NEW TO FLASH: Passing a URL Variable to a text field

[JoeMcGarvey]

Hi,
I am trying to pass a url variable into Flash to replace the value in a text box with that variable.

1. What kind of text box should I create? Static/Dynamic/Input? I created a button symbol and gave the text box an instance name of "ButtonText"...

2. What is the action script syntax to reference that text box?

Does anyone have a canned example of this?
Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
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[billwatson]

it has to be a dynamic text box.

how are you passing the variable into flash? diificult to be more specific without that knowledge but essentially if you give the text box a variable name equal to the variable name of the text being passed all will be well.

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

Pasing it in the flash object tag like so:

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=&quot;test.swf?ButtonText=THIS IS THE TEXT&quot;>

Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
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[billwatson]

then just give the dynamic text box a variable name of Buttontext

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

Ok... it works if I set an action script:

ButtonText = &quot;hello&quot;;

How do I load the variable value from the url?

This did not work:

var theText = _root.ButtonText; //my url variable
ButtonText = theText;
Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
Paragraph, Inc. -

http://www.paragraphinc.com

Paragraph Publisher -

http://www.paragraphpublisher.com

 

[billwatson]

you dont need any action script for this to work ....once the variable has loaded the text field will show the content

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

Seems simple... but it's not working. Using FlashMX...

Maybe I am missing something:

1. I have a button symbol in the Library named &quot;TheButton&quot;
2. &quot;TheButton&quot; has a dynamic text field with an instance name of &quot;theTextBox&quot; and a variable named &quot;ButtonText&quot;
3. &quot;TheButton&quot; symbol is placed in frame 1 of the scene
4. My HTML object tag passes a url variable called &quot;ButtonText&quot;


Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
Paragraph, Inc. -

http://www.paragraphinc.com

Paragraph Publisher -

http://www.paragraphpublisher.com

 

[billwatson]

can you post the fla....it will be quicker that way to sort this out...you dont seem to be doing anything wrong so its probably some small little thing that i may spot.

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

http://development.paragraphdesign.com/test.fla

Thanks!!
Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
Paragraph, Inc. -

http://www.paragraphinc.com

Paragraph Publisher -

http://www.paragraphpublisher.com

 

[billwatson]

try this...it seems you had converted the textfield to a button

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/test.fla

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

Still no go... did it work for you?
Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
Paragraph, Inc. -

http://www.paragraphinc.com

Paragraph Publisher -

http://www.paragraphpublisher.com

 

[billwatson]

yes worked fine when i passed the variable from another movie using loadmovie(&quot;test.swf?buttontext=thisurl&quot;,clip);
so it ought to fine the way you are passing it. iam wondering if its the spaces in your text. try without spaces..if thats it can fix.

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

I am an idiot!! The text color of the text field was set to white! DOH!!!

Thanks for all the help...
Joe McGarvey - Web Application Developer
Paragraph, Inc. -

http://www.paragraphinc.com

Paragraph Publisher -

http://www.paragraphpublisher.com

 

[billwatson]

lol happens to us all on a friday