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Subject: Re: FLASH: fs command - 2nd posting
From: Simon Webster
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:22:21 +0100

That's what I thought. Do you know of any other scripts that might be of
help to me? Or if there's another way to do it?

Simon

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>From: Jason Bouwmeester <jasonatintervisual [dot] com>
>To: "'flasheratchinwag [dot] com'" <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
>Subject: RE: FLASH: fs command - 2nd posting
>Date: Thu, Apr 27, 2000, 3:22 pm
>

> As far as I know that script has to be within the html code of the page that
> the movie is embedded in...
>
> Soz mang,
> jb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Webster [swebsteratministryofsound [dot] com (mailto:swebsteratministryofsound [dot] com)]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 7:28 AM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: FLASH: fs command - 2nd posting
>
>
> 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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