Problems getting DeepLinking to work [AS2]

programming flash
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Hi, I have done a lot of research of DeepLinking in Flash and currently modifying my site to support it. But I’m having some problems getting it to work 100%. I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance!

It works when the site is already loaded, but when I paste the deep link (not home) into an other browser, it shows the homepage instead of the page I want. I think it has something to do with SWFAddress.getValue(); being it cannot find the value /mypage/ because it has not been set by a mouse event.

If you want to see the online example, it’s here:
http://www.dualbrain.nl/_test/

This is my code in the first frame:


import com.asual.swfaddress.SWFAddress;
import com.asual.swfaddress.SWFAddressEvent;

var isLoaded:Boolean = false;

SWFAddress.onChange = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, action_SWFAddress_onChanged);

function action_SWFAddress_onChanged():Void {
	trace("changed");
	var sGoToDeepLink:String = SWFAddress.getValue();
	var nGoToID:Number;
	
	if (sGoToDeepLink == "/") nGoToID = 0;
	else if (sGoToDeepLink == "/about/") nGoToID = 1;
	else if (sGoToDeepLink == "/work/") nGoToID = 2;
	else if (sGoToDeepLink == "/contact/") nGoToID = 3;
	else nGoToID = 0;
			
	_root.sActiveMainCategory = nGoToID;
	
	if (isLoaded) {

		var mMainMenu:MovieClip = _root.grp_header.grp_MainMenu.holder_MainMenu;
		mMainMenu.goto();
	}
}

When clicked on main menu button it sets this:


SWFAddress.setValue(s);
SWFAddress.setStatus(s);

s is a variable passed through a function with the correct deep link.
/home/ or /about/ or /work/ etc

2

Yeah I have checked a few of those examples, but I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. That’s why I ask my Q here.

3

Can someone please give me a hint:
What is the difference between?
SWFAddress.getValue();
SWFAddress.getPath();
SWFAddress.getParameter();

I’m sorry but I don’t understand the explanations in the manual:
Respectively:
Provides the current deep linking value. (this one I understand)
Provides the deep linking value without the query string.
Provides the value of a specific query parameter.