FLASH: fs command - 2nd posting

[Simon Webster]

Hi all, apologises if this appears twice.


I'm  trying to call a particular frame in my movie from an html page. The

javascript used is as follows


<script language="JavaScript"><!--

var moviename = "rm";

var movie_ready = "false";


function movieobject(moviename)

{

//IE and Netscape refer to the movie object differently.

//This function returns the appropriate syntax depending on the browser.


        if (navigator.appName.indexOf ("Microsoft") !=-1)

        {

                return window[moviename]

        }


        else

        {

                return document[moviename]

        }

}

function go()

{

        if(movie_ready == "false")

                {

                        while(movie_ready == "false")

                        {

                                if(movieobject(moviename).PercentLoaded() ==

100)

                                {


movieobject(moviename).GotoFrame(100);

                                        movie_ready = "true";

                                }

                        }

                }


        else

        {

                movieobject(moviename).GotoFrame(100);

        }

}

// -->

  </script>


This script works fine if it is on the page where the swf is embedded.

However, if I am calling it from a different html file it doesn't work, the

error "movieobject has no properties. " (due, I believe, to it requiring the

ID and NAME tags which are not present unless the movie is embedded into the

html page).


How do I get around this? Should I be using a different script?


All help welcomed on this wet, cold and windy day.


Simon



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