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BradGreens
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March 20, 2008
Question

Can I read the current url with AS3?

  • March 20, 2008
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I was working on a project and was wondering if it is possible to read the current URL and adjust the positioning of an item in my Flash Object based on that.

Example:
I click a link and load "thesite.com/page_15.html"


I store that URL in a variable and write an if, then, else statement that reads the variable and decides what myPosition is.

When my movie loads I state:
myObject.y==myPositionY
myObject.x==myPositionX

Thanks for the help, moving to ActionScript 3 has been a blast so far.
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Jamesabth
Participating Frequently
March 21, 2008
I haven't integrated JavaScript with flash since AS2, but you should be able to pass in the url if you are embedding your swf in the HTML page using JavaScript.

See - http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

In JavaScript you can use:

window.location

to get the page url.

Paste the following into the address bar whilst on this page and you should be alerted with the current page location (including get variables):

javascript: alert(window.location);

Lookup window.location on Google for more info.
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BradGreensAuthor
Participant
March 23, 2008
Thanks, I'll see where I can get with this and post a follow-up in a couple days.
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Jamesabth
Participating Frequently
March 20, 2008
That was me - had to go to lunch.
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Jamesabth
Participating Frequently
March 20, 2008
That's the best you can do in Flash, otherwise you can use JavaScript to pass the page url to Flash.
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BradGreensAuthor
Participant
March 21, 2008
Could you elaborate more on using javascript with Flash? I pick up techniques quickly, I've never tried it yet. Thanks
Damon Edwards
Damon Edwards
Inspiring
March 20, 2008
Im not positive on this one, but I think that'll give you the url to the swf??...? Or whatever is being loaded into the player.. I would tend to use php to capture the current url and send in to your document via FlashVars.

$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] to get the domain

$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] to get the page requested, ie, page_15.html


ps. that was a quick visit James, if that was you!
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Jamesabth
Participating Frequently
March 20, 2008
trace(this.loaderInfo.url);
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