AS2 to AS3 migration problems

[0gani]

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
var cookieValue: = ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum");
if (cookieValue==1) {this.gotoandplay(15)}


This worked perfectly in AS2. But these people have compeletly changed everything with AS3. I get all kinds of errors in AS3. Any help on how to code this right in AS3?

ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property ::cookieValue on global.
at Timeline0_e48252b3c782d46a9f429a26c25bf69/::frame5()

The ExternalInterfaceCall is calling a javascript which gets a cookie called yumyum.


Please help...

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I haven't explored AS3 properly yet but what do you get if you do this? :

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
if(ExternalInterface.available){
	trace(ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum"));
}else{
	trace("ExternalInterface is not available");
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[billwatson]

i ran across the same problem

managed to fix it after reading this thread

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/archive/index.php3/t-115635.html

 

[0gani]

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
if(ExternalInterface.available){
    trace(ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum"));
}else{
    trace("ExternalInterface is not available");
}

this code gives me nothing. The flashdoes not seem to fully load. Here is the result.

http://www.myoperators.com/useless/b.htm

 

[0gani]

here is the fla file here ..

http://myoperators.com/useless/helloworld.fla

you can download it and try to see where i am going wrong.

Thanks in advance

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Sorry "trace()" was no good as the SWF needs to be embedded in the HTML!

Javascript:

function myGetCookie(str){
	return str;
}

AS3:

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
if(ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum") != null){
	var cookieValue:String = ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum");
	hello_txt.text = cookieValue;
}

I get no compile/runtime errors and "yumyum" is displayed in the TextField.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk