handle special chars
in javascript so.addVariable("xmlPath", escape('...'));


test the presence of the flashvar then assign default is not set
in actionscript: var xmlPath:String =  (_root.xmlPath) ? _root.xmlPath :
'...';


- S




2009/12/8 Julo <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
> I've created a little slideshow swf that gets XML content from a PHP
> file. (Effectively, the PHP reads a folder, generates the XML, that
> the Flash reads)
>
> This works OK, but it stops working when I try to make it more
> flexible and try to pass the path of the folder to the PHP file by
> using a query string.
>
> (I am using swfobject 1.X, as my site is using Silverstripe and I seem
> to be having some issues with swfobject 2.x)
>
> In my HTML file (in the swfobject script block) I have:
>
> so.addVariable("xmlPath", "http://localhost/silverstripe/mysite/code/
> getimages.php?imgfolder=../../assets/images/Homepage/<http://localhost/silverstripe/mysite/code/%0Agetimages.php?imgfolder=../../assets/images/Homepage/>
> "
>
>
> In the Flash file I have the Actionscript:
>
> // if there is no externally defined XML file path
> if (xmlPath == undefined) {
>        var xmlPath : String = "http://localhost/silverstripe/mysite/code/
> getimages.php?imgfolder=../../assets/images/Homepage/<http://localhost/silverstripe/mysite/code/%0Agetimages.php?imgfolder=../../assets/images/Homepage/>
> ";
> }
>
> What's odd is that if I comment out the "so.addVariable("xmlPath",
> etc." line in my HTML, it all works fine and the slideshow is
> displayed perfectly.
> If I try to put the same value in my flashvar as I have as default
> value in my Actionscript, it stops working.
>
> Can anyone help solve this mystery please?
>
> JuLo
>
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