Loading Variable from HTML

I am trying to load a variable into a flash file from the
html page which it is displayed on. What i am trying to do is load
a photo album category from a GET variable
(photo_album.htm?cat=test) into the loadXMLgroup Actionscript event
for a program which I am using. I essentially want to be able to go
to photo_album.htm?cat=test and end up with the event
loadXMLgroup("test").
Please Help.

SWFObject will help you do this easily
Check out the getQueryParamValue example on this page:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

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Hi.
I usually make a flash aplication in colaboration with a php
programmer. But i want to test my swfs without having to wait for
him. So i want to do that through a text file. I know that flash
can load variables from text files. The problem is i don't know how
to format the text file ( example.txt).
Thank you

Here's a couple of ideas.
First you probably want to change what you have...and put
your 'if (pVar==1' etc inside a separate function and call it from
the onLoad handler after you have assigned the value to pVar...
because the onLoad will run at some unknown point in time after
loading has finished (actually in the test environment this might
work... but that wouldn't be the same as what happens in a
production setting).
To create test files for loadvars... simply create a new as2
file and put this code on the first frame and test movie:

Loading Variables from ASP into Flash

I can find plenty of tutorials detailing how to load
variables from a defined asp page into Flash, but here's my
dilemma...
I have an asp page that is reading a URL with a unique
identifier in it (www.sampleURL.com?id=123456), and then turns the
id number from the URL into a variable. On the same page then, sits
my swf where I need to use LoadVars to pull in that ASP variable
via Actionscript. If I don't have a static asp page to pull the
variables in from and I want to pass the variable within the same
asp page the swf is located on, how do I do it? Many thanks in
advance...

"bonzomn65" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I can find plenty of tutorials detailing how to load
variables from a
>defined
> asp page into Flash, but here's my dilemma...
>
> I have an asp page that is reading a URL with a unique
identifier in it
> (www.sampleURL.com?id=123456), and then turns the id
number from the URL
> into a
> variable. On the same page then, sits my swf where I
need to use LoadVars
> to
> pull in that ASP variable via Actionscript. If I don't
have a static asp
> page
> to pull the variables in from and I want to pass the
variable within the
> same
> asp page the swf is located on, how do I do it? Many
thanks in advance...
>
You don't need LoadVars for this at all. You can just pass
the variable to
your Flash movie by specifying a query string when you are
calling the
movie.
If you are using the straight object, embed method then it
would look
something like this:
<param name="movie" value="movie.swf?id=11111">
<embed src="movie.swf?id=11111" ... >
If you are using the ActiveContent JavaScript for your movie
then you just
leave off the .swf... so
"name", "movie?id=11111"
Then, in flash you can access the value of id from the _root,
like
var idInFlash:Number = _root.id;
Of course in the above example you would replace 11111 with
the proper
syntax for printing a variable's value in ASP.

Movie refuses to load variables from text file

Hi,
I'm sure you can solve my newbie problem in less than 1
minute...
I'm pulling my hair out on a template I bought 2 days ago
from templatemonster.com
I am using Flash 8 Pro.
All I want to do is change an existing textfield that is
Static to Dynamic and load variables from a text file.
The Action Script I use to do so comes directly from
Macromedia documentation (see attached)
It works fine when I create a brand new movie, but doesn't do
anything when inserted into the template.
It doesn't even complain about not finding the text file if I
rename or delete it!
Here are the FLA and text file:
Edit : Link to source file removed
The textfield I would like to change is in the txt2 symbol.
Here is how I proceed:
When I open HEADER.FLA, Flash tells me I'm missing a font,
ok, so I click on Use Default, I'll deal with this later.
I open up the Movie Explorer, go to Layer 30, go to Frame 75
and click once on txt2
I name the instance "myMovie_mc" and save (converts from
Flash MX to Flash 8)
I double-click on the Movie Clip, select the word
"Automobile" on the Stage, change from Static to Dynamic and call
that instance "myText_txt"
Still in the Movie Clip, I create a new layer I call
"actions", and in Frame 1 I copy the attached Action Script:
This script works when I create a new flash file, but it does
absolutely nothing in this template.
I know I'm doing something wrong, but I wonder what?
Many thanks to any helping soul!
Ferris.

try this:
// Load text as variable and assign it to the
// dynamic text field
var features_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
features_lv.onLoad = onText();
features_lv.load("safetyFeatures.txt");
function onText(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
myText_txt.text = features_lv.safetyfeatures;
} else {
myText_txt.text = "unable to load text file.";
or this
// Load text as variable and assign it to the
// dynamic text field
var features_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
features_lv.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
myText_txt.text = features_lv.safetyfeatures;
} else {
myText_txt.text = "unable to load text file.";
features_lv.load("safetyFeatures.txt");

Load variables from XML into Flash

I was wondering how to load variables from an XML document to
a Flash file? I am familiar with the code to do it for a text file,
but was wondering how to do it for XML.
Many thanks in advance!
JJ

Thanks for the recommendation on the site. What I am trying
to do is load varaibles from an XML file into text boxes in my
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Here is my loading:
var my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
my_xml.onLoad = function(success){
if (success) {
gotoAndStop("slide01");
my_xml.load("narration.xml");
this is what I have on my frame with the text boxes (the text
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var my_title = my_xml.my_title;
var my_date = my_xml.my_date;
should I do my_date.text = my_xml.my_date; instead?
my xml doc looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<picture01>This is the text for picture
01</picture01>
<picture02>This is the text for picture
02</picture02>
<my_title>Las Vegas</my_title>
<my_date>October</my_date>
Any help on this would be GREATLY appreciated!
Text
my_date.text = my_xml.my_date;

How to pass a variable from HTML to Flash

I have built my flash ad banner in Flash 9 and now want the
HTML code to pass the url over to the flash movie that it should
jump to when clicked.
The info in the help file seems out of date for the latest
HTML template as it uses mainly JavaScript to get round IE's
dreadful embeding issue. So my problem is, how do I pass a variable
from the HTML to the actionScript specified int he Help file
(running on a full screen button) as shown below?
myButton_btn.onRelease = function() {
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via the html code now used by Flash 9 which is like this:

<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Advert_long</title>
<script language="javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent = 0;
</script>
<script language="javascript"> DetectFlashVer = 0;
</script>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js"
language="javascript"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">



<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
<noscript>
// Provide alternate content for browsers that do not support
scripting
// or for those that have scripting disabled.
Alternate HTML content should be placed here. This content
requires the Adobe Flash Player.
<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/">Get
Flash</a>
</noscript>
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You should use SWFObject to embed your Flash. Not only does
it make
embedding more straightforward, it makes passing query
parameters very easy.
Check out:
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
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http://www.blurredistinction.com
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HTML code to pass the url over to the flash movie that it should
jump to when clicked.
The info in the help file seems out of date for the latest
HTML template as it uses mainly JavaScript to get round IE's
dreadful embeding issue. So my problem is, how do I pass a variable
from the HTML to the actionScript specified int he Help file
(running on a full screen button) as shown below?
myButton_btn.onRelease = function() {
if (clickTAG.substr(0, 5) == "http:") {
getURL(clickTAG);
via the html code now used by Flash 9 which is like this:

<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Advert_long</title>
<script language="javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent = 0;
</script>
<script language="javascript"> DetectFlashVer = 0;
</script>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js"
language="javascript"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">



<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
<noscript>
// Provide alternate content for browsers that do not
support scripting
// or for those that have scripting disabled.
Alternate HTML content should be placed here. This content
requires the Adobe Flash Player.
<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/">Get
Flash</a>
</noscript>
</body>
</html>

You should use SWFObject to embed your Flash. Not only does
it make
embedding more straightforward, it makes passing query
parameters very easy.
Check out:
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Dave -
www.offroadfire.com
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Loading Variable from a file in BI 7.0 queries

Hi All,
When we run BW 3.x queries through RRMX, we get option to load the variables values via import from file means loading the variables values from a file. Do we have this option available in case of 7.0 queries also as 7.0 queries directly run on portal.
I know via RSRT, i have that option available for 7.0 queries as well.
Thanks in advance.
Sumita.

Hi,
In 7.0 it is not possible to load directly from a flat file when you run the query in the portal. However, I don't think it was an option in 3.x either. In het analyzer, both 3.x and 7.0 have that option, only the copy paste functionallity is gone in 7.0, you have to use a flatfile now. Also, in 7.0 portal you can add indivual values for a variable sperated by a ; sign. So you can use excel to create a ; seperated csv file and copy and paste from that.
Kind regards,
Alex

Loading variables from txt

Hello everybody,
I have a flash file with two dynamic fields which get data
from a txt file. There is one more dynamic field in flash which i
want to display a certain calculation result between the values of
the two other dynamic fields. The two vars are loaded from the txt
file without any problem, but flash recognizes them as strings and
as a result, the calculation is impossible (NaN). How can i convert
the loaded data from the txt file into numeric ones in order to be
able to do calculations between them?
Thank you

You have a choice:
if your string values is called myVar1
You can convert it to a number type in the following ways:
myVar1=parseInt(myVar1); //for parsing integer values,
ignores after any decimal points - useful particularly for hex
strings etc
myVar1=parseFloat(myVar1); //parses the value into a regular
precision number
myVar1=Number(myVar1);
You can read more about each of the above in the relevant
links on the following page:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00001166.html

Passing dynamic variable from html to Flash

I know this is pretty simple but all that I have read doesn't make much sense to me. I have one swf calling another swf that I have embedded into an htnl. In other words just calling another html page in a seperate window.
In one.swf (runing in broswer) I use the below to call another html page passing the variable NewLessonArray. This contains an array of completed chapters.
// LOADING URL
var NewLessonCompleteArray:String = LessonCompleteArray.toString();
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("two/index.html?CurrentLessonInfo=<NewLessonCompleteArray>"), "_blank");
In the receiving swf I want to retrieve the passing parameters.
two.swf
// Getting the parameters passed
this.loaderInfo.parameters.toString()
All that is returned that I can see is object Object. But since I am passing on a address line into another swf embedded in a html page I am unable to determine that correct syntac for retrieving the information.
Any suggestions? This has got to be pretty simple... I think.
THANKS

What you are trying to do is not extremely difficult to do, but it is not something I would consider as being simple. With Andrei's approach you should be able to take the url String and dissect the parameters from it using String methods, like split().
As for the loaderInfo end of things, you are not passing the parameters to the swf file, you are passing them to the html page. So the loaderInfo won't have any info for you regarding the url parameters. The loadInfo would typically get parameters via the FlashVars parameters passed in in the html's swf embedding code.
Here are some other solutions that you might consider. I have not dealt with these myself, they are merely in my collection of useful info, so you might have to experiment to get them working. One is a link to a class-based approach and the other is an approach that use swfObject embedding to dynamically add the parameters as FlashVars to the embedding code....
http://mikethenderson.com/2009/02/as3-return-query-string-value-version-2/#more-105
OR
In your HTML:
var flashvars = {};
if (swfobject.getQueryParamValue("aParameter")) {
flashvars.param = swfobject.getQueryParamValue("aParameter");
swfobject.embedSWF("myMovie.swf", "myContent", "550", "400", "9.0.0", "", flashvars);
And the param variable will be available as a FlashVar to your movie:
var theParam = loaderInfo.parameters.param;

Set Variables from HTML

Here is the set up, I have a video player embedded in an html
file. The player will play a lead in video for branding purposes IF
the user has not viewed this lead in video yet. ELSE it wil play
the video they specified and then continue to play the rest of the
videos in a que.
Everything is fine except, the current video is dependant on
the HTML page the view is at and I would rather just have 1 swf
file rather than 1 swf file for every video.
So my question is, how can i get the HTML page to tell the
swf file which file to load after the lead in file. I essentially
need to send this parameter from the HTML file to the swf file -
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Thanks!

Using FlashVars is just appending the variable to the SWF's
url. So, in your embed script, where ever you have the path to your
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to that. So, lets say you want to pass in a name, you would use
mymovie.swf?name=dzedward
Then, in flash retrieve it like so:
root.loaderInfo.parameters.name;
Lets say you want to pass in first and last name:
mymovie.swf?firstName=Damon&lastName=Edwards
retrieve it like so:
root.loaderInfo.parameters.firstName;
root.loaderInfo.parameters.lastName;
Now, if you're using SWFObject to embed your SWF, its as
simple as:
so.addVariable("name", "dzedward");
retrieving it the same way as above.

Loading Variables from a php file

Im trying to get the stats from a shoutcast radio stations
into flash so i can manipulate them into a nicer looking site.
Anyway, ive identified the line on which the stats are
updated (its in a php file, line 48):
<stong>Current
Song:</strong></b><p><marquee>
Morel's Grooving Again - That Melody [Morel's
Groove Mix]</font></p>
and i was wondering the following things:
is it possible to have flash load only this line of text from
the php file,
how do i get flash to recognise "<stong>Curren Song" as
the variable
how to get flash to recognise the colon sign as meaning that
that is waht the variable is equal to,
and how, once flash recognises the parameter, to remove the
formatting code from the text.
Or is there an easier way of getting this variable into
flash, like using some kind of self-updating html file...
help would be much appreciated.
thanks

u can convert the array in to a string in FLEX and in PHP u can use the "split" command...
here s sample program see if it helps u
http://flexarraytransfer.blogspot.com/
similary u can transfer VARIABLES also,in the place of the string just put ur variable on the PHP use t variable without spliting t

Passing variable from html to flash

Hi I have built a flash movie with buttons...depending on
which button is clicked it loads a different flash movie due to
variable setting. I am able to set and call the variable s in flash
fine
But now i have an html page that needs to blend with this
flash...So i created buttons on my html page to look like the
flash...But when i click a certain button i want it to know the
variable going into the flashpage and load correct movie...not just
go to the beginning of my flash movie then user will have to choose
the button again...
How can i do this?
thank you in advance
reno

well, between the post to forum and this link below i got
this to work for me
Just needed to know about the javascript....along with
putting the value/variable in url as posted..thanks
http://noscope.com/journal/2003/12/query_string
thanks for replying with suggestions!
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Ok, after doing much research on the internet, I am pretty
sure you have to be a Flash and Actionscripting Jedi in order to
solve this issue. Here we go:
I have created an HTML page using PHP and MySql that displays
image thumbnails. When a user chooses and clicks on one of the
thumbnails, I want the larger image to be loaded into my swf. It is
a jigsaw puzzle component I picked up here: www.crifano.com. Here
is the puzzle on my page with an image manually inserted using
Flash 8 (Note: This is only working in Internet Explorer right now,
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http://premieretans.com/puzzle/jigsaw.php.
I want the image on this page to be chosen by the user from a
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a MySql database. What is the best way to go about this?
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the only person who has run into this dilemma, so I hope your
knowledge will save others with a similar problem the hours I have
spent on this issue myself. Thank you!
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Hi,
There's no direct support for this. But you could implement
drag and drop the way you normally would in javascript. Except
here, on mouseUp over a div encapsulating the object or embed tag
(the flash object), you'll need to make a call into actionscript
from javascript indicating that a drag and drop happened.
For more info, see
how
to drag and drop using javascript and
actionscript
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