# Rails Plugin for swfobject? - swf\_fu **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-for-swfobject-swf-fu/172972 "2009-07-30T17:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elricstorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@elricstorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elricstorm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-for-swfobject-swf-fu/172972/1 "2009-07-30T17:39:38Z")
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[[GitHub - swfobject/swfobject: An open source Javascript framework for detecting the Adobe Flash Player plugin and embedding Flash (swf) files.](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](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? ---
**Author:** ![elricstorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@elricstorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elricstorm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-for-swfobject-swf-fu/172972/2 "2009-07-30T19:59:28Z")
> onSelfEvent (load) { > victoryID = this.loaderInfo.parameters.victory\_id; > } Everything was fine. The issue was actually in the flash software itself. I use both macromedia and swishmax and swishmax2 and sometimes I forget that each passes variables a bit differently. The above should have appeared as: onSelfEvent (load) { victoryID = victory\_id; } Thanks.