FLASH: Re: [flashpro] Perl/CGI script for popup

[Joe Laffey]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Matthew Cloner wrote:


> Hi Michael,

>     You're not the only one who would like to find a script for that. I was hoping

> that someone would have some JavaScript for that, but so far no luck. And I'm

> still hoping to find a script to open multiple popup windows in Flash 4.


A way to open multiple JS windows in Flash is pretty easy using eith

LiveConnect or FSCommand. Macromedia's website has a technote on using

these methods (It doesn't tell how to open more than one window or

anything, but it should be pretty obvious once you read the article... if

you know JavaScript, that is...) Do a search on their support site for

"javascript".


As far as the CGI goes this poses a problem I think. It depends exactly on

your use. You are obviously trying to workaround the bug in IE 4.5Mac that

does not let you call JS from Flash. You could call a CGI script that then

returns a document with some JavaScript in it to open a popup. However,

this leaves you with not only a popup, but also a window reutnred by the

CGI script. Perhas I am missing something, but how could a CGI script open

a popup window without first displaying an ordinary page in the current

(or a blank) window? 


Personally, I have been checking for JS<-->Flash connectivity by calling a

JS function that sets a variable in the movie. If the variable gets set

then when have JS available from Flash (i.e. not IE4.5 Mac and has JS

turned on). If the variable is not set we don't. In thelatter case I just

load whatever I need into a _blank window and let the user live with it.

I hate IE anyway, so no skin off my nose...


Joe Laffey

LAFFEY Computer Imaging

St. Louis, MO

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