Re: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
Thanks to all of you. On 7/21/06, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ricardo Sánchez wrote: So our second option is open the link in the same window but giving the user the chance to hit the back button of the browser (once in the html) and go back to the specific situation where he was on the flash. Is this possible? It could be, but a lot depends on the presentation, and how you determine where here is. For a slideshow you can just do local Shared Object Storage of the last slide viewed, and jump to the last viewpoint whenever starting, for instance. For an application you may need to represent a stack of prior user actions. Kevin Lynch had an example awhile ago which also deals with state-representation in SWF... he put the state into the URL itself, as query terms, but the same issue of How do you know where 'here' is? remains. (Most window-blocking extensions for browsers permit new windows in response to user clicks in the HTML part, but many have blocked all window requests from plugins, because of abuses from spammers. I don't know of a current listing of which window-blockers, and their audience sizes, will block a getURL with _blank from SWF.) jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
Hi, I need to know if this is possible and if it is some guidelines on how to accomplish it. I have a flash application running in a full browser window. At a certain moment the user may click in some link to a html page. We were thinking in open it in a new window but there's the problem of the pop-up blocker if the link comes from flash (any work around that?) So our second option is open the link in the same window but giving the user the chance to hit the back button of the browser (once in the html) and go back to the specific situation where he was on the flash. Is this possible? Does my english make sense? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
yes, you can do it, with use of a variable; so, you need to send a variable output by Flash, any time a change occur in the movie, and to read the variable itself when the page si (re)loaded, so Flash can go where you need... You must use something like PHP, to achieve this... But, if Flash movie is running inside a fullbrowser window (I suppose you want say: fullscreen), where is the back button of the browser?... * Enrico Tomaselli * web designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it * Skype: MetaArt RSS: http://www.metatad.it/mnfeeder.php ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
yes, you can do it, with use of a variable; so, you need to send a variable output by Flash, any time a change occur in the movie, and to read the variable itself when the page si (re)loaded, so Flash can go where you need... You must use something like PHP, to achieve this... But, if Flash movie is running inside a fullbrowser window (I suppose you want say: fullscreen), where is the back button of the browser?... Can't be done by Flash automatically. Unsurprising, really: there are so many factors that go into describing a Flash movie's state at some particular moment, many of which may be a result of your own particular code. But in any particular case you could do it using a sharedObject to store your current state rather than PHP, though. I don't know if the movie gets an onUnload event when it's closed (probably not) so you'd have to store the data periodically. Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
Try the way http://incomplet.gskinner.com/ does it. They use js for it so people can send normal links to each other for a specific point in the site. The SharedObject way is possible, but I think it's better to find a solution where you can get more out of. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Sánchez Sent: vrijdag 21 juli 2006 9:56 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash Hi, I need to know if this is possible and if it is some guidelines on how to accomplish it. I have a flash application running in a full browser window. At a certain moment the user may click in some link to a html page. We were thinking in open it in a new window but there's the problem of the pop-up blocker if the link comes from flash (any work around that?) So our second option is open the link in the same window but giving the user the chance to hit the back button of the browser (once in the html) and go back to the specific situation where he was on the flash. Is this possible? Does my english make sense? Thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
Is this technique of any use (see the 'Javascript communicating with Flash' bit): http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/fscommand/index.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: 21 July 2006 10:45 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash yes, you can do it, with use of a variable; so, you need to send a variable output by Flash, any time a change occur in the movie, and to read the variable itself when the page si (re)loaded, so Flash can go where you need... You must use something like PHP, to achieve this... But, if Flash movie is running inside a fullbrowser window (I suppose you want say: fullscreen), where is the back button of the browser?... Can't be done by Flash automatically. Unsurprising, really: there are so many factors that go into describing a Flash movie's state at some particular moment, many of which may be a result of your own particular code. But in any particular case you could do it using a sharedObject to store your current state rather than PHP, though. I don't know if the movie gets an onUnload event when it's closed (probably not) so you'd have to store the data periodically. Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Back from html to specific point in flash
Ricardo Sánchez wrote: So our second option is open the link in the same window but giving the user the chance to hit the back button of the browser (once in the html) and go back to the specific situation where he was on the flash. Is this possible? It could be, but a lot depends on the presentation, and how you determine where here is. For a slideshow you can just do local Shared Object Storage of the last slide viewed, and jump to the last viewpoint whenever starting, for instance. For an application you may need to represent a stack of prior user actions. Kevin Lynch had an example awhile ago which also deals with state-representation in SWF... he put the state into the URL itself, as query terms, but the same issue of How do you know where 'here' is? remains. (Most window-blocking extensions for browsers permit new windows in response to user clicks in the HTML part, but many have blocked all window requests from plugins, because of abuses from spammers. I don't know of a current listing of which window-blockers, and their audience sizes, will block a getURL with _blank from SWF.) jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
