Just one gotcha to watch out for... Mozilla doesn't
recognize getVariable/setVariable. It must be GetVariable/SetVariable (note
capital initial letter). IE will allow either one.
matt
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdul
QabizSent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:52 AMTo:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Is there a
_javascript_ flashObj.callFunction(), like setVariable?
Hi Tracy,There is no callFunction(..) like method for
flash activeX or plugin. Butthere is setVariable(..) method. Yes,
you can set a variable or setter from _javascript_ using
setVariablefunction. I have create a example, it allows you to execute
flex functionfrom _javascript_...It's very basic example but you can
adopt similar approach and do it more OOway by creating classes in JS and
AS...1) FlexJSExample.jsp%@ taglib uri="FlexTagLib"
prefix="mm" %HTMLHEADmeta
http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
charset=ISO-8859-1"TITLEFlex-JS Communication
Demo/TITLEscript
language="_javascript_" //this function return to
Flash ActiveX Object or Plugin depending uponbrowser//it takes care
for browser type and returns the proper reference.//Accepts the id or name
of OBJECT or EMBED tag respectivelyfunction
thisMovie(movieName) { // IE and Netscape refer to the movie object
differently. // This function returns the appropriate syntax
depending on the browser. if (navigator.appName.indexOf
("Microsoft") !=-1) { return
window[movieName]; } else { return
window.document[movieName];
}}/**###**///success
flag, set by flash/flex appvar bFunctionCallFinished = true;//param
delimiter, kind of unique stringvar paramDelimiter =
"--$$###$$##$$--";//this function would call a flash/flex
function.function callFlashFunction(functionName,
paramsArray){ if(bFunctionCallFinished)
{ //Get
the reference so activeX or Plugin. var
flashObject = thisMovie("flexApp");
bFunctionCallFinished =
false;
flashObject.SetVariable("functionName",
functionName);
flashObject.SetVariable("functionParams",paramsArray.join(paramDelimiter));
flashObject.SetVariable("commitFunctionCall", true);
} else
{ //if previous function call is
still being run, you can usesetTimeOut etc to call it little
later... }
}/**###**//script/HEADBODY
bgcolor="#FF"!-- look at "flexApp" id/name, thats being
used(in JS) to get the referenceof Flash Player in browser.
--mm:mxml border="1" id="flexApp"
name="flexApp"mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"
width="600"height="600" backgroundColor="#FF"
mx:Script
![CDATA[
/****/
//the name of the function to be
called. var functionName:String; //the params delimited by
paramDelimiter var functionParams:String; //param
delemiter, kind of unique string var paramDelimiter =
"--$$###$$##$$--"; //setter, which executes the
function and send the success flag back to_javascript_ public
function set commitFunctionCall(flag:Boolean):Void
{ var func:Function =
this[functionName];
func.apply(this,
functionParams.split(paramDelimiter));
getURL("_javascript_:bFunctionCallFinished=true;void(0)");
}
/****/
function
sayHi(name:String)
{ alert("Hi " +
name); _ta.text += name +
newline; }
function setNum()
{ var n =
arguments.length; for(var
i=0;in;i++)
{
_ta.text += arguments[i] +
newline;
}
}
]]/mx:Scriptmx:TextArea id="_ta"
width="200"
height="200"/
/mx:Application/mm:mxmlinput type="button"
value="Say Hi"
/input
type="button" value="Send Number"//BODY/HTMLBTW!
Based on above principle, I made a JS-Flash libarary long back. Take alook
at it for an idea...http://www.abdulqabiz.com/files/JSFC/JSFCommunicator%20Library.htmHope
that
helps-abdulFrom:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:
Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:56 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject:
[flexcoders] Is there a _javascript_ flashObj.callFunction(),
likesetVariable?Using javasript in a custom HTML wrapper,
Is there flashObj.callFunction(),like there is a setVariable()
method?Or will setVariable() work with a setter method? (Hmm, surely I
can create asetter in mxml,
right?)TracyYahoo!
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