Anyone who might be following,
It seems kind of silly, but you have to use MMplayerType to pass in the
player Type instead of using your own variable name.
>From the Adobe Flash Detection Kit:
function loadComplete()
{
loaderClip.redirectURL = _root.MMredirectURL;
loaderClip.MMplayerType = _root.MMplayerType;
loaderClip.MMdoctitle = _root.MMdoctitle;
loaderClip.startUpdate();
}
At least the second line within the function (playerType) doesn't seem
to do anything, as the update movie that is downloaded from the
macromedia address, seems to use _root.MMplayerType no matter what you
set the above to (and it seems to default to ActiveX if you don't have
_root.MMplayerType set).
I guess someone hard coded _root.MMplayerType, instead of using the one
that's set above. Oh well, I guess I'll just use those MM* variable
names. :-)
This is actually promising for the original question of this post -
maybe flashvars are automatically available to loaded swfs? I'll test
and let you know what I find.
Thanks,
Kevin N.
Kevin Newman wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> So here's what I got so far:
>
> /*_root.requireVersion = '9';
> _root.redirectURL = 'http://www.unfocus.com';
> _root.useExpressInstall = 'true';
> _root.documentTitle = "foo bar";
> _root.movieSrc = 'movie.swf';
> _root.playerType = "PlugIn";
> */
> var playerVersion:Number = parseInt(System.capabilities.version.split('
> ')[1]);
>
> // clean the flashvars
> _root.requireVersion = (typeof _root.requireVersion !=
> "undefined")?parseInt(_root.requireVersion):0;
> if (typeof _root.redirectURL != "undefined")
> _root.redirectURL = new String(_root.redirectURL);
> _root.useExpressInstall = _root.useExpressInstall == "true"?true:false;
> if (typeof _root.documentTitle != "undefined")
> _root.documentTitle = new String(_root.documentTitle);
> if (typeof _root.playerType != 'undefined')
> _root.playerType = new String(_root.playerType);
>
> trace('Checking Version');
> // determine if Express Install is necessary:
> if (
> _root.useExpressInstall &&
> playerVersion < _root.requireVersion &&
> _root.redirectURL &&
> _root.documentTitle &&
> _root.playerType
> ) {
> trace('Express Install Started');
>
> System.security.allowDomain("fpdownload.macromedia.com");
>
> _root.installStatus = function(status)
> {
> switch (status) {
> //case "Download.Complete":
> // Express Install worked. There's really nothing to do
> here.
> //break;
> case "Download.Cancelled":
> // User chose not to Express Install new Flash version
> case "Download.Failed":
> // The Download failed for some reason, so kick out
> message to javascript
> sendEIResults(status);
> break;
> }
> }
> //var updateClip:MovieClip;
>
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip('updateClip', _root.getNextHighestDepth());
>
> updateClipOnLoad = function()
> {
> trace('checking');
> if (typeof updateClip.startUpdate == 'function') {
> clearInterval(updateInterval);
> trace('Express Install SWF Loaded');
> updateClip.redirectURL = _root.redirectURL;
> //updateClip.MMplayerType = _root.playerType;
> updateClip.MMplayerType = "PlugIn";
> updateClip.MMdoctitle = _root.documentTitle;
> updateClip.startUpdate();
> }
> };
>
> updateClip.loadMovie (
>
> "http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/update/current/swf/autoUpdater.swf?"+Math.random()
> );
>
> var updateInterval:Number = setInterval(updateClipOnLoad, 20);
>
> }
> else if (typeof _root.movieSrc == 'string') // load content
> {
> trace('loading content');
> _root.loadMovie(_root.movieSrc);
> }
> else // complete breakdown (probably left out a variable)
> {
> trace(typeof _root.movieSrc);
> trace('complete breakdown: misconfiguration');
> /* probably do some kind of javascript communication here
> and let javascript turn off the movie, and use whatever
> non-flash content was specified there.*/
> var EIResultsMSg:String = 'Misconfiguration';
> sendEIResults(EIResultsMSg);
>
> var intervalID = setInterval('SendEIResultsBackup', 200, EIResultsMSg);
>
> _root.unFocusShimMsgConfirm = false;
> _root.watch('unFocusShimMsgConfirm', function(prop, oldVal, newVal,
> intervalID) {
> clearInterval(intervalID);
> return newValue;
> }, intervalID);
>
> }
>
> // this isn't all worked out yet
> function sendEIResults(result:String):Void
> {
> // this should respond through swfRef.SetVariable - setting
> // unFocusShimMsgConfirm to true;
> fscommand('unFocusShim.EIResults', result);
> }
> // fscommand doesn't always work, so we do a backup with this in that case
> function sendIERsultsBackup(result:String):Void
> {
> getURL('javascript:unFocus.Shim.EIRsultsMsg("'+results+'")');
> // :TODO: turn on generic English message as a final backup plan:
> }
>
>
> I still have no idea how I'm going to forward Flashvars on, but I'm
> having a rather odd issue with the ExpressInstall. Everytime I run this,
> it installs the ActiveX version instead of the PlugIn version of the
> player, even though I have hardcoded the thing to "PlugIn". Can anyone
> see what might be causing that?
>
> Just a note, this is still a work in progress, I'm aware that it needs
> quite a bit of cleanup. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin N.
>
>
>
> Kevin Newman wrote:
>
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