[SOLVED] Flash embed ??

[Distant_storm]

Ok so I know I can embed flash e.t.c but I want to be able to change which XML document it loads via the embed code ? is this possible and if so does anyone know the flash side of it too ?

 

Thanks

 

 

[obsidian]

You can easily pass in different XML documents via the query string as you would in some PHP pages. You would have something like this if you were loading a static XML document (my_document.xml):

var my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.onLoad = function(success)
{
  if (success)
  {
    trace(this);
  }
}

my_xml.load("my_document.xml");
trace(my_xml);

 

Then, if you wanted to make that document dynamically passed in via the query string, you would set a variable in your param movie tag (also in your embed tag if you are using embed) like this:

<param name="movie" value="myflashmovie.swf?xmldoc=myxmldoc.xml" />

 

You can pick up those query string values from the root within your flash document, so your XML actionscript may change to something like this:

my_xml.load(_root.xmldoc);
trace(my_xml);

 

Hope that helps some.

[Distant_storm]

Thanks thats perfect, a little bit of fiddling round and its good.

 

Thanks alot again obsidian