The javascript code below creates a flash player and starts a video based on the "content_id" in the flashvars. Is it possible to use javascript to update the "content_id" on the flashvars so the player will start a new video?
The goal is to make it easy for users to sift between videos without refreshing the page or reloading the whole .swf file. ideas?
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FlashVars are variables which get passed to the SWF when it initailized
In simple words, FlashVars are available to SWF on first frame root,
and it can't be updated later on.
better option is use ExternalInterface to call an SWF function from javacript
here is an example:
http://blog.deconcept.com/
In that case,
you can't use setVariable or ExternalInterface, because both these implementation requires to update code in SWF
but there is hack which can work for you..
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In place of SWF code in html, place an <iframe> with same width/height
2.
Now create a seperate html page which will have only swf code and html will receive the content_id variable in querystring
3.
now read javascript will read the querystring variable and pass it to the flash using FlashVars
4.
Now on main page, where you will implement <iframe>, you need to set the <iframe> source using javascript and call this new html page which has SWF only, as iframe src.
and while calling this page in iframe, you can also pass the differnt content_id as querystring
for example:
swfpage.html?content_id=ne
with this implementation, you will only reference Iframe content not whole page
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That is sort of how I'm doing it now. problem is every time the user selects a new video it has to reload the whole .swf player, which is a bit large.
what if I used my own flash project, which would load the .swf player into the screen. could I then update the "content_id" variable with flash without reloading the whole .swf player? does that make sense?
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by: mplungjanPosted on 2008-01-22 at 23:57:46ID: 20721519
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