Pass Variables into AS3 through Query String?

[ckpepper02]

Man! I've been searching ferociously and can't seem to find a solution that works for me. I am trying to pass variables via query string on a PHP page to Flash, and then have the swf add movie clips to the stage depending on the information it receives.

Here is what the PHP outputs:

swfobject.embedSWF("flash/detailScore.swf?a=0-0&b=0-0&c=30-54&d=30-20&e=42-18", ...

And here is my AS3 code:

function loaderInfoSh(e:Event):void{
 
 var myQueryStrings=this.loaderInfo.parameters;
 a = myQueryStrings.a;
 b = myQueryStrings.b;
  c = myQueryStrings.c;
 d = myQueryStrings.d;
 e = myQueryStrings.e;
 addTheResults(a,1);
 addTheResults(b,2);
 addTheResults(c,3);
 addTheResults(d,4);
 addTheResults(e,5);
 }
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderInfoSh);

The addTheResults function takes the coordinates, adds a MC instance to the stage and positions it accordingly.

var colorMCArray:Array = new Array();
function addTheResults(val,colnum:Number){
 if(val == null){val = "52-46";} // so I can test it locally

 var daColor:String;
 
 switch (colnum){
 case 1:
 daColor = "f3951c";
 break;
 
 case 2:
 daColor = "74b47d";
 break;
 
 case 3:
 daColor = "436494";
 break;
 
 case 4:
 daColor = "9b74ac";
 break;
 
 case 5:
 daColor = "b43d44";
 break;
 }
 
 var dash:int = val.indexOf("-");
 var lateral = val.slice(0,dash);
 var vertical = val.slice(dash+1);
 lateral --;
 vertical --;
// adding the MC instance
 var comm:tileB = new tileB();
 comm.name = "comm"+colnum;
 addChild(comm);
 colorMCArray[colnum] = comm;
 
//Change the color 
var colorTransform:ColorTransform = colorMCArray[colnum].transform.colorTransform;
 var thiscolor = "0x"+daColor;
 colorTransform.color = thiscolor;
 colorMCArray[colnum].transform.colorTransform = colorTransform;
 colorMCArray[colnum].x = 5;
 colorMCArray[colnum].y = 536;
 colorMCArray[colnum].x += (lateral * 9);
 colorMCArray[colnum].y += (vertical * 9)*-1;
 colorMCArray[colnum].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, btnro);
 colorMCArray[colnum].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, btnrout);
}

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here.

[ckpepper02]

Ok, nevermind. One of my variables was the culprit. I had a variable named "e" that I renamed t "em" and it works now. Perhaps "e" is a keyword or something?

[Harry Kunz · Accepted solution]

Was this the "e" in the code below you were pertaining to as the culprit? "e" is not a keyword. It's just the shortcut for the word "event" for the variable name of type Event which is the Event object that triggered the call of function loaderInfoSh. In your code you assigned e = myQueryString.e which should have given you a type mismatch error.

function loaderInfoSh(e:Event):void{
 
 var myQueryStrings=this.loaderInfo.parameters;
 a = myQueryStrings.a;
 b = myQueryStrings.b;
  c = myQueryStrings.c;
 d = myQueryStrings.d;
 e = myQueryStrings.e;
 addTheResults(a,1);
 addTheResults(b,2);
 addTheResults(c,3);
 addTheResults(d,4);
 addTheResults(e,5);
 }
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderInfoSh);