Flex Javascript interaction

Question

In my application, the Flex Javascript interaction works
correctly only when I have a "alert" pop-up!!! I do not want the
"alert" in my final application.
Here is my code snippet:
Javascript code:
<script language = "JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"
charset="ISO_8859-1">
var jsReady = false;
function isReady()
return jsReady; //to set up communication with Flex
function pageInit()
// Record that JavaScript is ready to go.
jsReady = true;
var newTerm="Flex"; //This is the input variable, right now
its hard-coded
alert(newTerm);//this alert causes trhe problem, I get to see
the desired output with alert, but without alert, I get "Error on
Page"
getMyApp("test").myFlexFunction(newTerm);//call to Flex
function
function getMyApp(appName) //Function to find the type of our
browser
if (navigator.appName.indexOf ("Microsoft") !=-1)
return window[appName];
} else {
return document[appName];
</script>
pageInit() is called onLoad in body tag==> possible cause
of problem

Answer 1

Hey Tracy! Thanks for replying!
Here is the ExternalInterface code. I am working on Yahoo
API. So you will find some API calls there.
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[Bindable]
public var question:Question;
public function myFunc(s:String):void
var keyword:String;
params.results = 50;
params.type = "resolved";
searchService.searchQuestionsByTerm(s, params);
private function setupCallbacks():void
ExternalInterface.addCallback("myFlexFunction",myFunc);
private function isContainerReady():Boolean
var result:Boolean = ExternalInterface.call("isReady");
return result;
public function startUp():void //initial call made hwn the
application starts
var isAvailable:Boolean = ExternalInterface.available;
trace(isAvailable.toString());
if (ExternalInterface.available)
var containerReady:Boolean = isContainerReady();
if (containerReady)
// If the container is ready, register the SWF's functions.
setupCallbacks();
else
trace("External interface is not available for this
container.");
// Define the Event Listeners for the Answer Service
searchService.addEventListener(AnswersResultEvent.QUESTIONS_SEARCH,
questionsResult, false, 0, true);
searchService.addEventListener(AnswersErrorEvent.ERROR_EVENT,
showError, false, 0, true);
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