hello,
i desperately need help with this…
i’ve been trying - with absolutely no success - to pass a variable from an SWF on an index page to an SWF on the next page (in this case home.asp).
i am using the following method:
in the index page when a menu button is clicked i pass the value in the string
[AS]getURL(“home.asp?jumpTo=aboutus”, “_top”, “GET”);[/AS]
then on home.asp i drop the value into the SWF link (both the object and embed tags):
myswf.swf?jumpTo=<%=request.querystring(“jumpTo”)%>
in the SWF i then attempt to use the value of “jumpTo” like this:
(this is on the first frame of the SWF)
[AS]if(jumpTo==aboutus) {
_root.button4.gotoAndStop(10);
_root.header.attachMovie(“aboutID”, “attachedAbout”, 1);
getURL (“aboutus.html”, “site”);
}
{[/AS]
there are 11 possible values for “jumpTo” and i have a similar “if” statement written for each one. i know the value is being passed from the original SWF to home.asp because when i request the querystring it gives me the correct value. it’s obvious that the SWF embedded in home.asp IS NOT receiving the value.
do i need to declare the variable first? should i use a global variable? is it possible to set up a dynamic variable in the flash movie? how do i do any of this? i’m still rather new to actionscript.
please let me know as soon as humanly possible.
thank you for your help in this matter,
dan.
