Re: FLASH: Throwing cfoutput variables into javascript

[Daniel H]

Here is a very basic template of what I have tried to do.

I am trying to pass data from a database via coldfusion to JavaScript

basically. This would allow for me to use a database to store flash

filenames and all the variables created for that flash image. Then I could

use a parent page (be it a form or a link, redirect or a search query on a

web page) to call up the database to get the appropriate information for the

particual flash swf needed. At this time it would to see if the client

browser supports flash 4 - then display the flash 4 swf file ... or if the

browser does not suppoer flash 4 then display the secondary image (quered

from the database) such as a animated gif or a jpg image.


I had tried a very simple form of this, trying to embed objects within

objects. (IE.. <Object flash variables etc etc> <Object gif variables etc

etc></Object></Object> This didnt work for me when testing it out on a

broswer that didnt have flash 4 installed.


As you can see below I am using the html that flash publish produces as a

template


Any thoughts would be appreciated


**********


<cfquery name="GetFlash" datasource="mydatasource">

 SELECT FlashData.*

 FROM FlashData

 WHERE FlashDataID = #GetPageObjectData.SelectedFlashID#

</cfquery>


<cfoutput query="GetFlash">

<OBJECT classid="#FlashData.Class#"

 codebase="#FlashData.CodeBase#"

 ID=#FlashData.ObjectIDName# WIDTH=#FlashData.FlashWidth#

HEIGHT=#FlashData.FLashHeight#>

 <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="#FlashData.flashfile#"> <PARAM NAME=loop

VALUE=#FlashData.FlashLoopYN#> <PARAM NAME=quality

VALUE=#FlashData.Flashquality#> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor

VALUE=#FlashData.FlashBGHEX#>


<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>

<!--

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&

navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ?

navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;

if ( plugin &&

parseInt(plugin.description.substring(plugin.description.indexOf(".")-1)) >=

4 ) {

 // Check for Flash version 4 or greater in Netscape

 document.write('<EMBED src="#FlashData.FlashFile#.swf"

loop=#FlashData.FlashLoopYN# quality=#FlashData.FLashQuality#

bgcolor=#FLashData.FlashBGHEX# ');

 document.write(' swLiveConnect=#FLashData.SWLIVETF#

WIDTH=#FLashData.FlashWidth# HEIGHT=#FlashData.FlashHeight#');

 document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"

PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_

Version=ShockwaveFlash">');

} else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0

&& navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){

 // Netscape 2 will display the IMG tag below so don't write an extra one

 document.write('<IMG SRC="#FlashData.FlashAltImgFile#"

WIDTH=#FlashData.AltWidth# HEIGHT=#FlashData.AltHeight# BORDER=0>');

}

file://-->

</SCRIPT>

</OBJECT>

</cfoutput>


**********

Dan



----- Original Message -----

From: illogic <

illogicbastid [dot] net

>

To: <

flasherchinwag [dot] com

>

Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:35 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Throwing cfoutput variables into javascript



> what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

> ----- Original Message -----

>

From: "Daniel H" <danmediacomm [dot] com>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:38 PM

> Subject: FLASH: Throwing cfoutput variables into javascript

>

>

> > IM having a challange here.

> >

> > I am not the best javascript programmer but in a nutshell here is what I

> > want to do.

> >

> > I am trying to output data about flash attributes located in a database

> into

> > javascript via coldfusion.

> >

> > My question is: How can I pass information from a cfoutput to javascript

> or

> > how do can I encode the javascript to accomodate coldfusion tags within

> > it...

> >

> >

> > I tried nesting cold fusion tags with in javascript.. That doesnt work.

I

> > have also tried the cfset tag to create a variable before the javascript

> > starts. This does not work either.

> >

> > Does anyone have any experience in manipulating a cfoutput to properly

> store

> > a variable so javascript can read it?

> >

> > If anyone has any questions or wishes to see some of the code I have

done.

> I

> > could post it.

> >

> > TIA

> >

> > Dan

> >




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