get values from Javascript

Report · Dec 01, 2015

I'm trying to pass an identification name or number from Javascript so I can use one SWF to pass data based on the page.

This works with ActionScript 2 but can't figure out why it does not with ActionScript 3:

tPageID = 145;

function getPageID() {

return tPageID;

}

</script>

Flash:

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

var pageID = ExternalInterface.call("getPageID");

It seems it's always NULL with AS3.

Thanks for your help,

cpliu

Report · Dec 01, 2015

put the script tags in the head tags so that executes before your swf is embedded.

Report · Dec 01, 2015

Yes, the Javascript was located before the code to load SWF. This is on SharePoint. I even move the Javascript to a different web part ahead of the script loading the SWF but it didn't make any difference.

If I try to pass the value to a text field, it always gets the following error; I assume this was caused by the null data:

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.

at flash.text::TextField/set text()

at AS_n_JS_AS3_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()

Report · Dec 01, 2015

then your embedding html may be the problem. change test2.swf to match your swf and fix the width/height values and try:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

html, body { height:100%; background-color: #ffffff;}

body { margin:0; padding:0; overflow:hidden; }

#flashContent { width:100%; height:100%; }

</style>

tPageID = 145;

function getPageID() {

return tPageID;

}

</script>

</head>

<body>

</a>

</object>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Report · Dec 01, 2015

I then tested loading the SWF and included the Javascript in header with Dreamweaver. It works. I then compare the code from DW, and converted it a format acceptable to SharePoint then it works. THANKS for your help.

I don't know why, but the 2nd line below is the old one and if I switch to that line, SWF in AS3 does not pick up the data from Javascript. Maybe something wrong with the codebase=.... being not used anymore?

document.write("<object id='FlashModule' classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' width='550' height='400'>")

//document.write("<object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0' width='550' height='400' id='freeflash_final' align='middle'>");

Report · Dec 01, 2015

only some swf embedding methods are compatible with externalinterface. using an incompatible method causes externalinterface to fail.

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