Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Geoff Stearns
localconnection i believe is supported in all the browsers - as long as you have the minimum flash player requirement (i think flash player 6 was the first one to add support?) as for the getURL question: if you are using flash player 8 or higher you should be using external interface,

RE: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Nikolaj Selvik
Hej Martin, There are undocumented issues and restrictions when using getURL(Javascript:) in content published for FP8 or higher. Instead, use ExternalInterface where you also should be able to implement good swf-to-swf communication A nice, short tutorial can be found at:

Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Martin Klasson
Yeah, I did some extensive testings on that yesterday, the only thing is that you can't return values from javascript with only inline javascript, -and you have to use void(0) in the getURL to avoid the return-values. ExternalInterface is good of course, but I am after making all the

RE: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Nikolaj Selvik
Hej Martin, There are largely undocumented issues and restrictions when using getURL(Javascript:) in content published for FP8 or higher. Some discussions on the subject can be found at: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/08/new_flash_8_pla.html Instead, use ExternalInterface

Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-26 Thread Andy Herrman
My understanding is that LocalConnection has nothing to with the browser. It's some process that Flash itself has implemented, so you can run the SWFs in a browser, projector, anything. For instance, I have a flash EXE that talks to flash movies running in various browsers, and it all works

Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-26 Thread Omar Fouad
answer of the second questions: no, there arent any problems in calling java function inside getURL() On 2/26/07, Martin Klasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Flashcoders, I have been searching around, but not found it to be that easy to get answers. I know that you people here tends to know