[SWFObject] Passing vars between swfs of different FlashVersions

[Geoff Stearns]

You don't need to use 2 files like this.

swfobject will do all the player detection (you should set it to look  
for version 8, since your main swf uses that)

then if you want to use expressinstall, you need to add in the  
expressinstall.as code to the first frame of your main swf and add  
the 'true' argument after you set the color in the swfobject  
constructor.

if you are having issues, take a look at the example that comes with  
swfobject - the fla and the expressinstall.html page.



On Sep 25, 2006, at 4:51 AM, Dominik Stankowski wrote:

> Hello Aran
>
> Thanks for your email.
>
>> As long as the user has flash player 6.0.65 or above (r65
>> player can understand AS2 code, so the express install code
>> will work (as long as it is on frame 1)), you don't need a
>> separate file to do the express install. You publish your 1
>> content file as 8, and set the swfObject requirements as v8,
>> and add the expressinstall flag to true.
>
> Yes, but I have problems publishing this file in Flash 6, some  
> elements
> are missing. I do not know why, it is a Flash graphic which causes  
> that
> problem. Normally, a Flash graphic should show up correctly in Flash 6
> (which is the case when published as Flash 6 version).
>
>> BTW - How are trying to pass the vars to the 2nd file ?
>
> The flash variable in the first swf is defined as _root-variable.  
> In the
> second swf I try to access this variable, but it is undefined. I do  
> not
> use _lookroot. Everything works fine if the first movie is  
> published in
> v 8.0 and the second in v. 8.0, too. But it does not work if the first
> movie is published in v. 6.65 and the second in v. 8.0.
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Dominik
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