Flash :: Passing A String To An External MC

Passing SQL String To PHP
hi...
what im trying to do is: pass a complete sql string to a php script. this works fine for passing numbers for the SQL WHERE conditions (e.g. "SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE YEAR(mydate)=2005").
but as soon as i try sending strings (e.g. "SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE YEAR(mydate)=2005 AND item='myItem'"), php just won't process it.
the same goes if i wrap that statement into escape();
i also tried putting in and leaving out the inverted commas....
I'm using loadVars() and sendAndLoad() for this action...

anyone ever encountered this problem???

Passing XML String
Alright, so I am trying to pass an XML file as a String from a JSP page. I know the JSP code works and it creates a String of XML data that is formatted correctly, however when I try to load into my flash I am getting undefined errors.

This flash code works if I try to load a file locally or off the server, but unfortunately I cannot load it that way, I need to load it from this JSP as a String.

Here is the AS code:

Code:
myXml = new XML();
myXml.load("rssloader.jsp");
news = new XMLSA();
news.load(myXml);

XMLSA just takes a formatted XML() object and returns it as an array, this has all been verified to work as well.

Passing A String
Ok, so Im passing a param (proLabel) from an asfunction to another function (byeByeContent). It traces correctly from byeByeContent function, but will not work as a frame label. If I replace the param with the string "pro1" all works fine. Whats wrong?

Attach Code

// asfunc
function showPro(proLabel:String) {
proHighlightClick = true;
byeByeContent(mNavContent_3_mc,"NA",proLabel);
reset();
mNavbar_mc.mNav_3_btn.enabled = false;
mNavbar_mc.mNav_3_btn.btnAni_mc.gotoAndPlay(11);
//trace(proLabel);
}
// show/hide content
function byeByeContent(viewContent:MovieClip, bannerPos:String, proPos:String) {
//.. cut alot of things out
if (viewContent == mNavContent_1_mc) {
mNavContent_1_mc.gotoAndStop("lastFrame");
//reset2();
viewContent._visible = true;

} else if (proHighlightClick) {
// this ius where proPos traces fine "pro1" but doesnt gotoandPlay the frame labeled pro1
viewContent._visible = true;
viewContent.gotoAndPlay(proPos);
}}

String Passing
I am trying to create a string on the main stage which I will use to load swf's externally into a scroll pane. Say I create a string called name (name = new String()) and when I click the button called home, name is changed to home.swf (name = "Home.swf"). The button home also loads a movie onto the main stage from the library called animation which is a nice little preloader and a couple of things flying around before I want the page to show up. Within the movie I just called onto the main stage, I include the code myScrollPane.loadScrollContent(name). How come it doesnt load Home.swf when I click the home button?

Passing A String Into A Variable Name
I have a function, and as a result of the function, I want it to create a value in a variable. The string is passed in a button as this,

on (release) {
this.boxCheck("x1");
}

function boxCheck(letter) {
if (this[letter]._currentframe == 2) {
this[letter].gotoAndStop(1);
} else if (this[letter]._currentframe == 1) {
this[letter].gotoAndStop(2);
}
HERE I WANT TO CREATE A VARIABLE THAT WOULD CONTAIN THE STRING IN IT. SO FOR THIS INSTANCE, I WANT TO CREATE A VARIABLE NAMED: x1selected = 1;

How can I do this passing the string to keep it dynamic?
like this? this[letter] + "selected" = 1;

}

Any ideas?

Passing Vars In AS3 Without Using URL String?
Hello,

I have one AS3 swf (loader.swf) that needs to load a second AS3 file (main.swf).

loader.swf has some variables that I would like to pass to main.swf.

I don't want to append the variables in the URL string, because then main.swf won't be cached properly.

In AS2 I could use FlashVars, which passes the variables without adding them to the URL string.

How can I do this in AS3?

Passing Var:string To New URLRequest
Hi,

I have a main movie on which I have two buttons that each should load a new external movie when clicked.

The code on frame one for each button is:

Code:
function onIntroClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var language:String="english.swf"
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
english.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onIntroClick);

and

Code:
function onIntroClick2(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var language:String="french.swf"
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
french.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onIntroClick2);

on frame 20 I have the following code, which should load the external movie (either the english.swf or the french.swf) in the main movie.

The code is as follows :

Code:
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
l.load(new URLRequest(language));

function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var perc:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
percent.text = Math.ceil(perc*100).toString();
}

function done(e:Event):void
{
removeChildAt(0);
percent = null;
addChild(l);
}
stop();

This doesn't work as I get an error 1120: access of undefined property language.

What am I doing wrong or what should I do to do it right ?

Thanks for your assistance.

Smalco

Passing String Into Flash
Hi All,

I was wondering if someone could help me out with some trouble I'm having. I've tried to find tutorials for this but it seems to be missing the what I'm looking for. I want to pass a string into flash from a php page. I know I have to have the string in the object. But I don't know how to write the code so flash can understand. I want to have the string value be entered into a text box. Any help would be great thanks..

Passing A String To A Function
Hi I want to pass a varible (a string) to a function when I roll over a
button. I have tried this but it does not work.

var ross:String('hello');

freshnLogo_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, oneRollover, ross);

function oneRollover(event:MouseEvent, ross):void {

trace('you passed' + ross);
}

Passing Data With Query String
I'm trying to 'pass-through' a variable in a flash movie.

Basically I'm using flash to create a form that needs to be posted back to a server side database, using get url this is no problem.

However I want to populate the flash movie with a value that when the get url command is exectued, this value is passed back to the database.

e.g.

I have a variable called "AdvertID" it's value is "100". I know this before I play the movie, so I call the movie thus:

embed src "movie.swf?AdvertID=100" etc.

However when flash posts this data back using get url, it doesn't appear as one of the variables.

I do not want the user to see this value (however if they must I can live with it).

Do I have to declare "AdvertID" as a variable for this to work?

If I do where?

Thanks.

Passing A Filename As A Variable..is It A String?
Hey can someone help me,

I want to set a variable as a file name,

i.e variable_1 = "file_1.exe";
How should I declare it? I was declaring it as above but it was being passed as a string and wasn't being picked up by my other functions, I also tried without the inverted commas and it wasn't being picked up at all, any advise?
Cheers

Passing String Variables To Flash
I am passing variables in a url string from an asp page to my .swf file and reading the variables into text boxes within flash.

eg.
http://www.mywebpage/pageFlash.asp?...ameVar=François

As you can see, the variable I am using contains a special french character.

Now here is the problem. On some computers the variable is passed to flash with no problem at all and on other computers the same flash file is unable to read the variable. I have tried url encoding the variable to read %E7 and also have placed System.useCodePage=true; on my first line of actionscript, but neither works.

Does anyone know why the special character works on some computers and not on others? All the computers have IE 6 and are running Windows 2000.

Passing String To Target In LoadVariables
for the loadVariables function, I have a file to be loaded. however as for the target, i have no definate target. but a string of the target will be produced in the code. but it doesnt seems to work when i put the string of the target address to the target parameter of loadVariables. how can i get it work?
thanks

[CS3] Passing Variables From Query String
Hi there,

i'm trying to pass a variable from a web page to a flash file. The flash file has a dynamic text box with the var value set to formError.

In the webpage i have the following code:

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("flash/index_030308.swf?t=150", "mymovie", "938", "305", "8", "#FFFFFF");
so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain");
so.addParam("quality", "high");
so.addVariable("formError", "<%=request.QueryString("formError")%>");
</script>

to test i am typing in the address bar default.asp?formError=woteva, hoping to see "woteva" displayed in my dynamic text box in the flash file, but this isn't the case. Where am i going wrong?

Passing A Variable To Flash Via Url String
I understand how to get a variable into flash when it's hard coded into the html using Flashvars or this is how I do it with SWFObject:
where variable: location=subdirectory

Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[

var so = new SWFObject("featuredviewer.swf", "featuredviewer", "620", "480", "8", "#fff");
so.addVariable("location", "subdirectory");
so.write("logo");

// ]]>
</script>
What I don't understand and can't find is how to do this...
I have an html file with an swf in it. Different buttons in the file open a popup window via javascript. I want to pass a variable to the swf in the pop up window, possibly like this:

Code:
on (release) {
getURL("javascript:Launch('featuredviewer.html?position=one')");
}
But how do you extract the variable position=one out of the url and get it into flash?

Passing Class Names As A String...
Hi People,
I need to pass a class name to a function acting as a class 'instancer' (bad english, sorry)

I've tried [] and eval but no result...

one of wrong cases I've tried:

Code:
showModule = function(moduleClass:String){
var module = new eval(moduleClass)(_level0.module_container);
}
thanks

Passing Variable On Querry String To PHP
I'm building a upload app and need to send my php script some info when I call my upload script. I've established a var ID.

Can someone confirm if my syntax is correct.

ActionScript Code:
fileRef.upload("upload.php?userid='+ID+'");

Thanks!

Passing A Variable To A Query String
I am trying to create a form in Flash that passes variables to a query string. Simple enough, but when my variables have an underscore (eg variable_one) Flash coverts the underscore to “%5F”. I noticed that it seems to convert all non letter or number characters to something else. Unfortunately I don’t have the option to change the names of the variables I am passing.

This is the code:

submit.onRelease = function () {
getURL ("http://www.actionscript.org","", "GET");
};

Has anyone encountered this? Help Please!

Passing String Info Via MovieClip?
Hello.

I'll try to explain what I'm looking for, I haven't started coding yet so have nothing to show.

I have 190 movieclips which display various types of information. When a user clicks on a movieclip, it has to tween larger but also send a string to a method. I'll probably e.currentTarget to use one function which contains a tween and I wondered if there was a quick way to pass string info in a similar way?

So, each movieclip has it's own value which can be passed to a method which will use that value. The only way I can think of so far is to have 190 functions which send the string data to the appropriate place. I'm trying to avoid that if I can.

Thank you.

Passing A Query String To Flash
Here's the need:

I'm going to be making a gallery of "thumbnails" which are all a flash file dynamically loading new content in each. So a single html page will house up to 48 copies of that same swf loading a new picture in each.

There has to be a way to load a flash file with a query at the end, right (in the html source code)? Like filename.swf?id=123&thispage=123 right? If so, how do I access those variables passed to flash?

My idea was to write my standard loop (in PHP) posting a new swf in each iteration but change the query string with each so that I can load the new content.

MX : Passing Variables To Command String
I'm trying to design an interface that to simplify the construction of a string. Here's an example: My output (using the getURL command) needs to be in the form of:

http://fakesite.com:8080/java/submit...ng2=y&thing3=z

I'm able to define variables for x, y, and z, however I am unable to figure out how to substitute the defined values for those variables into the string when it is time to send it.

I may not be being very clear here, but does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Jeff Kirsch

Passing Variables Via Query String
i am trying to load different xml that get generated through .net when I am trying to pass varibels i am getting undefined. Can someone give me a heads up on what i might be doing wrong. from what I have read and learned I can pull via-

Code:
xmlData.load("/family/galleryimage.xml.aspx?pid=" + _root.loaderInfo.parameters.pid.toString());

Then I am defining pid in within the object class.

Code:
<param name="pid" value='<% =Request.QueryString["pid"] %>'>
However I am getting undefined. Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
MT

Trouble Passing String Var Into Function
im making a function that limmits text to a specified number...
only problem is i cant seem to pass in the text var that contains the text
any help would be awesome.
thanks in advance

ActionScript Code:
var textF1:String = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam neque purus, aliquam sed, sagittis tincidunt, adipiscing ac, urna. Ut libero urna, nonummy sodalesxxx";function TrimText(limmit:Number, area, textVar) { var lengthF1:Number = [textVar].length; trace(lengthF1); var charLimmit:Number = limmit; for (var i:Number = 0; i<=charLimmit; i++) { trace(i); if (i == 0) { textcut = [textVar].charAt(i); } else { textcut += [textVar].charAt(i); trace(textcut); if (i == charLimmit && lengthF1>=charLimmit) { textcut += "..."; _root[area].text = textcut; trace(area); } else { _root[area].text = textcut; } } }}TrimText(160,"texttest",textF1);

Passing Query String From Address Bar URL Into Swf
Hi All,

Let me preface this by saying that I'm primarily a design/animation/marketing guy so this could be a stupid question with an obvious answer. However, I have been scouring the web for two days now and have yet to find any posts/tutorials which offer a solution.

Here's the challenge:

I have a flash movie that movie is contained within the same included file on every page of a site. I need some way of telling the flash which pages it's on so it can display the appropriate XML feed. Since each of my pages has a query string in the URL (i.e. thesite.com?page=1) I imagine the best way to do this is to somehow send the string into the flash movie. Once it's inside the movie I'll write a function that pairs the each string with it's corresponding XML feed (btw, if anyone has an a similar script they can post it would be a huge help to me!).

Note that because the movie is part of an include that is on ever page its parameters (such as EMBED tags) cannot be changed either.

The only solution outside of directly passing the query string from the page URL (as it appears in the address bar) to the flash would be to create some sort of Javascript in the HTML that captures the query string and then sends it along.

If anyone can help me out with this it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Thank you in advance!

Passing Variable From An HTML Query String
HELP?

I am using the javascript

window.document.smoothie.SetVariable("_root.texty" , query);

in an HTML page, to pass the value in 'query' to a dynamic text box, 'texty' on the main timeline of my Flash movie.

The passing of the variable works, and can be seen on any one of these 3 pages:

http://www.runspotrun.com/test/page2.html?chewbacca
http://www.runspotrun.com/test/page2.html?hansolo
http://www.runspotrun.com/test/page2.html?obiwan

If the value of query is 'chewbacca' then what loads on the page is different than if the value is 'hansolo' and so on...

The passing of this variable works, EXCEPT - one needs to RELOAD the page to see it. When the movie/page first loads, the value doesn't appear. If it is reloaded, then the value appears. A following visit to the same page, even passing a different variable will work fine also. It's just that very first visit, the first time the movie is opened on a particular browser.

After many hours of trying to figure this out, I am at a loss. Can anyone help me with this please?

ThankS!
mark

Passing Special Characters On A Query String
Hi,

I have a project that requires to send a string variable to a swf movie using a query string in html like this:

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE= "movie.swf?text=Vous êtes dans le Hall d'entrée.">

My problem is:
this text is read from a database using jsp and has special characters like é, è, à and other french specific ch.

I've seen the posts for external txt files using unicode, tried to save the html file as unicode, but still no results. My text field doesn't look right.

Can anyone help me? I ran out of solutions.
Thank you.

Passing Query String Var Into Flash Only Works Sometimes...?
I'm trying to pass a variable into Flash from a query string, and for the most part it works great.

flashmovie.swf?page=home

On any page other than the home page, the Flash movie should skip it's build animation and go right to a resting state. Code:

if (page != "home") {
gotoAndPlay("navigation");
} else {
play();
}

This only works as intended after visiting several pages. Lets say I arrive on the home page and the movie plays through all it's animations. Fine, great. Now I go to any other page and it should skip right to the 'navigation' keyframe - right? Wrong, the movie skips ahead only about 40 frames, and plays out the rest of the intro. All other pages afterward behave correctly as coded. And revisiting that second page also now behaves normally.

What's the deal?

Passing Multiple Variables In GetURL String
Is it possible to pass multiple variables in a getURL string?

I can do this getURL("javascript:doLMSSetValue('cmi.interactions .0.student_response','"+group1.getValue()+"')

where group1.getValue()is the variable. But what what I want to do is pass something like this

var qadata = doLMSSetValue('cmi.interactions.0.id', '1');
doLMSSetValue('cmi.interactions.0.type', 'choice');

and have tried

getURL("javascript:"+qadata+); and other varieties but can't quite get that to work.

Thanks.

Passing Accented Letters Through Query String
I want to pass the variable="tést" through the query in html,
so I urlencode it and do this:

myswf?var=t%E9st

..but all I get on the flash side is a string two letters long, the second letter beeing not readable! I'm unescaping it and still nothing...
Am I missing something or flash does not accept 'ALL' urlencoded characters...

I'am just very surprised to see this....

pitu

String Parsing / Character Counting / Value Passing
hi, everyone -- i DESPERATELY need help with what is for me a pretty esoteric AS 3 task. i need to:

1.) get a string (for context purposes, a URL) from an input field;
2.) count the amount of times a certain character shows up in that string (in my case, and as above, a backslash or "/") ;
3.) after counting a specific number of instances of a character in the string -- say 4 "/"s -- the string is split up at that exact spot and the first half is sent to one parameter (say, nc.connect) + a dynamic text field, and the second half is sent to another parameter (say, ns.play) + a second dynamic text field.

i'm no coding expert under the best of circumstances, but AS 3 seems to be even tougher for me, more strongly typed, and less likely to respond to deprecated kinds of events like onRelease for buttons. i'm sure some for loop "where i<4, i++" or its like would be invoked, but trying to count the amount of characters and populate different kinds of parameters is pretty well beyond me.

thanks for any help you all might be able to provide!

A Not So Average Problem, When Passing String To Function
Hi guys! Long time reader, first time poster.

And yes i have done a search.

I'm encountering a rather decent problem with my assignment. The idea is that we have to search amazon.com and display titles etc etc.

I've accessed amazon, got my results and now am trying to strip the xml tags from the results. I've written a budget looking function (i am bo NO means an actionscript/pogramming god, so please bear with me) which takes the result of the node, finds the spot in the strong where the xml occurrs (specifically the <> brackets) and then grabs the substring in the relevant spot.

The problem (I think) is that i can't access my function. I've got my little:

operateString = xmlTrim(operateString);
^^variable^^ = ^^^ function ^^^string passed to it

and there's a couple of traces inside it, but they don't trace and the return of the function (if there really is one) is undefined.

I've uploaded the relevant code blocks to here. This is the entire .as file if required.

I have absolutely no idea what's going wrong. The only thing I can think is that maybe there's a type casting problem? Somehow?

Any help at all would be appreciated guys I should have asked this days ago, but thought that chat sites would offer a immediate solution. unfortuantely not.

Thanks for your time

Josh

Passing Variable To FLVPlayback Via Query String
This seems very easy but I am stuck here....
Here's the html that I'm trying to pass the flv name to the FLV component

Attach Code

In the html
<param name="movie" value="/proxy/MC-video-component.1.swf?flvName=vod/q1_2009_mkt_story">

and in AS i have an instance of the FLVPlayback component on the stage

var flvName;

myFLVPlayback.source = "rtmp://myFMSserver.org/" + flvName +".flv";

Any help?

Passing Variables From HTML To Flash Using Query String
Am using query strings in HTML to pass variables to my flash movie so I can use the same movie but different title on each page. See www.gogojuicebars.com

Works fine when I test locally, but when uploaded the movie seems to display only the first "welcome" title on each page until you have clicked all of them. Then it works correctly???? Is almost like the flash movie is loading before the varaibles can be passed, but how can this be??

Any ideas on how to fix this?

MX04 - Simple Function - Passing Through A String Argument
Hi there.

I have a function that is try to pass through a url to a pop up menu using Javasccript. The pop up works fine but i cant get the url parameter to pass through.

On the root of the movieclip i have:

Code:
function popUp(url : String){
var fullURL = url;
getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('fullURL','myWindow','width=300,height=200,left=400,top=200,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
}
Then on the button i have:

Code:
on (release) {
popUp("www.msurgery.co.uk/contract.php");
}
Thanks for your time.

Trouble Loading A Text File When Passing The Variable In The URL String
I am trying to load variables into Flash from a text file. I pass the name of the text file as a variable in the URL string and then use that variable in the loadVariables command to pull in the text file. It works fine locally but is unreliable up on the server.

I seem to have got past this problem by moving the action to frame 2 from frame 1.

Has anyone else experienced problems with this and has found a better resolution?

Passing Varibales From External Swf To Another External Swf
Hey guys,

gotta big problem... ive created a page with an externally loaded navigation bar... when choosing a link for a specific section (externally loaded swf., a variable called stagetoggle is raised by one. This variable is used as the stageinformation needed for the loadmovie-action. This causes that each movie loaded will be on top of the one loaded before!

Problem is following: Ill post the code first to explain...

Code:
on (press) {
if (bioload == "unloaded") {
loadMovieNum ("biosite.swf", stufentoggle);
bioload = "loaded";
biostufe = stufentoggle;
stufentoggle = stufentoggle+1;
}
}
i load the movie biosite.swf into the stage "stufentoggle"; after it has been loaded, stufentoggle is raised by 1 to put the next loaded movie on top (bioload is simply to prevent reloading when the movie has already been loaded and the link is clicked again) To safe the present stage for later unloading, i pass on the value of stufentoggle to

To unload it i use the following code:

Code:
on (press) {
unloadMovieNum (biostufe);
}
as soon as im clicking the link in the loaded swf to call the previously explained action, all content is gone.

Help, anybody pls =)

Passing A Var To External Swf In AS3
I have been messing with this problem for far to long today, it has to have a simple answer. In my main swf I have a location variable, 1 and 2. it determines different things to display based on the location chosen. I have one instance where I pass the loc variable to a movieclip nested in the root. I used:
MovieClip(calendar_mc).locPos = loc;

This works fine. It passes the correct var into that movieclip and the correct calendar pops up. Now when I load an external swf I cannot figure out how to pass this along. I use:
ActionScript Code:
function extPack()
{
packLoader.load(new URLRequest("packagesREV.swf"));
packLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, spinMe);
packLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showMe);
mtFrame.addChild(packLoader);
}
function showMe(event:Event):void
{
MovieClip(mtFrame).loc = loc;
}

Ive tried mtFrame.packLoader.loc = loc;
mtFrame.packLoader.content.loc = loc;
etc etc. but to no avail. Does anyone have any idea whats wrong here? In my external clip, there is a loop constantly checking loc to = 1 or 2 and execute accordingly. It works fine, This var is just not getting passed in. Thanks in advance

Reacting To An External XML String
Hello all.. humble designer here posting a question as my technical pal is on leave...

Next week we're adapting a demo of ours.. the change is to react when the attractor loop receives an XML string from an external feed. Currently the attractor loops until a user clicks the screen, then the demo branches off; now we want it to also jump out when the XML string is sent over. Unsure of the technology being used to send it .. or anything technical really..sorry

Is this possible
Huge thanks everyone !!!

Ed

From String To External Text
I have this code for a simple typewriter effect.
But whit this i can see the string "hello world" i would like load a external text file, and apply this effect.
Someone can help me?
thanks in advance.

str = "hello world!";
num = 0;
id = setInterval(function(obj){
obj.myTextField.text = obj.myTextField.text + obj.str.charAt(obj.num++);
if(obj.num > obj.str) clearInterval(obj.id);
}, 50, this);

Passing Variables Into External Swf
Ok, Ive kind of been round the houses with this one and I am not sure of the best solution.

I have a "main.swf" that I am loading external swf's into blank movie clips. One of these "news.swf" and (movie clip nane news) is a scrolling text box that has content dynamically updated via asp.

I can get "news.swf" to load in all the variables via asp etc and when I view it alone, all works well. As soon as I look at it via the "main.swf", the content, i.e. the variables do not seem to be being passed ??

Ive tried to put a delay on the laod variables in case this was the problem and I have tried an OnClipEvent on the news mc, but it is still not working.

Any help is much appreciated ......

Thanks in advance,

Motorpilot

Passing Of Variables Between External Fla's
There are 4 .fla files with names as main.fla, first.fla, second.fla & third.fla.
If any variable is declared in a main.fla, and its value is changed during its execution. On click any button of this file, it should go to first.fla and then second.fla & third.fla. In all these three child files, buttons are provided so that on clicking of which it should jump back to main.fla.

My objective is:
Whatever the latest value of the variable in main.fla before jumping to first.fla, that should be carried out in second.fla & third.fla. When button for jumping from any of these three child files (i.e. first.fla, second.fla & third.fla) to main.fla is clicked. The value of the variable should be same when it come back to main.fla.

Kindly if possible, show the solution with example.

Expecting reply as early as possible.

Passing A Variable To External .swf
Hey guys i have a gallery that when any thumbnail is pressed it implements the following variable:

on (release) {
set (_global.thumb, dream1);
_parent._parent._parent.blank.loadMovie("ProjectFr ame.swf");
}

Now im trying to acces that variable "thumb" in ProjectFrame.swf but i cant seem to do it.

Anyone know how I can pass the variable out?

Passing A Variable To External SWF
Hello All,

I've got a main.swf that loads xml data in & dynamically creates thumbnail navigation for a portfolio. The portfolio items are png's, flv's and mp3's. I'm doing fine w/ the static images & am now stuck on how to pass the path of the media files I want to play to an external swf that will act as a controller for the flv's & mp3's.

Here's what i've tried so far:

in my for loop to create the navigation - i create a variable that holds the path to the .flv file. It traces out perfect.

Code:

// create varible to hold path to .flv
var currentVideo = currentPicture.attributes.vc;
trace("created variable: "+currentVideo);

I also created video.swf to play the .flv files & that gets loaded from the main swf ala ...

Code:

currentThumb_mc.onRelease = function(){
// an array created w/ the XML data holds the path & filename of what i want to load
myMCL.loadClip(imagePath+this.image,"content");
}

I need the externally loaded swf to access the currentVideo variable but when i try to access from the ext. swf using trace I keep getting 'undefined' as the output. I've also tried using _root and _parent._parent.currentVideo as the path to no avail.

Code:

//this is in frame 1 of the xternal loaded swf file
trace("_parent.currentVideo");

I know I could create a separate swf w/ the .flv hardcoded in but I would just like to use one generic swf file & use actionscript to tell it which .flv to play.

Any idea what i'm doing wrong?
should i be creating my netStream object in the main swf's timeline & controlling it from there instead of the xternal swf?

thanks

Using A String To Load An External File...
hey all,

do any of you pro's know if it is possbible to open a string using an external txt file, i have files which have numerical names which need to be opened when movie clips of the same are loaded....

so i thought it'd be easiest for me if i could convert the movieclip names to strings and then use the strings to load the external clips. that way (in my head) i'd just have to write one function and pass different parameters into it.

could some one tell me def yes / no (hopefully yes...)

thank you

sian

Load External Text Into String
i'm over.
i want to load an external text into a string variable.

Passing External Data To Array?
I want to create a lottery game. I created a clip that randomly pick a number by putting the max number on the code

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var nummenu =1;//number of draw
var maxnum = 3000;//max number
var numcount =1;// number of winners
r = new Array(numcount);
for (i = 1; i <= numcount; i++) {
bowl= Math.round (Math.random ()*(maxnum-1))+1;
}
}

Heres my question, is possible to assign an external value for maxnum?where in my external file is a series of column of information like

1. joe mer
2. Pual Allan
3 Mike Manalo
.
.
n // w n is the max num

Question number two, can i used the winning number as arry index as pointer so that i can display teh corresponding name of the person on that number?

How?I guess array, but how do i declare it?

External Swf Files Passing Variables
Hi,

Is there a way I can pass a variable from inner movie (loaded swf file) loaded into empty holder in my main movie to the root of my main movie ? so when this external file is loaded (about.swf) it passes variable so the main movie knows it is loaded like _root.loaded =1; so it can proceed with loading next movie etc ... because I am loading fair few movies and I want somehow to load one by one so they don't start loading at the same time.

Cheers