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  1. 06-01-2010 10:40 PM #1
    zzQQ
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    Dynamically changing flash vars

    Is it possible to do so?


    My situation ..
    I have a flash header on my website with 5 menu items (home, register, about us, etc)

    myheader.swf?button=1 "Home" is focused
    myheader.swf?button=2 "register" is focused
    etc etc

    When you click on a menu item it becomes the focused menu item (or "button") and the flash fires off a javascript event which handles the AJAX.

    Using the browser's back/forward buttons, the flash header's focused item does not change.

    I can capture the history change, but how can I change the " .swf?button=x " using javascript.

    PS: the flash header is a big file and I do not want to reload it every single time to update the var
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  2. 06-01-2010 11:00 PM #2
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    Can you provide a working example?
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  3. 06-01-2010 11:10 PM #3
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    well that would require some work to narrow down, there's alot of code.

    is there no solution to my problem?

    using javascript to change a flash variable (in this case, "button") to a new value (1,2,3,4,5) to visually change the focused menu item.
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  4. 06-01-2010 11:14 PM #4
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    I only wanted to see the flash header and how it receives the parameters. Think you can make an example for us to see?

    I have never worked with changing flash vars on the go. Most I have done is called JavScript function from a flash.
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  5. 06-01-2010 11:31 PM #5
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    in the <body> tag of the html..

    <object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="766" height="160">
    <param name="movie" value="_flash/header_v8.swf?button=1"/>
    <param name="FlashVars" value="button=2">
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <param name="menu" value="false" />
    <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
    <!--[if !IE]> <-->
    <object data="_flash/header_v8.swf?button=1"
    width="766" height="160" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <param name="menu" value="false" />
    <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
    <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    Flash is not supported on your browser.
    </object><!--> <![endif]-->
    </object>


    I also know that when any menu item receives a click, the flash automatically makes that item the new focused one.

    Is it possible to send a function to the swf that would change which menu item (or "button") is focused?
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  6. 06-01-2010 11:53 PM #6
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    Now that I think about it I do not think it would work by just modifying the object flash var. I am not adept at flash, but for the effect to change place inside the flash you would need to have it read the change.

    As far as I know (emphasis) flash will not dynamically change when you change the flash var.

    So, I believe you have to make it so the flash can read some value from somewhere or receive input from JavaScript.
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  7. 06-02-2010 09:39 AM #7
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    I believe you are correct, but I'm basing that off of 2 hours of research.

    I will look into alternatives, hopefully I find some workaround.

    Thanks for your help.
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