Re: FLASH: telling a swf what html file it's in

[Marc Pidoux]

Possible with JavaScript for exemple.


First, to determinate which page it is on, you should use :


document.location.href, which will return the full url.


Then you should setup this as a variable (let's call it "which_page")


Finally you should send this variable to flash using (you can use the FSCommand

as well):


window.document.myFlash.SetVariable("which_page", which_page), where "myFlash"

is the name of your flash film.


That's all for the javascript part.


Now from Flash, you should on the first frame put a text box with a variable and

call it "which_page". Then a little "if-then" scenario according to what you

want.


Basicly it should look like :

If "which_page" = "http://www.steven.com/1page.htm"

    Then goto frame 5

 Else if "whicch_page" = "http://www.steven.com/2page.htm"

    Goto frame 10

Else

Goto frame 20


And that's all !!!


I don't have to much time to tell you exactly word by word what you should do,

just try it and if it's not clear enough, ask me again.


Cheers


Marc


Steven Shand wrote:


> I'm sure I read a while ago that you could feed a variable back to a swf

> from an HTML file. My swf will be loaded into a few different html pages and

> I need the swf to display a different property depending on what HTML file

> it's in. Is this possible.

>

> I thought I read about it in the context of disabling a swf if it wasn't in

> a specified HTML file for security reasons, so no-one could steal your swf

> and use it in another page.

>

> Does this make sense?!?  I've tried to hunt some info down from various

> sources but no luck. I'd appreciate some help or pointers.

>

> tia

>

> Steven

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