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Flash-to-JavaScript communication

Flash Constant

Value

Description

Y_SCALE

Vertical scaling

CURRENT_FRAME

The position of the current frame in the movie

TOTAL_FRAMES

The total number of frames in the movie

ALPHA

The opacity of the movie (number between 0 and 100)

VISIBLE

If the movie is visible or not

WIDTH

The width of the movie

HEIGHT

The height of the movie

ROTATION

The rotation of the movie in degrees

TARGET

The timeline name (same as first argument of any of the

timeline-specific methods)

FRAMES_LOADED

The number of frames currently loaded

NAME

The name of the movie

DROP_TARGET

The name of the drop target inside the movie, if one exists

URL

The URL of the movie

HIGH_QUALITY

If the movie is in high-quality rendering mode or not

(1 for true, 0 for false)

FOCUS_RECT

Whether or not a focus rectangle should be displayed

(1 for true, 0 for false)

SOUND_BUF_TIME

The amount of time that sound should be buffered to

produce uninterrupted playback

When using the timeline-specific methods, the first argument is always the name of the timeline to act

on. The default timeline is represented by a single forward slash:

var iXPos = oFlashMovie.TGetProperty(“/”, 0);

The first argument is always mirrored by the

TARGET

property:

var sTarget = oFlashMovie.TGetProperty(“/”, 11);

alert(sTarget == “/”); //outputs true

Because Flash uses an ECMAScript-based scripting language called ActionScript, the interaction with

JavaScript is seamless.

Flash-to-JavaScript communication

Flash also has the capability to interact with JavaScript that exists on the HTML page in which it is

embedded. When using the

element to embed the Flash movie, this capability is enabled by

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