Day: July 9, 2009

/ Flash

Passing parameters from a holder to loaded swf

Well there are many instances when we need to pass flashVars from the html to a preloader and then on to a loaded movieClip. This is how I’ve done it. HTML — <param name=”FlashVars” value=”baseURL=http://www.sowebme.com/murtaza” /> For AC_RunActiveContent.js users, There should be 3 instances where you would place this For swfObject users, there will be …

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/ Flash

Open new browser window from flash.

Hey, In this first tutorial today we are going to talk about how to use javascript to open a new browser window from flash. The code that is required is fairly simple actually. var request:String = “javascript: window.open(‘http://www.sowebme.com/murtaza’,’win’,’height=400,width=600,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes’); void(0)”; var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(request); navigateToURL(url, “_self”); Within your HTML housing the flash, you are going …

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