Edit: I've come to realize the main problem I'm facing is that I want a text field that already exists in a movieclip or on the stage to take the string from a flashvar. For some reason it will not do that. How do I make a pre-existing text field change to match the flashvar text?
Html:
<div id="flashContent">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="100%" height="29px" id="egnewsTicker" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="egnewsTicker.swf" />
<param name="flashvars" value="newslisttest=this is my test" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="play" value="true" />
<param name="loop" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="scale" value="showall" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="egnewsTicker.swf" width="100%" height="29px">
<param name="movie" value="egnewsTicker.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="play" value="true" />
<param name="loop" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="scale" value="showall" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="flashvars" value="newslisttest=this is my test" />
<!--<![endif]-->
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
</div>
I know this is supposed to be a simple task, and I have found several web articles that give examples, but I simply cannot make it work when I'm trying to do my own code. All I want to do is pass a flashvar string and be able to access it by name in flash using AS3, but I can't seem to accomplish that.
I'm trying:
var paramObj:Object = LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters;
newsItem.newsHeadline.text = String(paramObj[varName]);
I've also tried:
newsItem.newsHeadline.text = this.loaderInfo.parameters.newslisttest;
Nothing I try works, it always just stays blank. What is the trick to accessing flashvars in flash as3? I'm just not getting it and I can't find a good explanation anywhere...