RE: [flasher] Update: Loading variable from a text file - Javascript

[Paul Willoughby]

Have you read about FS Command? There's a good explanation in Moock's

article at http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/fscommand/index.html . AFAIK

this is the most solid way for Flash and js to communicate.


It's also possible to call a javascript function from Flash and return

variables to Flash with swLiveConnect (MM technote 14253). If you search the

tech notes at http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ there's quite a few

articles on communicating with javascript. 


If the problem is caching of a movie or variables, another technique is to

append a random number to the URL so the browser is tricked into thinking

it's a fresh page every time:


loadVariablesNum("blah.txt?random="+ (random(999)+getTimer()), 0)


Using a combination of random and getTimer makes it practically impossible

to generate the same URL every time.


hth


paul



Brian Kortland wrote on 07 February:

> 

> 

> HI All,

> 

> Yesterday I posted a message about loading variables from a 

> text file. I now

> realize my idea was ill fated due to caching.

> 

> I did extensive digging and found some somewhat vague information on

> interacting with Flash via Javasvcript. This would be perfect 

> for what I

> need to do - pass a variable to my flash movie from a link (or page or

> script). Anyone know of a good source with DETAILS!!! on how 

> to handle this

> task.

> 


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