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How do I send and retrieve variables between Actionscript 3 and Visual Basic.net?

Greetings Experts,

I need assistance understanding the basics of exchanging variables between a Flash .swf (actionscript 3) and a vb.net webpage. I just need to exchange simple variables and I'm looking for the simplest solution as I am still learning both.

Code examples would be very helpful.

Thanks!

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bham3dman

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Hi Gene,

Thanks for the response. I did run across the ExternalInterface documentation in my initial search but I'm afraid that I need a little more direction. In my quest to figure this out, I've run across the code below but can't get it to work.

I'm using swfObject to embed my swf and that works fine. However, when I click the Home link, Flash isn't receiving the data from Javascript.

In the actionscript, I have a couple of items - a movie clip that changes color and a dynamic text object to display the variable passed in. However, the function is never called.

Any assistance is much appreciated.

-----------html----------------
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/swfobject.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript">
        swfobject.registerObject("myId", "9.0.0", "flash-java.swf");
    </script>
 
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var currentPage="Home";
        function setCurrentPage(newPage) {
            currentPage = newPage;
            SendDataToFlashMovie(newPage);
        }
 
        function getFlashMovieObject(movieName){
            if (window.document[movieName]){
                return window.document[movieName];
            }
            if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1){
                if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName])
                return document.embeds[movieName];
                }
            else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf(Microsoft Internet)!=-1)
            {
                return document.getElementById(movieName);
            }
        }
 
        function SendDataToFlashMovie(newPage)
        {
            var flashMovie=getFlashMovieObject("myID");
            flashMovie.sendTextToFlash(newPage);
        }
    </script>
    
<div>
  <a href="javascript:void(0);" click="setCurrentPage('Home')">Home</a>
    
  <object id="myId" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="550" height="400">
 
    <param name="movie" value="flash-java.swf" />
    <!--[if !IE]>-->
    <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash-java.swf" width="550" height="400">
       <!--<![endif]-->
       <p>Alternative content</p>
        <!--[if !IE]>-->
     </object>
     <!--<![endif]-->
   </object>
</div>
 
</form>
</body>
</html>
 
 
----------actionscript 3----------
import flash.external.*;  
ExternalInterface.addCallback("sendTextToFlash", getTextFromJavaScript);
 
function getTextFromJavaScript(str):void {
     txtStr.text = str;
     mcColor.gotoAndStop("2");
}

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ugeb

You may be having a security issue.

You need to implement the example in the documentation I linked to above. It will show you how things work and will alert you to security issues if you're having them.

bham3dman

ASKER

Thanks. I'll try to implement the full example tomorrow.

bham3dman

ASKER

I am sorry for the delay in accepting this. Thank you for the help.