how do i send variables to a flash file using swfloader???

[cyber0897]

hey guys... so im trying to load a swf using the SWFLoader, and i need to some how send a variable to that swf, and in that swf i need to capture that variable if that makes any sence...

the swf is made in flash, and a function init is called everytime the swf loads...

in that init function in the flash actionscript i need to capture the variable i send from flash builder....

so far i have the following code...

in this code i have no idea on how to send variables to my swf

        var swfLdr:SWFLoader = new SWFLoader();
        swfLdr.horizontalCenter = 0;
        swfLdr.verticalCenter = 0;
       
        swfLdr.source = "http://test-broadcast.apxinsider.com/Content/swf/office_weekly_UF.swf";
        swfLdr.addEventListener(Event.INIT, swfLoaded);
        swfLdr.load();

now i was htining i could do somehting like office_weekly_UF.swf?id=1304 or somehting... but if i do that, how do i capture this in my swf???

any thing would help! thank you so much!

[cyber0897]

any takers??

[Guest]

Hi,

I'll put up what i think is the answer. Do tell me if this is what you are looking for. When I created the swf in Flash Pro.This is the code I used

var keyStr:String;

var paramObj:Object = LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters;

for (keyStr in paramObj) {

urlText.text = String(paramObj[keyStr]);

}

urlText is a text box whose content text is passed as a URL parameter. The parameters can be retrieved from paramObj. Is that what you meant by capturing the variables?

Then on the flex side, this is the code i used to display from SWFloader

           import mx.controls.SWFLoader;
            private var swfLdr:SWFLoader;
            private function startSWF():void
            {
                swfLdr = new SWFLoader();
                swfLdr.horizontalCenter = 0;
                swfLdr.verticalCenter = 0;
                swfLdr.source = "MySWF.swf?urlText=verbose";
                addElement(swfLdr);
            }

I hope this helps.

Nishad

[cyber0897]

hi Nishad, well i looked a lot into this, and i found out that after loading the swf i am able to access public function and variables after the swf has loaded, therefore i just modified all the swfs to fit my need, where i just ended up doing somehting like the following

     swfLdr = new SWFLoader();
          swfLdr.horizontalCenter = 0;
          swfLdr.verticalCenter = 0;
          swfLdr.source = "/content/swf/" + tempFileName;
          swfLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
          swfLdr.load();
}
private function swfLoaded(event:Event):void{
     swfLdr.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);

     childSwf = new MovieClip();
     childSwf = event.target.content;

     childSwf.init(1);
}

[Guest]

Oh.. Nice. This is good info. If you've resolved any of the other issues like the sandbox issue, do post your findings.

Nishad

[cyber0897]

i havent read thru the sandbox article yet, but i just ended up moving my release build swf to the server to get around that problem....