Flash code stopped working - sort of

[def333]

i am a web developer/coder and was asked to come up with a flash file that will display a different logo depending on the incoming url. The url value is passed to the file and then an if/else script selects the logo display.

frame 1 has this:
stop();

var urlSource;

if (urlSource == "

http://www.license-europe.com")

{
this.gotoAndStop(3);

}
else{
this.gotoAndStop(2);
}


frame 2 has the default license logo
frame 3 has the logo specifically for license-europe

if the url

http://www.license-europe.com/

is entered no logo displays. however, a simple shift-refresh will cause the movie to show properly. once the logo image is cached it works properly every time. if i clear the browser cache and try again, it's back to the problem. the same acts for the default display for

http://www.licensemag.com/.

this used to work back in the spring and only last week it was brought to my attention that it no longer does.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as i am completely baffled.

cheers,
def

 

[brutteforcce]

if (urlSource=="

http://www.licensemag.com")

{
gotoAndStop("licensemag");
}
else if (urlSource=="

http://www.license-europe.com")

{
gotoAndStop("license_europe");
}
stop();

Frame 2 label = licensemag
Frame 3 label = license_europe

 

[def333]

thanks for the help, but that didn't do it either.

any other suggestions? anyone? bueller?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Try this, what do you get in the Output?
[tt]
trace("urlSource: "+urlSource);
if (urlSource.indexOf("license-europe")<0) {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
} else {
this.gotoAndStop(3);
}
stop();
[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[def333]

hey kenneth,

your code created errors in flash. one was the syntax of the gotoAndStop and the other was a "}".

this whole thing has to have something to do with the initial passing of the variable. i'm no action scripter, but this is baffling me.

thanks anyhow.

 

[brutteforcce]

How does the variable get the url?

 

[def333]

my developer is using java to identify the source url and then appends it to the flash call.

thus, ending up with

var so = new SWFObject('/licensemag/data/site/licensemag/licensemaglogoImage1155759784099.swf?urlSource=

http://www.license-europe.com',

'siteLogo', etc............

any thoughts

 

[kennethkawamoto]

> your code created errors in flash.

Really? There isn't much to go wrong with this simple script, make sure you typed it right!

Anyway just do this:

trace("urlSource: "+urlSource);

Do you get the correct string?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk