How to use the flashvars attribute with swfobject.embedSWF?

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HTML:

<div class="playerFlashBox">
    <object width="800" height="450" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="playerSWF" name="playerSWF" data="/flash/Player.swf" >
        <param name="movie" value="/flash/Player.swf">
        <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
        <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <param name="wmode" value="opaque">
        <param name="FlashVars" value="ProjectId=<%= @project.id.to_s %>&amp;Language=<%= @locale %>" />
        <embed width="800" height="450" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="playerSWF" name="playerSWF" src="/flash/Player.swf" class="playerBox"
            allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
            allowFullScreen="true"
            quality="high"
            flashVars="ProjectId=<%= @project.id.to_s %>&amp;Language=<%= @locale %>"
            pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"
        ></embed>
    </object>
</div>

Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var flashvars = {
        "ProjectId=<%= @project.id.to_s %>&amp;Language=<%= @locale %>"
    };
    var params = {
        allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain", 
        allowFullScreen: "true",
        wmode: "opaque",
        quality: "high",
        menu: "false"
    };
    var attributes = {}; attributes.styleclass="playerBox";

    swfobject.embedSWF("/flash/Player.swf", "playerFlashBox", "800", "450", "9.0.0","expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

I want to replace this with a clean swfobject statement. I just have no clue how to work with the flashvars attribute. Any ideas?

You have an error in a name of your parameter: PrOjectId

avall
– avall

2011-07-26 08:30:49 +00:00
Commented Jul 26, 2011 at 8:30 — avall
– avall, Commented Jul 26, 2011 at 8:30

shanethehat · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-26 08:29:52Z

4

you create it as an object like the params and attributes:

var flashvars = {
    PrjectId:"<%= @project.id.to_s %>",
    Language:"<%= @locale %>"
};

answered Jul 26, 2011 at 8:29

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Huan Vu · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 01:54:09Z

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From flash you can pull up the vars by doing:

var flashVars:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;
var projectId:String = flashVars["PrjectId"];
var language:String = flashVars["Language"];

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 1:54

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