Comments on: Understanding Flashâ€™s ExternalInterface.

By: GUYA.NET » Blog Archive » Bug in Internet Explorer security model when embedding Flash

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:37:16 +0000

[...] This way the swf file can script the automatically generated html page it resides in, using ExternalInterface, leading to a major security flaw. I will post about a real world example of this security flaw, [...]

By: check3r

check3r — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:42:11 +0000

i suggest to use ExternalInterface.call(“eval”,”javascript_code”); with this you can also for example use variables: ExternalInterface.call(“eval”,”alert(myvar)”); while ExternalInterface.call(“alert”,”myvar”); will only give you a string. or to change variables use it: ExternalInterface.call(“eval”,”myvar=true;”); , executing multiple commands is also no problem: ExternalInterface.call(“eval”,”var test = 1;alert(‘hey test is ‘+test);test=2;akert(‘now it is ‘+test);”);

By: Flash External API Links « 01 Web

Flash External API Links « 01 Web — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:53:36 +0000

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By: guya

guya — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:48:24 +0000

Thanks for your comment Bob,

I’ve fixed all of the code to be Copy -> Paste friendly.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:32:33 +0000

Be careful of syntax — you can’t just copy and paste this code. The “import” keyword must be all lower case, and make sure you’re using straight quotation marks.

By: GUYA.NET » Blog Archive » Resolving some issues with swfobject

GUYA.NET » Blog Archive » Resolving some issues with swfobject — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:17:09 +0000

[...] There are some known issues with swfobject and ASP.NET, infact it’s not just with swfobject but also with the Flash object in general, one issue of using ExternaInterafce from an ASP.NET Form can be solved with these technics [...]

By: izms » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-25

izms » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-25 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:20:31 +0000

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By: shane

shane — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:20:12 +0000

I followed the code in the example, using my own id of course, and I keep getting a browser error in IE saying that the Object doesnt support this property of method. It is referring to the call line
(in my case it is flashMovie.goMC();)

the script is below:

// callResult gets the value “busy signal”
var flashMovie = thisMovie(“tileAuto”);

function thisMovie(movieName) {
var isIE = navigator.appName.indexOf(“Microsoft”) != -1;
return (isIE) ? window[movieName] : document[movieName];
}

flashMovie.goMC();

Any reasons?

thanks!

By: Pieter Bonne

Pieter Bonne — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:05:02 +0000

I’ve been using ExternalInterface quite awhile now and have noticed that when you call an actionscript function from javascript, you cannot execute a call to javascript inside that actionscript function. The call just never happens.

I’m using a construction like this to notify javascript of certain events, and the event doesn’t arrive when the event occurs during a call that originated from a call to the ExternalInterface.

If anyone has any way around this, tell me!

By: guya

guya — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:11:58 +0000

How to use ExternalInterface within a FORM tag: