RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and URL variables
If you are using a static HTML page to serve up the SWF file, then you need to manually specify the params as flashVars variables in the wrapper. For example, to pass the name Nick Danger you might do this: object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflas h.cab#version=9,0,0,0' width='500' height='500' param name='flashVars' value='firstname=Nicklastname=Danger' param name='src' value='FlashVarsValues.mxml.swf' embed pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' width='500' height='500' flashVars='firstname=Nicklastname=Danger' src='FlashVarsValues.mxml.swf'/ /object If you are using something like JSP to serve up the SWF file, then you can use expressions to set the values of the flashVars in the wrapper: % String fName = (String) request.getParameter(firstname); String lName = (String) request.getParameter(lastname); % ... object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflas h.cab#version=9,0,0,0' width='500' height='500' param name='flashVars' value='firstname=%= fName %lastname=%= lName %' param name='src' value='FlashVarsValues.mxml.swf' embed pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' width='500' height='500' flashVars='firstname=%= fName %lastname=%= lName %' src='FlashVarsValues.mxml.swf'/ /object If you have the FDS server, then query string params are converted to flashVars for you. Hth, Matthew J. Horn Flex docs -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of yaagcur Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 1:39 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and URL variables http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/20beta1/docs/1300.html covers this topic However, although it works if you pass the URL as a .swf, if you try .html (which is presumably what you want) then it fails Hope someone can explain how to do this in Flex 2.0 as it would be a great feature Andy Clark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Flex 2, the Application instance has a parameters property with name/value pairs for the URL parameters and FlashVars. So in an Application script you would just access parameters.number and it would be 3. From other scripts, you would use Application.application.parameters.number. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:55 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables Flex 1.5 or 2? - Original Message - From: Jonathan Miranda mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables Alright, I've done this with Flash before but I'm wondering how similar it is. Let's say I start my app @ http://mysite.com/index.mxml?number=3 What's the easiest way to get that 3 into a variable in Flex? Using FlashVars in the embed/object tags and then somehow do mx.core.application.Application.number as my variable? _ Jonathan Miranda Flexible Master of the Web Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. - Albert Einstein HealthGrades http://www.healthgrades.com/ : Guiding America to Better Healthcare(tm) NASDAQ: HGRD w (720) 963-3832 c (707) 761-0868 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The message contains confidential and/or legally privileged information and is intended for use only by the indicated addressee. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed,arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development http://groups.yahoo.com
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and URL variables
You mean, if you try to pass variables to a html page that embeds the SWF?http://myserver/myflexapp.html?foo=barI think, then you can use _javascript_ to extract query-string variables and pass it to SWF using ExternalInterface or using flashvars (if your embedding SWF using JS itself). -abdulOn 3/6/06, yaagcur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/20beta1/docs/1300.html covers this topicHowever, although it works if you pass the URL as a .swf, if you try .html (which is presumably what you want) then it failsHope someone can explain how to do this in Flex 2.0 as it would bea great featureAndy Clark--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Flex 2, the Application instance has a parameters property with name/value pairs for the URL parameters and FlashVars. So in an Application script you would just access parameters.number and it would be 3. From other scripts, you would use Application.application.parameters.number . - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:55 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables Flex 1.5 or 2? - Original Message - From: Jonathan Miranda mailto:jmiranda@... To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables Alright, I've done this with Flash before but I'm wondering how similar it is. Let's say I start my app @ http://mysite.com/index.mxml?number=3 What's the easiest way to get that 3 into a variable in Flex? Using FlashVars in the embed/object tags and then somehow do mx.core.application.Application.number as my variable? _ Jonathan Miranda Flexible Master of the Web Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. - Albert Einstein HealthGrades http://www.healthgrades.com/ : Guiding America to Better Healthcare(tm) NASDAQ: HGRD w(720) 963-3832 c(707) 761-0868 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The message contains confidential and/or legally privileged information and is intended for use only by the indicated addressee.If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed,arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=msk=Web+site+design+developmentw1=Web+ site+design+developmentw2=Computer+software+developmentw3=Software+des ign+and+developmentw4=Macromedia+flexw5=Software+development+best+prac ticec=5s=166.sig=L-4QTvxB_quFDtMyhrQaHQ Computer software development http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=msk=Computer+software+developmentw1=We b+site+design+developmentw2=Computer+software+developmentw3=Software+d esign+and+developmentw4=Macromedia+flexw5=Software+development+best+pr acticec=5s=166.sig=lvQjSRfQDfWudJSe1lLjHw Software design and development http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=msk=Software+design+and+developmentw1= Web+site+design+developmentw2=Computer+software+developmentw3=Software +design+and+developmentw4=Macromedia+flexw5=Software+development+best+ practicec=5s=166.sig=1pMBCdo3DsJbuU9AEmO1oQ Macromedia flex http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=msk=Macromedia+flexw1=Web+site+design+ developmentw2=Computer+software+developmentw3=Software+design+and+deve lopmentw4=Macromedia+flexw5=Software+development+best+practicec=5s=1 66.sig=OO6nPIrz7_EpZI36cYzBjw Software development best practice http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=msk=Software+development+best+practice w1=Web+site+design+developmentw2=Computer+software+developmentw3=Softw are+design+and+developmentw4=Macromedia+flexw5=Software+development+be st+practicec=5s=166.sig=f89quyyulIDsnABLD6IXIw YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS *Visit your group flexcoders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders on the web. *To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Unsubscribe *Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . --Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and URL variables
Oops! there are few errors in code I sent. I forgot to remove exteds Proxy from QueryString class.Please hold on, I would send another mail in a while.-abdul
On 3/6/06, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,I wrote a somple QueryString class in AS3, that would get you parameters passed to HTML wrapper.Usage is simple:Suppose url is:
http://server/page.html?param1=10
AS code:import com.abdulqabiz.utils.QueryString;function onAppInit(){var qs:QueryString = new QueryString();trace(qs.param1);}
Please find the attached zip file. Or see code below:-
##QueryStringSample.html - HTML Wrapper##
html
head
titleQuery String Sample/title
/head
body
!-- Using FlashObject from http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/ --
script type=text/_javascript_ src="">
div id=flashcontent
This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
/div
script type=text/_javascript_
var fo = new FlashObject(QueryStringSample.swf,mymovie, 100%, 100%, 8.5, #336699);
fo.write(flashcontent);
/script
/body
/html##QueryStringSample.mxml - Sample MXML using Class##mx:Application xmlns:mx=
http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml creationComplete=initVars()
mx:Script![CDATA[ import com.abdulqabiz.utils.QueryString; // Declare bindable properties in Application scope. [Bindable] public var myName:String;
[Bindable]
public var myHometown:String; private var qs:QueryString; // Assign values to new properties. private function initVars():void { qs = new QueryString();
name_lbl.text = qs.parameters.myName; homeTown_lbl.text = qs.parameters.myHomeTown; } ]]/mx:Script mx:VBox mx:HBox mx:Label text=Name: /
mx:Label id=name_lbl fontWeight=bold/ /mx:HBox mx:HBox mx:Label text=Hometown: / mx:Label id=homeTown_lbl fontWeight=bold/
/mx:HBox /mx:VBox/mx:Application##QueryString.as - The class##
package com.abdulqabiz.utils
{
import flash.external.*;
import flash.util.trace;
public class QueryString extends Proxy
{
private var __queryString:String;
private var __all:String;
private var __params:Object;
public function get queryString():String
{
return __queryString;
}
public function get url():String
{
return __all;
}
public function get parameters():Object
{
return __params;
}
public function QueryString()
{
readQueryString();
}
private function readQueryString():void
{
__params = {};
try
{
_url = ExternalInterface.call(window.location);
_queryString = ExternalInterface.call(window.location.search.substring, 1);
//trace(_queryString);
if(_queryString)
{
var params:Array = _queryString.split('');
var length:uint = params.length;
for (var i:uint=0,index:int=-1; ilength; i++)
{
var kvPair:String = params[i];
if((index = kvPair.indexOf(=)) 0)
{
var key:String = kvPair.substring(0,index);
var value:String = kvPair.substring(index+1);
__params[key] = value;
}
}
}
}catch(e:Error) { trace(Some error occured. ExternalInterface doesn't work in Standalone player.); }
}
}
}
This is quick and dirty code. I initialyl wrote the entire class using Proxy, so that you can access properties over it (but data is stored in a variable inside the class). But for simplicity I removed things...
Things, that are not done:* Detect if some variables are passed via FlashVars also and merge parameters* Error handling* Testing in different browsers and under different security sandbox cases.
These can be done easily...So I am not doing it :)-abdul
On 3/6/06, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:You mean, if you try to pass variables to a html page that embeds the SWF?
http://myserver/myflexapp.html?foo=barI think, then you can use _javascript_ to extract query-string variables and pass it to SWF using ExternalInterface or using flashvars (if your embedding SWF using JS itself).
-abdulOn 3/6/06,
yaagcur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/20beta1/docs/1300.html covers this topic
However, although it works if you pass the URL as a .swf, if you try
.html (which is presumably what you want) then it failsHope someone can explain how to do this in Flex 2.0 as it would bea great featureAndy Clark--- In
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Flex 2, the Application instance has a parameters property with name/value pairs for the URL parameters and FlashVars.
So in an Application script you would just access parameters.number and it would be 3. From other scripts, you would use Application.application.parameters.number
. - Gordon From:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:55 PM To:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables
Flex 1.5 or 2? - Original Message - From: Jonathan Miranda mailto:
jmiranda@... To:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thurs
