RE: FLASH: FS_Command, Javascript -> Flash [passing variable]

[John Dowdell]

At 2:47 PM 8/14/0, Susan Yoo wrote:

> I've just been working with the Flash technote mentioned below,

> specifically with "Using JavaScript methods"... but to no avail.


Hmm, it's hard to troubleshoot this from afar, sorry... the multi-app

communication could be falling in any of several areas. That's why the

technotes recommend testing each part of the communication separately,

starting with simple proof-of-concept and building up to more complex

examples.


For instance, one recommended test is to see if you can get communication

in that browser on that machine with known-to-be-good content... the

"Hawaii" demo is on the CD, and John Croteau has a revised version on his

site:

http://www.flashcentral.com/Tech/HawaiiMap/


>From your mention of "window.document.movie has no properties" it sounds

like you're trying to address the Player, so Netscape browsers would need

the "swLiveConnect" tag... people also get the same symbol when sending a

message when the JavaScript loads which is usually before the Player

loads... could definitely be other causes, though, these are just two

hunches I have from the warning message.


I'm sorry I can't nail the cause just from the "don't work" symptom alone,

because this type of troubleshooting requires checking each step... I hope

the above one-or-all tests, and other troubleshooting techniques described

in the technotes can quickly identify what's different there, though.


jd






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