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Subject: Re: FLASH: accessing variables sent via "get" http request
From: mbain
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:55:16 GMT



Dont mind me if i didnt understand a word you said :o)

Michael Bain
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John Croteau <croteauaterols [dot] com> on 11/17/99 04:03:08 AM

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Subject: Re: FLASH: accessing variables sent via "get" http request




Hi Marshall,

> I'm using an application server, that is sending a variable via a "get" http
> request. The server simply passes the variable as an appendation to the url
> of an html file. In this file, I have an <embed> calling a flash 4 swf. Is
> there a way that I can access the variable from the swf file?
> In other words, the user requests a file. This file contains syntax that
> prompts my application server to send a variable via url appendation to the
> requested html file (on which is my swf). Can the swf use that variable?
You can use the JavaScript search property to extract the search (GET or
sometimes called query) parameter from the URL. Then use JavaScript to
document.write the OBJECT/EMBED container for Flash including the
variable pairs (extracted from the HTML URL) attached to the SWF's URL.

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