Because the .dcr will be embedded in a page with some other things, and visually we don't want the disruption of the whole page changing when the only thing that needs to change is the shockwave data. I don't know if it IS possible, but I'm trying to find out.
At 02:40 AM 6/8/02 +0100, Robert Tweed wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tab Julius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > If I have a page, with an embedded Shockwave movie, and some params to it, > > is it possible to issue a Javascript command (and if so, WHICH command) to > > basically refresh the embedded Shockwave, with a new set of params, >without > > reloading the whole page? I guess one way around it would be some sort of > > a form submit that the Shockwave polled for, but that seems crude. > >I really can't think of any good reason to use JavaScript for this. >JavaScript/Shockwave interaction is extremely buggy, i.e., not supported by >all browser versions. That's at the best of times; the rest of the time it >is turned off completely. > >Why do you need to reload the movie, why not just store the variables >internally? If you want to change what is physically written to the page >then JavaScript isn't your best bet anyway: you should just reload the >entire page with gotoNetPage. > >- Robert > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
