kglad,

You are the best!!!

Hi,

I am not seeing any results from using the code from the blog. My navigation code looks like this:

import flash.external.*;
#include "logging.as"
bt_video.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (8);
        unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_bio.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_bioWRD.swf",3);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_02.swf",7);

};

I used the .as file that they had to download using my tracking code number and I included the code within the html page that they recommended.

Thanks,

-Jan

//trackGA (categoryOrPageTrack [required], action [required], label [optional], value [optional]
//categoryOrPageTrack - either the category string or a string saying 'page'
function trackGA(categoryOrPageTrack:String, action:String, optional_label:String, optional_value:Number) {
    //call page tracking version of Google analytics
    if (categoryOrPageTrack == "page") {
        //trace("GATC pageTracker call");
        trackGAPage(action);
    }
    //call event tracking method
    else {
        //trace("GATC event tracker call");
        trackGAEvent(categoryOrPageTrack, action, optional_label, optional_value);
    }
}

var prefix:String = "flashGA";
//Google Analytics Calls Page Tracking - for tracking page views
function trackGAPage(action:String) {
    //GA call
    if (prefix != null && !eventTrack){
        var call = "/" + prefix + "/" + action;
        //Old Google Analytics Code (urchinTracker)
        ExternalInterface.call("urchinTracker('"+call+"')");
        //New Google Analytics Code (_trackPageview) pageview
        ExternalInterface.call("pageTracker._trackPageview('"+call+"')");
        trace("==GATC==pageTracker._trackPageview('"+call+"')");
    }
    _root.tracer.text = action;
}

//Google Analytics Event Tracking Calls - for tracking events and not pageviews
//category, action, label (optional), value(optional)
function trackGAEvent(category:String, action:String,  optional_label:String, optional_value:Number) {
    /*
    objectTracker_trackEvent(category, action, optional_label, optional_value)
    category (required) - The name you supply for the group of objects you want to track.
    action (required) - A string that is uniquely paired with each category, and commonly used to define the type of user interaction for the web object.
    label (optional) - An optional string to provide additional dimensions to the event data.
    value (optional) - An optional integer that you can use to provide numerical data about the user event.
    */

    theCategory = "'" + category;
    theAction = "', '" + action + "'";
    theLabel = (optional_label == null) ? "" : ", '" + optional_label + "'";
    theValue = (optional_value == null) ? "" : ", " + optional_value;
    //New Google Analytics Code (_trackEvent) event tracking
    theCall = "pageTracker._trackEvent(" + theCategory + theAction + theLabel + theValue + ")";
    ExternalInterface.call(theCall);
    trace("====GATC===="+theCall);
    _root.tracer.text = theCategory + theAction + theLabel + theValue;
}

yes, I did.

The complete code for the top navigation:

import flash.external.*;
#include "logging.as"

btn_logo2.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("page","swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (7);
                unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_home.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_homeWRD.swf",3);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_01.swf",8);
trackGA("button/pressed/home");
};

btn_home.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("page","swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (7);
                unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_home.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_homeWRD.swf",3);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_01.swf",8);
trackGA("button/pressed/home");
};

btn_video.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("page","swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (7);
                unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_videos.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_01.swf",8);
trackGA("button/pressed/video");
}

btn_work.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("page","swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (7);
                unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_work.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_workWRD.swf",3);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_01.swf",8);
trackGA("button/pressed/work");
}

btn_bio.onRelease = function() {
trackGA("page","swfLoaded");
    unloadMovieNum (2);
    unloadMovieNum (3);
        unloadMovieNum (4);
        unloadMovieNum (8);
        unloadMovieNum (10);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_bio.swf",2);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_bioWRD.swf",3);
loadMovieNum ("AS2MR_BOTNAV_02.swf",7);
trackGA("button/pressed/bio");
};

I'm not sure what you mean...

The blog that you sent was updated at this link:    

http://blog.circlecube.com/2008/10/03/event-tracking-with-google-analy tics-flash-integration-tutorial/

They summarize the string for tracking:

_trackEvent(category, action, optional_label, optional_value)

category:string (required)

This is the name of the object you are tracking.

action:string (required)

This is the action that happens to your object you want to track.

optional_label:string (optional)

This can be more information to accompany the action.

optional_value:integer (optional)

A number to provide numerical information to accompany the action.

I followed the steps they posted but I'm missing some key element. Some basic piece of information is not penetrating my head...

I downloaded the sample files and that confused me further... I'm pathetic... 

Doesn't that translate as an optional label?

(_trackEvent(category, action, optional_label, optional_value)

I thought that there was an option to do that... am I misunderstanding the string that was supplied?

I must be misinterpreting what the blog was saying. You are saying that I only need to use one value in the string since I am perfprming one operation?

Still so confused...

Even with the sample files, I am still unable to get this right. I still don't understand why Google Analytics can't track .swf and .flv files the way other stat programs can... I am a designer so this is very frustrating to me. I get no answers at all from Google... i see .swf and .flv in the raw data files so I don't understand why Google chooses to ignore those.