vb to flash

[rds747]

I'm passing the value of a checkbox from vb 6 to flash 8. The code is wrote is shockwaveflash1.SetVariable "chkNotUsed", "TRUE". However, the checkbox doesn't turn on in flash. Is there suppose to be another parameter that I should be passing into setvariable?

Thanks!

 

[Frihi]

I think you have to mak shure, flash is aczualising the variable. Usualy it only doaes it, on events, i.e. onload, onclick.

 

[rds747]

Can VB send parameters to any of Flash's objects?

The setvariable is working for vb to send data to flash's textboxes, but I cannot send a value of true/1 or false/0 with checkboxes from vb to flash.

 

[Frihi]

Sendvariable only sends strings. If you have other datatypes you'll have to convert them in flash.

 

[IoMatua]

Is chkNotUsed the name of a variable or the checkbox itself? If it is the name of the checkbox, then you're trying to assign a string to an object, which won't work.

The reason it works for the textbox is probably because you have assigned a variable name to the textbox, with which you can get/set the text property of the textbox.

From VB, try assigning your string to a global variable in Flash, then use your checkbox's SetValue method to change the value of the checkbox.

 

[rds747]

Would you know of a website that shows an example of this?