment

seems to be accepting the variables, but it doesn't know where to look for the file. Is it because i haven't defined flashMap.addParam("base", "./");

What would the actionscript equivilent of that be ?

also how would i format an empty variable like flashMap.addVariable("stateneedloaded", "")

vars = "main_map.swf?mapdata=flashdata.txt&interfacedata= skins/default/interface.txt&";
loadMovieNum(vars,2);

[a_modified_dog]

1) - not sure about where to look for file, which file ?
note that all paths to files are relative to the html file that contains the swf

2) can you pass the variable as - &stateneedloaded=0&

[paragonc]

ok well it seems to be playing my child clip now. But the child clip seem to hang.

Here's the child clip playing by itself.

http://sfdnb.homelinux.com/~Jack/

Here it is when it's loaded by importMap:
http://sfdnb.homelinux.com/~Jack/jacks.html

The actionScript:
vars = "main_map.swf?interfacedata=skins/default/interface.txt&mapdata=//Users/Jack/Sites/flashdata.txt&stateneedloaded=0&";
loadMovieNum(vars,2);

Here's the kicker - i have to include

flashMap.addVariable("mapdata", "flashdata.txt")

in the Javascript still or it wont load at all, if i remove any part of the actionscript it fails too.

[paragonc]

Here's an example of the importMap.swf file without the JS variables:
http://sfdnb.homelinux.com/~Jack/jacks2.html

[a_modified_dog]

have you tried using the absolute URL -
http://www.domain/Users/Jack/Sites/flashdata.txt

rather than the relative URL -
//Users/Jack/Sites/flashdata.txt

[paragonc]

ya when i do that it just displays the .txt file

http://sfdnb.homelinux.com/~Jack/jacks.html is an example of it working with:

vars = "main_map.swf?interfacedata=skins/default/interface.txt&mapdata=//Users/Jack/Sites/flashdata.txt&stateneedloaded=0&";
loadMovieNum(vars,2);

and it starts to load - doesn't get any file missing errors, but then the application itself simply hangs

[a_modified_dog]

sorry, but i am plumb out of ideas on this one,
it might be worth a try posting this to the Scripting and Backend Forum