wat abt for applets? wats the classid attribute for <object> tag to include
applet?
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From: "Pierre-Yves Saumont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 04:19
Subject: Re: Question from Pierre-Yves
> Hi,
>
> There are basically four ways to pass parameters to a flash client, three
of
> them being well adapted to servlets. (The fourth one is through sockets.)
>
> - Putting parameter on the url of the flash application in the
object (IE)
> or embed (N) tag of the enclosing html code.
>
> - loading variables in urlencoded format from the flash
application through
> the loadVariables action.
>
> - loading XML data through the load or sendAndLoad methods of the
XML
> object.
>
> The first is the simplest. You just add the parameters to the url like
this
> :
>
> <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
>
>
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca
> b#version=5,0,0,0"
> WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400>
> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="MyFlashApp.swf?param1=value1¶m2=value2">
> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED
> src="MyFlashApp.swf?param1=value1¶m2=value2" quality=high
> bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
>
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_
> Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
> </OBJECT>
>
> All parameters are automatically made available in the Flash application
as
> global variables.
> Beware that you have two put the parameters twice : once for the <object>
> tag (IE) and once for the <embed> tag (N).
>
> Loading variables through the loadVariable action is also very simple :
>
> loadVariables(url, target, method)
>
> url is a string representing the url of the servlet you are calling. It
may
> include parameters in urlencoded form.
>
> target is the name of a Flash level or a Flash clip that will be notified
> when the response will be received. Notification is made through
> onClipEvent(data). As a consequence, you can't load data if you don't
define
> at least one clip. (The application itself can't be notified).
>
> method is either GET or POST and is to be used only if you want to send
data
> to the servlet. With GET, the parameters you put in the URL are sent. With
> POST, all global variables are sent.
>
> Note that with some versions of Flash, you always get the getPost method
of
> the servlet called, even if you ask for GET.
>
> On the servlet side, you just send parameters as name=value pairs,
separated
> with &, after having set the content type to
> "application-x/www-urlformencoded". Of course, the data has to be
> urlencoded, but Flash is very loosy regarding the format. For example, if
> you include a newline in the middle of a parameter value (without encoding
> it), Flash will include it in the data.
>
> Sending XML is a bit more complicated. So, I will stop here. Tell me if
you
> really are interested in sending XML data to Flahs clients.
>
> Pierre-Yves
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
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> API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de
> Hamid Mukhtar
> Envoy� : samedi 19 mai 2001 06:04
> � : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet : Question from Pierre-Yves
>
>
> Hello
> I would like to ask you:
> How do we pass parameters to flash and how to recieve that inside
> flash.
> Thanks
> Hamid
>
>
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