Re: [Flashcoders] Trying Again:External Interface API and External .js Files
Christian wrote: I'm trying to rewrite some tracking functionality that I have utilizing external .js files and I can't seem to use the external API unless the JavaScript function is on the page in between the script tags. Can you do this with external .js files? If so, is there somewhere you can point me? I don't know, sorry. :( I do know that there are great browser dependencies with this work... the Flash "externalInterface" commands apparently hook into the new "scriptable plugins" interface for Firefox, Opera and Safari, as well as the different methodology for ActiveX Scripting in Microsoft's browser for Windows. Here's the source page for the new API: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/plugins/npruntime.html Now, how do the various browsers implement this, and what beyond-the-spec differences do they have? That's something that I don't know that anyone has documented. It could be that *all* browsers don't recognize external .JS files for browser-to-plugin and/or plugin-to-browser messages, or it could be that just *some* have that distinction... I don't yet know of any pages from the browser vendors which discuss usage issues, much less a cross-browser reference like a "css differences" or "dom differences" type of guide. Best tip I could offer right now would be to test some simple functions, in barebones JS & SWF, just to rule out any authoring complications. Testing it across a few browsers would be the next step. But, as with any multi-engine work, finding the differences between implementations is a tricky unmentioned cost. Wish I had something better, but the above is the best I've got on this subject right now. 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Trying Again:External Interface API and External .js Files[SOLVED]
I"m a complete idiot and get what I deserve for working late at night. Always close your script tag and make sure partner developer actually puts the .js file on the server named as you thought and located where you thought. what a tool Christian wrote: Hey Everyone, I'm usually just in the background reading all the good information, but now I actually have a question I can't find the answer to. I'm trying to rewrite some tracking functionality that I have utilizing external .js files and I can't seem to use the external API unless the JavaScript function is on the page in between the script tags. Can you do this with external .js files? If so, is there somewhere you can point me? Any help one can provide would be much appreciated... THanks, Christian ___ 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] Trying Again:External Interface API and External .js Files
Hey Everyone, I'm usually just in the background reading all the good information, but now I actually have a question I can't find the answer to. I'm trying to rewrite some tracking functionality that I have utilizing external .js files and I can't seem to use the external API unless the JavaScript function is on the page in between the script tags. Can you do this with external .js files? If so, is there somewhere you can point me? Any help one can provide would be much appreciated... THanks, Christian ___ 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
