Hi - have gone through Phillips tutorial, but the section that I need ( Using an 'onclick' event to replace a loaded SWF with another SWF ) - isn't explained very well - there's a bunch of code but no guidance on where it goes / how it is implemented.
cheers Jim On Aug 12, 12:38 pm, Aran Rhee <aran.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you are wanting to swap flash movies within the same dic, yuou can check > out Philip's tutorial on the subject: > > http://pipwerks.com/lab/swfobject/load-onclick/2.0/index.html > (section "Using an 'onclick' event to replace a loaded SWF with another > SWF") > > Cheers, > Aran > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Vincent Polite < > > > > vpol...@socialnetconnect.com> wrote: > > SWFObject is a javascript object that allows people to embed .swf files in > > their web pages. Among other things, there is a method called .embedSWF > > that takes arguments and puts a specific .swf file that you specify, > > swapping it for a designated div. There's nothing stopping you from calling > > that function more than once. So depending on what you are using to trigger > > the action, it would be code on the order of: > > > if (action1) { > > swfObject.embedSWF(...) > > } else { > > swfObject.embedSWF(...) > > } > > > I would just be sure you are including the right version of the > > swfObject.js script (version 2.x) and that should do the trick. However, > > the embed method depending on how you do it may reload the flash movie each > > time (not cached), which might be laggy and undesirable. > > > If I were doing something like this, I would define 2 divs in your HTML > > page, one with an id="version1" and another with id="version2" > > If I needed any of these divs on page, I would define my style sheet to > > show it where it needed to be shown. If one or both of the divs need to be > > hidden, then I would define the style on that div so that the x and y > > coordinates are off screen (like using huge negative numbers). > > > Then you write some script that would "move" the div onto the visible part > > of the page where you want it. You can simulate a Flash swap that way. > > > A lot depends on what you're trying to do. Using the method I described > > works perfectly fine for 2 flash movies, but it might not work so well if > > you had say 30... > > > Hope this points you in the right direction. If you do some google > > searching, there was a post a day or so ago that discussed swapping a Flash > > movie using the technique I described. > > > Vincent > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:20 AM, jim holmes > > <madhous...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > >> This is all I want to do - it seems ( like a lot of things ) a > >> relatively simple task, but 2 hours later I'm no further forward. One > >> site recommended swfobject to do this, but I can find no reference to > >> doing this anyway on this site? > >> Am I looking to do something that can't be done? > > >> cheers > >> Jim- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to swfobject@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to swfobject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
