Re: [Flashcoders] passing variable from email to flash
Thanks, that's very helpful! On 30-May-06, at 10:31 PM, Geoff Stearns wrote: yes, just make your links like this: http://www.example.com/path/to/page.html?variable=value replace variable with the name of a variable you want, and 'value' with whatever value you want to pass. then, in your page.html when you embed the flash movie, you can grab the variable from the url string using javascript (or a server side language) and pass it into the flash movie using flashvars. if you use swfobject, it has a little utility that can grab vars from the url and pass them into the movie, so your embed code would look something like this: div id=flashcontent This text is replaced by the Flash movie. /div script type=text/javascript var so = new SWFObject(movie.swf, mymovie, 200, 100, 7, #336699); so.addVariable(variable1, value1); so.write(flashcontent); /script more info on the script: http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ ___ 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] passing variable from email to flash
I'm not entirely sure if these are flash questions, but here goes... I have a couple of question in regards to passing variables from a link embedded in an email to a flash movie. 1. Is it possible to direct people to a specific frame of a flash movie from an email (i.e. if its one swf, can you put them to specific place on the time line). 2. Not knowing how the flash site is set up yet, is it possible to direct them to a specific place in the timeline and then dynamically load in another swf (let's say each page is its only swf being loaded into a main movie on the 10th frame) 3. Is it possible to pass variables by clicking a link in an email so that the system will know the people who come from the email link are members (all people clicking from the email will likely be members) 4. Do the above scenarios involve server side programming? Essentially we would like user to click from an email to a certain page on a flash site, where after a series of activities they would get the opportunity to perform an activity available to members only. If they come from the email link they will be members, but if they have come from a different part of the site, we won't know whether they are members or not. If they aren't, we would invite them to register to become members. If they are, then they can enter their email address and will be prompted for a password. Of course, we will then need to determine what happens when the email is forwarded, but that will be next for us to sort out. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated. ___ 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] passing variable from email to flash
yes, just make your links like this: http://www.example.com/path/to/page.html?variable=value replace variable with the name of a variable you want, and 'value' with whatever value you want to pass. then, in your page.html when you embed the flash movie, you can grab the variable from the url string using javascript (or a server side language) and pass it into the flash movie using flashvars. if you use swfobject, it has a little utility that can grab vars from the url and pass them into the movie, so your embed code would look something like this: div id=flashcontent This text is replaced by the Flash movie. /div script type=text/javascript var so = new SWFObject(movie.swf, mymovie, 200, 100, 7, #336699); so.addVariable(variable1, value1); so.write(flashcontent); /script more info on the script: http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ On May 30, 2006, at 9:06 PM, watch dog barking wrote: I'm not entirely sure if these are flash questions, but here goes... I have a couple of question in regards to passing variables from a link embedded in an email to a flash movie. 1. Is it possible to direct people to a specific frame of a flash movie from an email (i.e. if its one swf, can you put them to specific place on the time line). 2. Not knowing how the flash site is set up yet, is it possible to direct them to a specific place in the timeline and then dynamically load in another swf (let's say each page is its only swf being loaded into a main movie on the 10th frame) 3. Is it possible to pass variables by clicking a link in an email so that the system will know the people who come from the email link are members (all people clicking from the email will likely be members) 4. Do the above scenarios involve server side programming? Essentially we would like user to click from an email to a certain page on a flash site, where after a series of activities they would get the opportunity to perform an activity available to members only. If they come from the email link they will be members, but if they have come from a different part of the site, we won't know whether they are members or not. If they aren't, we would invite them to register to become members. If they are, then they can enter their email address and will be prompted for a password. Of course, we will then need to determine what happens when the email is forwarded, but that will be next for us to sort out. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated. ___ 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
