Variable problem - from address

[Tom]

Hello all.
I've got a problem passing variables to flash from the address bar.
At the moment my link is like this:

[url]http://www.xyz/Heiro.html?fname=TOM[/url] ("TOM" makes no difference either)

but when the SWF file in Heiro.html loads the variable fname (or
_root.fname) is listed as 'undefined'.

I'm trying to use the variable in code like this:

_root.message = "Dear "+_root.fname+" below is your name hieroglyphs."
_root.L1.gotoAndStop(fname.substring(0,1));

and I can't for the life of me work out what's going wrong. It looks
like Flash isn't grabbing the variable, but I'm sure that I've used
this method before.

Any advice? (Using MX2004).

Cheers.

Tom

[Tom]

.... anyone?
Anyone at all?

[email]contact@tgrinsted.co.uk[/email] (Tom) wrote in message news:<1db0534e.0409011356.e9dc1b3@posting.google.c om>...

> Hello all.
> I've got a problem passing variables to flash from the address bar.
> At the moment my link is like this:
>
> [url]http://www.xyz/Heiro.html?fname=TOM[/url] ("TOM" makes no difference either)
>
> but when the SWF file in Heiro.html loads the variable fname (or
> _root.fname) is listed as 'undefined'.
>
> I'm trying to use the variable in code like this:
>
> _root.message = "Dear "+_root.fname+" below is your name hieroglyphs."
> _root.L1.gotoAndStop(fname.substring(0,1));
>
> and I can't for the life of me work out what's going wrong. It looks
> like Flash isn't grabbing the variable, but I'm sure that I've used
> this method before.
>
> Any advice? (Using MX2004).
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom

[h]

> > I've got a problem passing variables to flash from the address bar.

> > At the moment my link is like this:
> >
> > [url]http://www.xyz/Heiro.html?fname=TOM[/url] ("TOM" makes no difference either)
> >
> > but when the SWF file in Heiro.html loads the variable fname (or
> > _root.fname) is listed as 'undefined'.
> >
> > I'm trying to use the variable in code like this:
> >
> > _root.message = "Dear "+_root.fname+" below is your name hieroglyphs."

The html page Heiro.html is not passing your variable to your Flash movie.
To do that, you need to use an ASP, PHP, Perl or whatever page to take the
variable from the URL and insert it into the <embed> or <object> tag you use
to load the Flash movie. It's extremely simple but it does have to be an
'active' page, not just html.

Look up Flashvars in google for more, although how you create your new
Heiro.[asp|pl|blah] page is up to you and your server; ask here for more.

hth

h

[Tom]

Thanks very much.
It would be useful if you can point me in the direction of a good
example or tutorial or whatever.
But if it's an effort don't worry about it.
T

"h" <h@howiem.dontspam.meee.com> wrote in message news:<4145bb14$0$19225$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk >...

> > > I've got a problem passing variables to flash from the address bar.
> > > At the moment my link is like this:
> > >
> > > [url]http://www.xyz/Heiro.html?fname=TOM[/url] ("TOM" makes no difference either)
> > >
> > > but when the SWF file in Heiro.html loads the variable fname (or
> > > _root.fname) is listed as 'undefined'.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use the variable in code like this:
> > >
> > > _root.message = "Dear "+_root.fname+" below is your name hieroglyphs."

>
> The html page Heiro.html is not passing your variable to your Flash movie.
> To do that, you need to use an ASP, PHP, Perl or whatever page to take the
> variable from the URL and insert it into the <embed> or <object> tag you use
> to load the Flash movie. It's extremely simple but it does have to be an
> 'active' page, not just html.
>
> Look up Flashvars in google for more, although how you create your new
> Heiro.[asp|pl|blah] page is up to you and your server; ask here for more.
>
> hth
>
> h