CS4 - ExternalInterface & FireFox V3.013?
Aug 19, 2009
I've spent about a day on this... Publishing a swf for AS3/FP9, following the example in the ActionScript 3 documentation to get two-way communication between a SWF and javascript. Works great in IE.
I've sifted through what seems like a million posts on the subject, with people getting the same result... the function I/they are attempting to call doesn't exist.
In the documentation example, there's a function to find/return either the SWF as an object or embed tag depending on which browser you're viewing the page in.
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Jun 10, 2010
I have an issue with my ExternalInterface. The way it is currently set up is, on the page load up, a boolean is set to true in JavaScript and then checked by ActionScript constructors (using a timer) until it is true. This marks that JavaScript is ready to get calls from AS3.
At this point, AS3 will add the callback and do some internal stuff, and at the end of the constructor I call JavaScript. So far so good. JavaScript will at this point call a function in AS3 (that was defined in the callback described above), and this is where it all messes up.
On IE this works perfectly fine. On FireFox though, it does not. When I debug it, I see that the javascript function is called but when it tries to call AS3, nothing happens. I also tried to add a timer, but for some reason the function STILL executes straight away (in IE).
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Jan 7, 2011
I am trying to execute an AS3 function from my javascript using the ExternalInterface. Seems to work fine in IE, but firefox is always returning javascript error method undefined.
I have been Googling this for ages and eliminated the following possibilities:
1) Some people say you need to have an embed tag inside your object tag, so added one - no luck.
2) Many people say that you need to make sure that your flash is loaded before calling the javascript. Well my call is after pressing a link on the page. I am always using the flash application first and only pressing the link at the end.
3) Then I thought that maybe it is a security problem so added the following:
try {
ExternalInterface.addCallback("test", testing);
trace("added callback");
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I am running the latest Firefox and FlashPlayer 10.
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Jun 26, 2008
I have set up a function in Flash that i want available to Javascript.
Code:
function OpenBrowse():Void {
...
}
_trace(flash.external.ExternalInterface.addCallback("OpenBrowse",null,openBrowse));
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Apr 15, 2010
I'm trying to call a method inside a flash movie from js, every time the mouse leaves the "div". It works on Internet Explorer, but not in firefox. Here is the html script:
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(e){
init();
}function init(){
document.getElementById('div').onmouseout = function(e) {
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Here is example of the problem, there is an alert for the js and the flash should be able to remove the swf (see a gray background? it works! see a image, flash didn't receive the call): [URL]. This should work with internet explorer / safari / chrome (pc/mac) only firefox seams to reject this.
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Jan 3, 2010
I've got a very basic test file that just fires a Javascript function with an alert() in it (i.e. alert("You clicked a button."). In IE this works just fine, but in Firefox it wasn't doing a thing. I finally realised it might be SWFObject, so I published the HTML file straight from Flash and all of sudden my ExternalInterface call works perfectly in Firefox as well.
Here's my SWFObject embed code:
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<script type="text/javascript">var params = {};
var flashvars = {};
var attributes = {id:"testTool", name:"testTool"}
params.allowscriptaccess = "always";
params.bgcolor = "#B0E3DE";
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I've been googling this for about 4 hours and there are lots of mentions of the SWFObject requiring an ID attribute for addCallBack calls (hence the attributes object), and I've been through a whole bunch of posts in various forums but can't pinpoint a single solution for ExternalInterface.call() not working with SWFObject in Firefox.
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Aug 5, 2010
I have two swf files: swf_sender and swf_receiver. The swf_sender controls the swf_receiver via java script.Everything works fine in IE however, the swf_receiver doesn't receive communication from java script if openned by Safari or Firefox.The first part of communication: swf_sender - Java works ok (I tested it with alert() in Java) in all browsers.Here is my Java interface code:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
function getFlashMovie(movieName) {
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Feb 10, 2011
I have a function defined in JavaScript like so:
function fadeBack() {
alert("fadeBack called");
};
I call that function from my Flash file like so:
import flash.external.*;
flash.external.ExternalInterface.call("fadeBack");
This works in both Safari and Chrome, but for some reason Firefox won't ever call the function. Still, I can't figure this out. How can I fix it?
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Jul 21, 2009
works perfect on my macbook pro (safari, firefox, and opera) but when I view the site on Vmare Fusion Windows XP and use IE and FireFox the pages don't load... I don't know what to make of this. Has anyone hear or seen anything like this happen before? BTW the website was created in Adobe Flash CS4/ AS 3.0 and published using Flash Player 10.
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Dec 1, 2009
I'm trying to use ExternalInterface to expose functions of my as3 code to javascript. It is working very well, following the Flash CS3 help on Firefox and Chrome browsers, however on IE 8 things are getting hard...
At my HTML page I used the help-suggested functions to confirm the connection between js and as:
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Apr 15, 2012
I just had this conversation with a colleague and I am now turning to the SO community to provide evidence based on fact, not opinion, as to which tool would be ideal to grow into in the current programming environment. Director or Flash?I am deciding if I should stick with Flash or bother learning Director 11.5. He want to know if he should stick with Director or learn Flash. No, we don't work together. Hehe..
EDIT:
I've gotten ExternalInterface to work with VB.NET, hence the need for Director in the context of its ability to do File System IO and "non-flv" video are eliminated. No if only VB could do the kinds of animation that Flash could do, I could turn towards being a "real" programmer...
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Nov 13, 2009
I have a flash menu that needs to play a different scene depending on which page it is embedded into. So I need the it to grab the URL of the html page it is on and do some simple test on it to figure out what scene it should be on. *For the record, I tried to do it without scenes but the frame jumping started doing some cracked out things
Code: (on a single empty frame in Scene 1) import flash.external.ExternalInterface; var urlPath; urlPath = ExternalInterface.call("window.location.href.toStr ing()"); getURL("javascript:alert('"+urlPath+"');"); if (urlPath == "http://www.awesome.com/Portfolio/portfolio.html"){ gotoAndPlay("Scene 3", "portfoliopage"); } else if (urlPath ==
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Somehow, my urlPath isn't getting the correct value, and therefore the if-else latter isn't functioning appropriately. I am posting the website on my test server, so the http addresses are correct, and the if-else latter functions perfectly when I just change the conditions to 'true'/'false', so neither is the problem. The problem is that the alert shows me that the value of urlPath is undefined, and so then all conditions in the latter evaluate to false.
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Jul 21, 2011
I'm using Flash Professional CS5 with AS3. I have this line of code:ExternalInterface.call("alert", ev.target.data);Nothing happens. I've tried IE7, FF5, Opera and Safari. Nothing.My import is: import flash.external.ExternalInterface;If I use trace(), I get the proper feedback (but only in my test movie, NOT my swf).
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Feb 21, 2010
I am having an issues with ExternalInterface.call to return a value in IE. It is working fine in Firefox. Eventhough I changed the "allowscript access" to "always", still it is not working. Is there any thing that I need to change in Flex or the HTML to make this work? or this is a security setting in IE?
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Nov 5, 2010
I am trying to use the ExternalInterface.call function in my ActionScript(2.0) to get a javascript var value set in the wrapping document. The following seems to work in FireFox and in Chrome but, naturally, it does not work in IE(8). getting the value stored at this variable?
var linkPath = ExternalInterface.call("function(){return window.customLinkLocation;}", null);
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Oct 11, 2011
The problem is this: I have an swf embedded in an html. I must call a js function in the page from the swf via ExternalInteface. Ok. But it must work locally, for any user, without doing nothing. That's because this thing must be distributed in cdroms.
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Feb 6, 2012
I am having problems with External interface and IE9. The swf objects play fine but none of the information input is transferred to the cookies that should be set. I have seen that there are other questions similar to this but have not been able to solve my problem using them. THis is the html we are using
<div id="flashcentre">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="http://workingflashlink" width="600" height="450">
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Jan 28, 2009
I have a problem in the communication between as3 and javascript: simply I want to use a flash movie in the same page where I included an wmv object player. When I try to invoke a function on JS (from as3) I note that all the normal playstate and commands to handle the wmv player are inverted. (for example the movie is playing the variable document.Player.playstate is set to 2-paused and so on). Even further I figured out I have big problems in fullscreen/set volume commands. Does anyone face this problem too? Where can I find useful links?
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Feb 11, 2009
I have been trying to get this working for a while now and am at the end of any ideas or samples.In 2.0 it was setVariables and was not problem.But now I'm trying to get ExternalInterface.addCallback to work and just can't seem to get it to work.Just want to send a variable from javascript to actionscript class.Ok, here is the javascript:
Code:
function thisMovie(movieName) {
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
return window[movieName];[code]....
I have been trying to get this to work but with no luck.It's in a .Net aspx page. Even stripped the page of everything but this with no luck. And no master page either or ajax.
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Nov 10, 2009
I am going to use ExternalInterface to get the url from the browser and I wanted to know before I implement it, if there are known issues using this before I implement it?
Here's an example from Adobe but I want to make sure there are no issues as I am on a super tight deadline and cannot afford to come back to this.[url]...
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Jun 25, 2010
ernalInterface in an application to insert data into the swf using javascript.But, I have a problem and I dont know how to face it.The only way that ExternalInterface works is if I use "<object classid=" etc...But I need a way to detect the users flash player, because my app need at least Flash Player 10Flash Player CS4 has an option called "Detect Flash Player". It is perfect. Do what I need but if I use it ExternalInterface doesn't work, because the swf file is embed to the page using the code bellow.
Quote:
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase',
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Sep 15, 2011
I have a very simple ExternalInterface.call in my flash that isn't working in IE9. I have ever simplified it is just call a javascript alert and it still isn't working. It works great in every other browser. I have IE 9.0.8. Does anyone know if this is this a known bug in IE9, or if there would be a good alternative to ExternalInterface? I can't find anything on the internet that is working.
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Jan 18, 2012
I'm doing a simple flash application. I'm going to run my swf in an sdk. the sdk doesn't have apache server.. So i've to call javascript using externalInterface without server (even local server).
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Jan 8, 2007
i have a flv movie and i need to be able to stop it through javascript. so i found out that i need to use ExternalInterface.addCallback
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Sep 3, 2008
[URL]..Above is a link to a component I'm working on. I've overlayed one swf with another swf which is going to display a sort of advertisement slide. What I'm trying to achieve is that when the adbanner (id="mediabanner") reads an xml file and reads "false", it then calls the ExternalInterface function "hideFlash" and in turn closes the swf so that the swf beneath it can be seen.
Could someone view the page source and let me know what I am doing wrong? The hideFlash function is being called, but its not actually hiding the swf.
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Jan 30, 2009
This is so frustrating...I'm going to do my best to be concise here, so forgive me if I leave too much out.I'm also going to try to simplify so I don't get bogged in details. I have a set of html pages that guide you through a tutorial. The different pages are REALLY just one big page that has divs hide and unhide as you go through the flow via previous and next buttons.
There are 4 pages which play a video clip. Each video clip .swf contains an FLVPlayback component that plays an .flv, and uses an .swf skin file. All these things play fine. If you're watching a video and you click "NEXT" the sound is still playing because of course you're still on the same page. So we looked into it and found out about the whole ExternalInterface.addCallback thing.
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Jun 2, 2009
Code:
ExternalInterface.call('alert', 'objectID: ' + ExternalInterface.objectID);
the alert says "objectID: null" --
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Nov 20, 2011
I'm wondering if you guys know a way to log every data coming to a flash 8 swf from its container?
I know that it is a bit weird, but I'm trying to figure this one out. Maybe one of you already faced a similar situation?
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Mar 4, 2010
i send variables to flash inside the html document:[code]inside flash i can print the variables as dynamic text, its working fine. but now i want to use one of this variables to be sent inside a "ExternalInterface.call" after pressing a button. [code]i tried many ways, but nothing works. i realy wonder how i can pass my variables.is there anyone who could tell me how to set the variables in the right way? in another forum they said its not possible?
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Mar 23, 2010
I've used ExternalInterface.call for an onclick flash event to load some xml with XMLHttpRequest. the xml loads. but if i change the xml file on the server, the old xml file loads for the client, not the new one. i believe the problem is that the browsers are caching the results. i heard that this could usually be fixed by returning false from ur JavaScript onclick handler. but i dont have a JavaScript onclick handler, i have a flash onclick handler.
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