JavaScript Design

Firing a JavaScript Function from Flash

Probably the most valuable and simple technique that you can use with JavaScript and Flash is calling a JavaScript function using this ActionScript format:

						getURL("javascript:jsFunction()"); 

For example, in one project I wanted to call up HTML pages with lots of text. While text is relatively “light” in HTML, it can really bog down a Flash movie. I created three buttons in Flash, and each one contained this script, with a variation on the function swissy1()–swissy2() and swissy3().

						on (release) {
       getURL ("javascript:swissy1()"); 
} 

Figure 18.1 shows the script in the Object Actions window being developed in Flash.

Figure 18.1. Linking JavaScript functions to a Flash movie is simple.

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