Re: Javascript in Flash 2

[John Croteau]

Hi evilsteven,


> I've been relatively successful getting Flash 2 to call a Javascript function by cheating a little bit.  In a button, I choose the action Get URL, and inside the HREF, I put

> This works, but not always as I want it to.  When the Flash document sits on a page inside of a Frameset in Navigator only, it tries to call the Javascript function from the parent Frameset document, and not the local document.  It works fine in IE, though...

> Does anyone know how to force the Javascript call to happen on the local page?


First, the technique you are using is not cheating, but is the

JavaScript: protocol.

It has a deficiency when used from Flash as it errors when using IE3

Windows versions of browsers.


Assuming the name of your function is PlayFlash and the Frame you are

targeting is ThisFrame, you would use the following in the Get URL:


JavaScript:parent.ThisFrame.PlayFlash()


When using Java applets as well as Flash, sometimes the browser loses

track of the Frame name structure (normally during intermittent Web

connections), so I always place functions in the parent frame. This is a

good place to place JavaScript functions and always works even under

poor Web connections.


So I place the function in the Frameset and would use:


JavaScript:parent.PlayFlash()


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