Geoff. I made a test page here: http://www.misterhee.com/tests/params/params.html?foo=bar&abc=123&var3=test
You can see that if you don't pass a param name, it will also return the "?" from the query string as well which is undesirable. I will log a bug. Aran -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff Stearns Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 1:43 PM To: SWFObject Subject: Re: New Query String / FlashVars method -- gathers *all* query string pairs with single method getQueryParamValues already returns the whole query string if you don't supply an argument to it. On Jan 12, 6:14 pm, "Elliot Mebane" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aran and SWFObject team. I sent the modification to SWFObject (below) a > while back and didn't see any responses sent to the list. Is it something > you may be interested in formally supporting? > > My revision allows you to easily bring *all* query string name/value pairs > from the URL into Flash. > > Advantages over getQueryParamValue: > -- You don't have to know the query string variable names in advance > -- You don't need a separate line of code for each variable you're > importing. This provides a quick and easy way of bringing in *all* the > variables at once. > -- No errors from spelling mistakes in the param names listed in the > getQueryParamValue method. > -- Updates to your SWF don't require updates to your HTML to accommodate new > or changed variable names. > > Elliot Mebane > Principal, Zero G Gameshttp://www.zeroggames.com/reel/ > [email protected] > 310.237.6629 x104 > > -----Original Message----- > From: ElliotMebane [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:58 AM > To: SWFObject > Subject: Revised SWFObject--Populate flashvars with all query string pairs > > I've made the following update to swfobject.js. It is similar to > getQueryParamValue except that rather than specifying the query > variable to retrieve, this function returns an Object populated with > all the name/value pairs from the query string. > > The advantage of this is that you don't have to specify what name/ > value pairs to expect. > > I've tested this in all my Windows XP browsers and it works. > > Will the SWFObject team review the code, revise as necessary for cross- > browser and cross-platform compatibility, and consider including this > new function in the next release of SWFObject? I think it would be > helpful for the community. > > To avoid collisions with other variables, I created new variables > starting with ba, bb, bc... I'm sure that the SWFObject owners can > advise about the best variable names to use instead. > > New SWFObject function: > getQueryAsObj:function(){var ba=K.location.search||K.location.hash;var > bd={};if(ba){var bb=ba.substr(1).split('&');for(var > bc=0;bc<bb.length;bc++){bd[g(bb[bc].substring(0,bb[bc].indexOf('=')))] > =g(bb[bc].substr(bb[bc].indexOf('=')+1))}}return bd} > > To use the new function, rather than assigning an empty Object to the > flashvars variable in the script section of the HTML page, assign the > results of the getQueryAsObj function to the flashvars variable. > Additional name/value pairs can still be added to the flashvars > Object. > > EX: var flashvars = swfobject.getQueryAsObj(); > > Here is a functional example and downloadable source files:http://www.zeroggames.com/lab/flashVars/flashVarsTest.html?queryName1. .. > alue1&queryName2=queryValue2&queryName3=queryValue3 > > Elliot Mebane > Principal, Zero G Games > Adobe Community Expert > [email protected] > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.6/1797 - Release Date: 11/18/2008 > 11:23 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1888 - Release Date: 1/12/2009 > 7:04 AM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
