Please Syntax Help: getURL ("javascript:myfunction(var1, var2); 1

[teekay]

Hi,

I have a simple yet perplexing question.

I am writting an action script getURL to pass a variable to an external Javascript function. Here is the simple version:
----- fuction -----
function myfunction(var1, var2)
{
document.write('This is var1' +var1 +'this is var2' +var2)
}

----- in Flash file ----
var1 = "hello"
var2 = "world"
getURL ("javascript:myfunction(var1, var2)"


I tried various syntax, but it doesn't want to work. If I hardcode string values, it is passed, but I can't get the variable to pass. And I am sure that the variable contains teh value.

I tried this syntax, but didn't work
getURL ("javascript:myfunction('" +var1 +',' +var2 +'""

Can anyone show me a working syntax to pass these varialbes?

Any help or suggestion would greatly be apprciated.

Thank you for your time

teekay

 

[oldnewbie]

Well this does work with your function as scripted...

on (press) {
getURL ("javascript:myfunction('Hello ', 'World!')"
}

Regards,

 

[teekay]

Thank you for your reply.

I know if I put the values in.. it does work. I want to know the syntax for using variables. I know in my example I set the value for var1 and var2 manually. But it was dynamically assigned, I need to put that value in the function.

How about this:

var1 = myrandomnum + 1
var2 = myrandomnum + 3

How would I script var1 and var2 into the function?

getURL(&quot;javascript:myfunction(<var1>, <var2>)&quot

Thanks again for replying

 

[oldnewbie]

I'm no expert in javascript and I can't really get it working either when trying to use variables rather than the data itself. I do think it may be possible to make it work with an associative array syntax... Will investigate this further.
However, I presently can get those variables from the Flash movie, doing things the other way around. I'm calling a javascript function in the movie, which in turns gets the variables from the movie.
It goes something like this:

my_var1 = "HELLO!";
on (press) {
    getURL ("javascript:my_getfunction()");
}

And the javascript function:

function my_getfunction()
{	var jvar1 = document.

flashfile

.GetVariable("_root.my_var1")
		alert(jvar1)
}

This assumes flashfile is the ID in the <object> tag and the name in the <embed> tag, and that the swLiveConnect=true is set in the <embed> tag for use of this with NS.

Regards,

 

[oldnewbie]

Well got it to work if the variables hold numeric values...

The Following:

on (press) {
my_var1 = 100;
my_var2 = 2000;
getURL ("javascript:my_passfunction("+my_var1+","+my_var2+")");
}

In combination with this java function:

function my_passfunction(var1,var2){
	document.write(&quot;This is var1 = &quot;+var1 + &quot;<br>And this is var2 = &quot; +var2);
	}

But it still won't work with variables holding strings such as:
my_var1 = &quot;Hello&quot;;
my_var2 = &quot;World!&quot;;

But even if I get it working (I'm not giving up already!), maybe the other method in my above post is easier since one function will &quot;automatically&quot; detect either numeric or string values.

Regards,
and might I be blessed with your vote!