Yariv,
I've not tested, but you can try. The <object> tag, support all DHTML
methods of jscript, so I think you can use the insertAdjacentHTML to create
others <param> tags on the fly, and try to read them.
Rodrigo Peres
n 8/27/01 7:36 AM, Yariv Alter Fin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Rodrigo Thanks & Hi to all,
>
> The externalParamName/Value does indeed work in IE for the mac, yet
> as far as i know it can only be used once at startup to pass
> parameters from the page to the shockwave movie. yet i might be
> (hopefully) wrong: Does anyone know of a way to change these values
> while the movie is already running and re-read them from within the
> movie?
>
> Tak,
>
> Yariv
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> There's a way to use Evalscript in IE in a mac, I've used this recently in a
>> job for MTV here in Brazil. The diference between IE and LiveConnect browser
>> enabled is that IE pass the parameters to SW via <param> in the <object>
>> tag. So you can use document.write in javascript to write the parameters.
>>
>> ps the name of <param> must be sw1,sw2...up to sw9
>>
>> ex: <PARAM name="sw1" value="your_value">
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Rodrigo Peres
>>
>> on 8/26/01 9:06 PM, Yariv Alter Fin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Tom!
>>>
>>> Indeed there seem to be no way of evalScripting on the macIE, and I
>>> resolved in the meantime to a combination of the javascript-url and
>>> the php/sql server that's included (luckily) in the project. the
>>> problem is that i have to pass a variable to the javascript function
>>> on the page, and the IE always needs the VBscript redirecting to the
>>> javascripts. at the moment I am doing this by storing the string
>>> after the location of an invisible frame and then reading it later
>>> from javascript. this works, only it does take another gotonetpage
>>> and an unsure waiting period, and therefore is a lil clumsy...
>>>
>>> Question is, does anybody have any VBscripts that can recognize the
>>> javascript function name as well as the sent variable value and pass
>>> these on to the javascript function itself?
>>>
>>> If not, maybe some VBscript online resources links...?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Yariv
>>>
>>>> Yariv,
>>>> EvalScript and externalEvent require the browser to support
>>>> liveConnect, IE on the Mac does not support this and therefore these
>>>> commands will fail in that browser (this is a MS imposed limitation,
>>>> not a bug in SW). I've heard that same flavors of IE on the Mac have
>>>> enabled this, but I'm not immediately certain of those facts so I
>>>> hope someone here will speak up. Otherwise, IE-Mac and yer outta
>>>> luck...
>>>>
>>>> There are possible workarounds, one includes issuing a gotoNetPage
>>>> command where the URL you provide is "javascript:someFunction()" or
>>>> something similar, I believe that there's an article about this at
>>>> www.director-online.com, but I'm unable to recall the URL right now.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Yariv Alter Fin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:32 PM
>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Subject: <lingo-l> IEmac5 and evalScript?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all, a short question: did anyone actualy ever see an evalScript
>>>>> message from javascript arriving safely to a shockwave movie in
>>>>> explorer for the mac? or has any information regarding compatibilty
>>>>> or workarounds? the same simple code that works in any other
>>>>> browser/platform combination (out of the four cardinal options) seems
>>>>> to fail when it comes to the mac IE.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Yariv
>>>>>
>>>>>
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