Hi all,
I’ve been using a plugin called swf_fu which seemed fairly easy to
implement for adding flash content to my rails app. However, I’m trying
to pass a variable to my flash through rails and have the flash content
pick it up.
The variable is already retrieved in an earlier call to the database so
I don’t believe it’s any type of authentication string issue. Here’s
two examples:
<%= swf_tag “victory.swf”, :size => “250x75”, :div_id => “flbars”,
:flashvars => “victory_id=#{@virtuals_victory}”, :parameters => {:wmode
=> ‘transparent’} %>
OR
<%= swf_tag “victory.swf”, :size => “250x75”, :div_id => “flbars”,
:flashvars => {:victory_id => @virtuals_victory}, :parameters => {:wmode
=> ‘transparent’} %>
As a generic test, I’m passing the following value with
@virtuals_victory by doing @virtuals_victory = 76.
In my flash I’m doing:
onSelfEvent (load) {
victoryID = this.loaderInfo.parameters.victory_id;
}
… which is going to pull the victory_id value sent to it through
swfobject’s flashvars.
When I pull it up, it doesn’t show the value and the source shows the
following:
swfobject.embedSWF("/swfs/victory.swf?1248962132",“flbars”,“250”,“75”,“7”,"/swfs/expressInstall.swf?1248568039",{“victory_id”:“76”,“id”:“victory”},{“wmode”:“transparent”},{“id”:“victory”})
As you can see, right after the expressInstall, the flashvars hash is
showing “victory_id”:“76” in the first case and in the second case it
shows “victory_id”:76.
Does anyone have an idea of why flash isn’t retrieving the flashvars
with swfobject? I’ve checked the readme of the plugin and it says:
=== Options
- :id - the DOM +id+ of the flash +object+ element that is used
to contain the Flash object; defaults to the name of the swf in +source+ - :width, :height - the width & height of the Flash object.
Defaults to “100%”. These could also specified using :size - :size - the size of the Flash object, in the form “400x300”.
- :mode - Either :dynamic (default) or :static. Refer to
SWFObject’s
doc[http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation#Should_I_use_the_static_or_dynamic_publishing_method?] - :flashvars - a Hash of variables that are passed to the swf.
Can also be a string like “foo=bar&hello=world”. Defaults to
{:id => the DOM id} - :parameters - a Hash of configuration parameters for the swf.
See Adobe’s
doc[http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_12701#optional] - :alt - HTML text that is displayed when the Flash player is
not available. Defaults to a “Get Flash” image pointing to Adobe Flash’s
installation page. This can also be specified as a block (see embedding
section) - :flash_version - the version of the Flash player that is
required (e.g. “7” (default) or “8.1.0”) - :auto_install - a swf file that will upgrade flash player if
needed (defaults to “expressInstall” which was installed by swf_fu) - :javascript_class - specify a javascript class (e.g.
“MyFlash”) for your flash object. If it exists, the initialize method
will be called. - :initialize - arguments to pass to the initialization method
of your javascript class. - :div_id - the DOM +id+ of the containing div itself. Defaults
to “#{option[:id]}”_div - :switch_off_auto_hide_show - switch off SWFObject’s default
hide/show behavior. SWFObject temporarily hides your SWF or alternative
content until the library has decided which content to display. Defaults
to nil.
So, at this point I’m not understanding why I can’t get this to work.
I’ve also tried doing:
skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token
… on the controller processing the variable …
Any advice on this issue?