Bill,
I've had this exact problem and I simply placed the sw1 parameter directly
into the embed tag.
BTW: your assumption of my name, profession and identity is really quite
trite - I'd expect more of you...me...you
>From: "Bill Ainsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Netscape & <PARAM>'s
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:06:25 GMT
>
>More info: Netscape 4.03
>When I loop through the external parameters I see:
>src
>bgColor
>width
>height
>swRemote
>swStretchedStype
>type
>plugins page
>
>in IE I only get 4 results 1 of which is my custom sw1 param.
>
>This leads me to believe that the param list is hardcoded in Netscape (or
>at
>least in the shockwave plugin version this browser is using?)
>Bill
>
>
>>From: "Bill Ainsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: <lingo-l> Netscape & <PARAM>'s
>>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:40:27 GMT
>>
>>Hi,
>>I'm attempting to use an external parameter to pass into my shockwave
>>movie.
>> I've been using this syntax:
>><param name=sw1 value="somestring">
>>Inside Lingo I simply use:
>>somestring = externalParamValue("sw1")
>>This works fine in IE. But it doesn't work in Netscape - I get a "Script
>>Error" popup.
>>Anyone ran into and solved this?
>>thanks,
>>Bill
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