Tab, if I understood it right, Rob is not asking for communication between an embedded shockwave movie and the browser, but between a WebXtra sprite inside a director projector and director.
valentin Tab Julius wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Internet Explorer, you don't need an Xtra - you can call a function > myMovieName.evalScript and pass it a string (which you can parse out > later). It takes a return value. In Lingo, put 'on evalScript' in a > movie > handler. To send in the other direction (to IE) you call > externalEvent and > pass it a string (sorry, no return value there). > > Unfortunately this doesn't currently work in Netscape, since they > changed > their structure in Netscape 6+. > > But for Windows IE, you're okay. > > - Tab > > > > At 10:46 AM 3/26/04, Rob Wingate wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I think I'm looking for a strategy on how to notify Lingo from a >> <form> tag's 'onSubmit()' event. >> >> Background: >> I'm building HTML forms on the fly with Lingo, and sending them to an >> Internet Explorer (Tabuleiro's WebXtra) sprite on the stage. Works >> beautifully. >> >> Then comes the Submit button. I could leave it alone and post the >> form data, but I'd rather intercept it and process the data locally. >> I know I can use <form onSubmit="return false;"> to stop the post, >> but I don't know how to tell Lingo that Submit was clicked. >> >> IOW, how can the Javascript function I assign to onSubmit notify >> Lingo? >> >> I appreciate any leads--I'm in some new territory on this one. >> >> Thanks, >> Rob > > [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!]
