FLASH: Re: IE/PC & "_URL" Update

[Jim Duber]

Dave Hollinden <

dhollindenSonicFoundry [dot] com

> asked: 


>Couldn't you do the same thing without the URL?  Have the HTML page that

>embeds your Flash movie set a variable in the movie to "true" via a

>JavaScript SetVariable command.  Then:

>

>If (variable ne "true")          

>     Go to and Stop ("alert")      

>   End If


Interesting thought, Dave. The only problem I see with it is that the

rogue who knew enough to pull the .swf from their cache could just as

easily add the JavaScript SetVariable command to their HTML as well. Or,

am I misinterpreting your suggestion? 


Anyway, the idea is to ensure that the files only run from my server (they

are using my CGI resources to send userdata after all). 


So again I ask, has anyone else noticed that the "_url" property reports a

different on PCs with IE than on other platform/browser combinations?


As far as I can tell, IE on the PC seems to think the "_url" is the user's

harddrive when the movie file is hosted within an HTML page. When

targeting the .swf directly, it reports as expected. 


Here again is the pseudo code I'm trying to implement: 


   Set Variable: "source" = _url    (set at start of movie)


(and)


   If (source ne "http://myhost/mypath/mymovie.swf")          

     Go to and Stop ("alert")      

   End If 


This conditional statement exists well after both the start of the movie

and the frame labeled "alert".


Additional comments/suggestions very much appreciated. 


Thanks, 


Jim

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