RE: FLASH: Talking to Flash from JavaScript

[Rebecca Lovelace]

Those are handy general tips, thanks.


Here's a specific question:

Why does it crash into MacsBug at native_ShockwaveFlash_TCallFrame?  Is that

because the flash movie is not fully loaded so it can't access the frame it

wants to?


Rebecca


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Subject: Re: FLASH: Talking to Flash from JavaScript



I'll be trying to pull my best guesses of intended questions out from the

description, but please advise if there was an intended question I missed,

thanks.


"What are possible causes of Netscape failures with FSCommand work?"

Netscape's LiveConnect uses Java. If Java has not been used in that

session, it will load on the first page that calls it. If Java cannot start

on that system then there may be problems.

(Classically, Netscape/Mac run without much free RAM left available can

hang when invoking Java.)


"What can be a problem when talking to a plugin in body.onload?"

The object typically won't load until after your HTML is loaded. When your

JavaScript fires off the message, there's nothing there to hear it yet.


"What are common problems when having JavaScript affect Flash variables?"

The most frequent issue seems to be targeting to the correct timeline.

Case-sensitivity is another way to not get the usual result.


"What are common problems when having JavaScript address the movie?"

The most common, hands-down, is when using IE/Mac, which doesn't support

such techniques. After that common problems include addressing the object

before it's loaded, the different Document Object Models in different

browsers, trying a complex function before trying a simple function, etc.


jd






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