solution

Add the following script after the embedded Flash movie:

window.[flash_movie_id] = document.forms[0].[flash_movie_id] ;

For example, if your flash_movie_id is called “sample” you would use the following:

window.sample = document.forms[0].sample;

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/400/kb400730.html

<script type=”text/javascript”>
function ExternalInterfaceManager()
{
this.registerMovie = function(movieName) {
if(!window.fakeMovies) window.fakeMovies = new Array();
window.fakeMovies[window.fakeMovies.length] = movieName;
}
this.initialize = function() {
if(document.all)
{
if(window.fakeMovies)
{
for(i=0;i<window.fakeMovies.length;i++)
{
window[window.fakeMovies[i]] = new Object();
}
window.onload = initializeExternalInterface;
}
}

}
}

function initializeExternalInterface()
{
for(i=0;i<window.fakeMovies.length;i++)
{
var movieName = window.fakeMovies[i];
var fakeMovie = window[movieName];
var realMovie = document.getElementById(movieName);

for(var method in fakeMovie)
{
realMovie[method] = function() {flashFunction = “<invoke name=\”" + method.toString() + “\” returntype=\”javascript\”>” + __flash__argumentsToXML(arguments, 0) + “</invoke>”;this.CallFunction(flashFunction);}
}

window[movieName] = realMovie;
}
}

</script>

<script type=”text/javascript”>
var eim = new ExternalInterfaceManager();
eim.registerMovie(“ShockwaveFlash1″);
eim.registerMovie(“ShockwaveFlash2″);
eim.initialize();
</script>

I am having a similar problem to Mesh, in IE the External Interface call is unable to correctly call the given script if the Flash is inside a tag.

The error message is:

…
Error: ‘componentName’ is undefined
Code: 0

where componentName is the Flash component name.

Is there any work around (appart from using getURL(“javascript:…”)) ?

Thanks a Lot,

Youness

I am having a similar problem to Mesh, in IE the External Interface call is unable to correctly call the given script if the Flash is inside a tag.

The error message is:

[code]
...
Error: '[i]componentName[/i]' is undefined
Code: 0
[/code]

where [i]componentName[/i] is the Flash component name.

Is there any work around (appart from using getURL(“javascript:…”)) ?

Thanks a Lot,

Luis

I’m using ExternalInterface in Flash 8 and encountered a performance problem. Passing large parameters (a 30-100k string) to ExternalInterface.call takes a really long time (20-100sec) even if no processing occurs on the javascript side.

Any advice, comment or work-around?

Thanks,

The problem is that I can’t figure out how to tell the control not to draw the background (you can have flash content with transparent backgrounds when running within HTML. So I’m assuming that browsers that use it have a way to make backgrounds transparent). The “WMode” property doesn’t seem to do the trick for me. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
eru