Webmaster Forum / Flash / Data Integration / June 2006

I have been tasked w/ creating a new interface for something at work.
I need to have flash communicate w/ some js that is on the same page as my
movie. (right now the actionscript will only display what is returned in a
dynamic text box.
the js is written by someone else so im not even sure if im calling it right.
but, in the end the button in flash should load the "next" content into an
iframe.

as:

js_next = ExternalInterface.call("buttonClick", "next");
link = js_next;

the js:

function buttonClick(id) {
if (buttonStatus.charAt(whichButton(id)) == '0') return false;
var currentFrame = new String(document.getElementById('contentFrame').con
tentWindow.document.location)
if (currentFrame.indexOf("glossary.htm") > -1 ||
currentFrame.indexOf("help.htm") > -1) {
document.getElementById('contentFrame').src = returnFrame
}else{
var curSize = new Number(document.getElementById('narrationFrame').o
ffsetHeight)
if (curSize < 215) {
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.courseReview();
}
eval(document.getElementById('contentFrame').conte
ntWindow.document.getElementById('pageVariableScri pt').innerHTML);
switch (id) {
case 'back' :
buttonEnableAll();
if (back == '') {
buttonClick('exit');
}else{
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.navigate(thisFolder +
'/' + back);
}
break;
case 'reload' :
buttonEnableAll();
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.location.reload();
break;
case 'next' :
buttonEnableAll();
// Process test bank Next Frame
if (next == '*') {
var testBank = getCookie("testBank");
if (testBank != '' && testBank != null) {
var theFrames = testBank.split(";");
next = theFrames.shift();
testBank = theFrames.join(";");
setCookie("testBank", testBank);
}else{
next = 'postresults.htm'
}
}
if (next == '') {
buttonClick('exit');
}else{
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.navigate(thisFolder +
'/' + next);
}
break;
case 'glossary' :
returnFrame = new String(document.getElementById('contentFrame').con
tentWindow.document.location)
document.getElementById('contentFrame').src = 'glossary.htm'
break;
case 'audio' :
if (isNetscape()) {
var currSrc = document.images['btnAudio'].src
}else{
var currSrc = document.getElementById('btnAudio').src
}
currSrc = currSrc.toLowerCase().replace(/\//,"/");
var newSrc = currSrc.substring(0, currSrc.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
if (currSrc.indexOf('audioon') > -1) { setAudio('N', 'interface'); newSrc +=
'audiooff.gif' }
if (currSrc.indexOf('audiooff') > -1) { setAudio('D', 'interface'); newSrc +=
'audiotext.gif' }
if (currSrc.indexOf('audiotext') > -1) { setAudio('Y', 'interface'); newSrc +=
'audioon.gif' }
replaceImage('btnAudio', newSrc);
buttonClick('reload');
break;
case 'exit' :
if (next == '') {
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.SCORM_Complete();
}else{
document.getElementById('contentFrame').contentWin dow.SCORM_Incomplete();
}
window.opener.close();
break;
case 'help' :
returnFrame = new String(document.getElementById('contentFrame').con
tentWindow.document.location)
document.getElementById('contentFrame').src = thisFolder +
'/../../_Common/help.htm'
break;
}
return true;
}
}