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Subject: Re: FLASH: Passing Variables through a frameset...
From: Jon Williams
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:38:20 +0100

One trick that a LOT of developers use is to have a hidden
frame where they store all their data, so that you don't
have the ok-so-when-i-load-a-new-page-it-blows-everything-away
problem.

Then you just combine the FSCommand yadda with the
Javascript to pass variables across frames, and shazzam!

-jon

Branden Hall wrote:

> okay, my Javascript is a bit rusty, but using location.search you can snag
> all of the variables off of the URL...
>
> So... have the page that pops open the HTML page pass it the variable...
> then have the frameset dynamically built and have the variables tacked on to
> the end of the URL of the top frame... then have the top frame dynamically
> write the inclusion code for the flash movie tacking on to the end of the
> flash movies URL the variables...
>
> -= Branden J. Hall
> -= Multimedia Developer / Instructor
> -= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Helen
> Triolo
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 5:41 PM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Passing Variables through a frameset...
>
> Aack, never mind that first option. When you force framesetdoc.html to
> open, it'll wipe out the variable info you just passed. Sorry, I always
> think of these things 30 seconds after I click Send. I think you're
> going to have to use a server side script to accomplish what you want
> (option 2).
>
> Helen
>
> > Two things come to mind as possibilities. One: since you can't get the
> > variable from the frameset to the topframe html, how about calling the
> > topframe html directly with the variable and including javascript in
> > that file to open the frameset doc, like this :
> >
> > <script language="JavaScript">
> > <!--
> > if (parent.location.href == self.location.href)
> > window.location.href = 'framesetdoc.html';
> > //-->
> > </script>
> >
> > (problem if user has js disabled, but not if that's how you're already
> > opening the new window)
> >
> > Two: use ASP (you can run it fine from a laptop if you have PWS
> > installed) and put code like this in the first frame tag of your
> > frameset doc:
> > <frame name="top"
> > src="topframe.asp?frame=<%=request.querystring("framenumber")%>"
> > frameborder="0" framespacing="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
> >
> > Regards,
> > Helen
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > helen triolo � http://i-technica.com � 301-424-6037
> > Flash Q&A archive � http://i-technica.com/flashlist
> >
> > Bryan Rieger wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I've got a bit of a dilemma...
> > > We have a swf file that on selecting a button will launch a new window,
> > > passing a variable to the next swf file, that will then jump to the
> > > appropriate screen. Here's the catch.
> > >
> > > The new window is a frameset as follow
> > >
> > > frameset
> > > topFrame
> > > Flash file jumps to label as set by incoming variable
> > > /topFrame
> > >
> > > mainFrame
> > > Content (html) in this frame is set by label in the top frame
> > > /mainFrame
> > > /frameset
> > >
> > > So my question is - how do we go about passing our variable from our
> > > triggering Flash movie to the Flash movie contained in 'topFrame'. BTW -
> > > using Perl, CF or ASP is out of the question as our BD people want to be
> > > able to demo it on their laptops.
> > >
> > > It seems that the variable is getting dropped after being passed to the
> > > frameset.
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Bryan Rieger
> > > developer/designer
> > > Trapeze
>
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