javascript flash dynamic

[mmmbob]

Hi All,
I've gotten great help from this forum, and I've a few more questions to go
Hmm... I'd like to know if it's even possible to do this in flash. I'd like flash to play a certain movie and when the user clicks a link on the website I'd like the javascript to tell flash about a change in params and then I want the same movie to be loaded with different parameters.
Thanks a bunch,

 

[billwatson]

suggest you start here

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/java_script_comm.htm

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[mmmbob]

I followed the link and read the tutorial and I still have problems. My setup is such that there is a movieclip within the _root. and that does most of the work. When I do a document.all.movie.IsPlaying() I get false even when the movie is playing. Any ideas? and I can't control anything else in the movie, like change frames set varibles...nothing.
Please help,
Thanks.

 

[mmmbob]

I guess I should add that most of the work is done through action scripts. That is I have a mc which has one frame and frame 2 has a goToAndPlay(1). And the _root time line doesn't have much stuff to do..it's just a little animation created by repetition.
Thanks.

 

[billwatson]

is there a good reason why you are using javascript to load these variables
if not why not consider another method. text file, database etc
i guess what i am wondering is where do the variables come from and what exactly are you trying to achieve.

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You know you're old if you can remember when bacon, eggs and sunshine were good for you

 

[oldnewbie]

Have you looked at this one...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_03.html

And this example, controlling one movie from another, or from html...

http://odin.prohosting.com/~oldnew/movie1.html

Regards,

Bacon, eggs and sunshine are still good for me!