FlashVars in action script 3

[Troy Marker Enterprises]

I have searched this forums for an answer, but have not had any luck. Here is my problem. I have a swf file that I need to load in a value via flash vars. Here is the html I am using to try to pass the variable:

   <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="400" id="test" align="middle">

    <param name="movie" value="test.swf" />

    <param name="quality" value="high" />

    <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />

    <param name="play" value="true" />

    <param name="loop" value="true" />

    <param name="wmode" value="window" />

    <param name="scale" value="showall" />

    <param name="menu" value="true" />

    <param name="devicefont" value="false" />

    <param name="salign" value="" />

    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

    <param name="FlashVars" value="filename=a-1.xml" />

    <!--[if !IE]>-->

    <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="test.swf" width="550" height="400">

     <param name="movie" value="test.swf" />

     <param name="quality" value="high" />

     <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />

     <param name="play" value="true" />

     <param name="loop" value="true" />

     <param name="wmode" value="window" />

     <param name="scale" value="showall" />

     <param name="menu" value="true" />

     <param name="devicefont" value="false" />

     <param name="salign" value="" />

     <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

     <param name="FlashVars" value="filename=a-1.xml" />

    <!--<![endif]-->

     <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">

      <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />

     </a>

    <!--[if !IE]>-->

    </object>

    <!--<![endif]-->

   </object>

As you can see I do have a FlashVars parameter with a value of "filename=a-1.xml".

After doing some research I found two solution below:

Solution 1:

var strFilename:String = loaderInfo.parameters.filename;

urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(strFilename));

And solution 2:

urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(GetFilename()));

//Get Test Name to Load

function GetFilename():String

{

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

var strFilename:String;

strFilename = String(objParam["filename"]);

return strFilename;

}

I tried them both and all it get when I view the HTML page in a browers is a flashing image of graphics I use as my buttons.

My entire "movie" is four frames long. In frame 1 I have all my actionscript code. Frame two I use as a title screen, frame three where the work is done, and frame four is a results screen. I have a stop(); command as the first line in each actionscript in each frame. frames 2, 3, and 4 only have two commands in them. The stop() command, and a call to a function in frame one to do the work. Everything works fine if I hardcode the filename in the swf file, but I will need to be abe to load it from and HTML page. I know I am over looking something, and it is probably simple. I would appreciate any help anyone can offer.

Thank you,

Troy L. Marker

[Colin Holgate]

With any plugins you would normal do object/embed, not just object. I'm not fully sure which one would fail for the browser you're using. Read this short discussion for more insights:

html - EMBED vs. OBJECT - Stack Overflow

Also, look into swfobject, that can make embedding easier:

SWFObject: Javascript Flash Player detection and embed script | deconcept

[Troy Marker Enterprises]

Colin,

I looked into the SWFobject you suggested, I am still having trouble getting it to work. I put all the file I into: test.zip - Google Drive

If you have chance, can you please look at them and help me figure out what is wrong?

Thank you,

Troy