Yeah - the good thing about ExternalInterface is that it also works the
other way... You can (easily and reliably) call functions in Flash from
JavaScript. Which I need to be able to do in this case...
I'll let you know if I figure anything out - thanks again for the plugin,
Kelvin :)
Luke Lutman wrote:
> I haven't used ExternalInterface before, but I have used:
>
> getURL("javascript:myfunction(123,'abc');");
>
> To call a javascript function from flash. This works like a charm if
> passing numbers and strings (or JSON strings) to the function will
> suffice, and is backwards compatible (as far as Flash 6, I think).
>
> Luke
>
> Kelvin Luck wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using the really nice "jQuery Flash Plugin"(
>> http://jquery.lukelutman.com/plugins/flash/ ) to embed some Flash in a
>> page I'm building. This Flash needs to communicate with JS through
>> Flash's ExternalInterface. When embedded with the plugin IE fires a JS
>> error (a very useful "Syntax error"!). If I embed a different swf
>> which doesn't use ExternalInterface all is fine. And of course
>> everything is fine in Firefox.
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