SetVariable - cannot get script1 to run and trace does not show up

[bharkan]

Hi,
I am not sure how to use setVariable in the script. I want some variables from the script to be placed on the first page of my exe. I tried writing it in a script and called the script from flash. But my program does not go into the script file. I have a trace and it doesnt do the trace.

In my flash I have the command like

fscommand("FFish_Run", "script1")
_root.textVariable = textVariable;

In my script1 I have

textVar = new String("hello");
trace(textVar );
FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.textVariable", textVar )

However, when I preview my application I do not get the trace and instead it says script1 not found. Then I replaced the call as

Ffishcommand.fscommand("FFish_Run", "script1");

Now it does not complain that the script does not exist, but still I do not get the trace.

I want my variables to be loaded when the flash movie opens. I am not sure how to do this. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Bharathy

[SWFKit]

If you're using as2 or as3, and swfkit 3, it's highly recommended that you use the external interface instead of the fscommands.

Say you've a function in ffish script, returning a string:

function myFSFunc(param1)
{
    var str;
    ...
    return str;
}

Then you can call it in your as code directly

textField1.value = ExternalInterface.call("myFSFunc", param1);

[bharkan]

Thank you for the response. I placed my code inside script1. My flash did not seem to call script1. Therefore, I moved my function from script 1 to Initialize and even then it does not seem to call the script from my action script. What do I need to do for my as2 code to call the script? I exactly copied and pasted the above code to see if it printed something, but with no luck. I use swf 3.2. My problems seems to be in action script code not calling the script. Am I missing some steps?

Thank you
Bharathy

[meester]

Did you import the external class?
if ot you may have to use in flash

textField1.value = flash.external.ExternalInterface.call("myFSFunc", param1);

[bharkan]

Thank you I got it working. I imported the class. I also found another problem. I had set the preference and classPath but for some reason when I logged in as another user, the settings were gone and hence I couldnt get it to do anything. When I checked with the previous user's id it works fine.

Thanks for the help.