Hi Philip, Thanks again, but I am still getting the same result. Im not sure what the problem is, but this is the embed tag as I have it now. I took your advice and ammended visits to capvisits- but I need to make it to a point where the swf is showing up in order to test that. In your reply you mentioned casting the numbers in the string, do you mean declaring var visits:String = "1,2,3,4"? and if so, would I place that in the Flash file or the javascript?
Thanks for all your help on this, Ryan <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars= { visits: getCookie('counter') }; swfobject.embedSWF("main_banner.swf", "myContent", "189", "151", "9.0.0", false, flashvars); </script> </head> On Dec 30, 11:53 am, Philip Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: > Your SWFObject statement is malformed. Sorry I didn't notice that earlier. > > This: > swfobject.embedSWF("main_banner.swf", "myContent", "189", "151","9.0.0", > flashvars); > > Should be this: > swfobject.embedSWF("main_banner.swf", "myContent", "189", "151","9.0.0", > false, flashvars); > > (You're missing the required Express Install argument before the flashvars > argument) > > Here are some other thoughts: > > * You might want to look at how the data is being passed to the SWF... > values passed via flashvars are all strings. Your SWF's conditional > statements are looking for numbers. Maybe you need to cast them. > > * Your "visits" variable is listed as _root.visit in one place but simply as > "visit" in another. Perhaps there's a scope issue because of this? > > * Are your "visits" conditional statements supposed to be using "capvisits"? > > Here's what I assume you're trying to do: > > var capvisits:Number = Number(_root.visits) || 1; > > if (capvisits == 1) { > this.gotoAndPlay("investment_focus"); > > } > > if (capvisits == 2) { > this.gotoAndPlay("white_papers"); > > } > > - philip > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:39 AM, ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Philip, > > Thanks for your reply. I made the code change you suggested and > > unfortunately I am getting the same result (the alternative content > > displays). I feel like this is really close though. If anyone has a > > little extra insight I would love it and thanks again Philip. > > Ryan > > > On Dec 30, 11:28 am, Philip Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > this: > > > var flashvars = {"visits=' + getCookie('counter')+'"}; > > > > should be this: > > > var flashvars = { visits: getCookie('counter') }; > > > > - philip > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:51 AM, ryan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Thanks in advance for looking at this. I am trying to set/ retrieve a > > > > cookie which counts a users visits to a page and then returns the > > > > value using flashvars and swfobject2. The cookie and the swf work > > > > independantly, the swfobject embed works fine until i try to ad the > > > > vars... The examples I dowloaded all use a conditional statement to > > > > apphend the vars in the html file itself. I have code within the root > > > > of my swf telling the file what to do with the cookie. IE; > > > > > var capvisits:String = _root.visits; > > > > if (capvisits == null) { > > > > capvisits = 1; > > > > } > > > > > if (visits == 1) { > > > > this.gotoAndPlay("investment_focus"); > > > > } > > > > > if (visits == 2) { > > > > this.gotoAndPlay("white_papers"); > > > > } > > > > > etc. - but if it would be better to write this into the flashvars I am > > > > perfectly open to that as well. Following is the entire file. Thanks > > > > again, Ryan > > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http:// > > > >www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > > > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en"> > > > > <head> > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > > charset=iso-8859-1" /> > > > > <title>Untitled Document</title> > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src=" > > > >http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ > > > > libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js< > >http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/%0Alibs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js> > > > > "></script> > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > > var flashvars = {"visits=' + getCookie('counter')+'"}; > > > > swfobject.embedSWF("main_banner.swf", "myContent", > > "189", > > > > "151", > > > > "9.0.0", flashvars); > > > > </script> > > > > </head> > > > > <body> > > > > <div id="myContent"> > > > > <h1>Alternative content</h1> > > > > <p><a href=" > >http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer > > > > "><img > > > > src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/ > > > > get_flash_player.gif< > >http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/%0Aget_flash_play...>" > > > > alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /></a></p> > > > > </div> > > > > </body> > > > > > <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> > > > > <!-- > > > > // Boolean variable specified if alert should be displayed if cookie > > > > exceeds 4KB > > > > var caution = false > > > > > function setCookie( jscookie, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { > > > > var curCookie = jscookie + "=" + escape(value) + > > > > ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : > > > > "") + > > > > ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + > > > > ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + > > > > ((secure) ? "; secure" : "") > > > > if (!caution || (name + "=" + escape(value)).length <= 4000) > > > > document.cookie = curCookie > > > > else > > > > if (confirm("Cookie exceeds 4KB and will be cut!")) > > > > document.cookie = curCookie > > > > } > > > > > // name - name of the desired cookie > > > > // * return string containing value of specified cookie or null if > > > > cookie does not exist > > > > function getCookie(name) { > > > > var prefix = name + "=" > > > > var cookieStartIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(prefix) > > > > if (cookieStartIndex == -1) > > > > return null > > > > var cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(";", > > > > cookieStartIndex + prefix.length) > > > > if (cookieEndIndex == -1) > > > > cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.length > > > > return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieStartIndex + > > > > prefix.length, cookieEndIndex)) > > > > } > > > > > // date - any instance of the Date object > > > > // * you should hand all instances of the Date object to this function > > > > for "repairs" > > > > // * this function is taken from Chapter 14, "Time and Date in > > > > JavaScript", in "Learn Advanced JavaScript Programming" > > > > function fixDate(date) { > > > > var base = new Date(0) > > > > var skew = base.getTime() > > > > if (skew > 0) > > > > date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew) > > > > } > > > > > var now = new Date() > > > > fixDate(now) > > > > now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) > > > > var visits = getCookie("counter") > > > > if (!visits) > > > > visits = 1 > > > > else > > > > visits = parseInt(visits) + 1 > > > > setCookie("counter", visits, now) > > > > > //if (visits == 1) > > > > //document.write("Thank you for what appears to be your first visit to > > > > the Curious Cat Cookie Center") > > > > //else > > > > //document.write("Thank you for returning for what appears to be your > > > > visit number " + visits + " to the Curious Cat Cookie Center." ) > > > > > // --> > > > > > </body> > > > > </html> > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<swfobject%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <swfobject%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > > 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]<swfobject%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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