Comments on: Get current url to Flash swf using an External Interface call

By: Sohaib Ali

Sohaib Ali — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:33:23 +0000

By: nick

nick — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:29:30 +0000

I’m trying to use this function to insert the current url when people submit a form, the code is below but the import flash.external.*; is created an endless loop how can I fix it, and is the way im getting the url ok or should i just put it into a variable instead of using the function? I appreciate any help

thanks

stop();
System.useCodepage = true;
send_btn.onRelease = function() {

import flash.external.*;

function geturlhttp() {
_root.urlPath = ExternalInterface.call(”window.location.href.toString”);
}

my_vars = new LoadVars();
my_vars.url = geturlhttp();
my_vars.email = email_box.text;
my_vars.name = name_box.text;
if (my_vars.name != “” and my_vars.email != “” and my_vars.url != “”) {

my_vars.sendAndLoad(”mailer.php”, my_vars, “POST”);
gotoAndStop(2);
} else {
error_clip.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
my_vars.onLoad = function() {
gotoAndStop(3);
};
};
email_box.onSetFocus = subject_box.onSetFocus=message_box.onSetFocus=function () {
if (error_clip._currentframe != 1) {
error_clip.gotoAndPlay(6);
}
};

By: Sander van den Berg

Sander van den Berg — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:55:45 +0000

Hello all!

@John: Think this will only give the URL of the location of the SWF, it won’t give you the URL of the screen in which you are viewing the SWF.

for example:
domain 1: contains SWF
domain 2: contains html file with embed sourcecode.

You want the URL of domain 2, so you can track ur SWF.

This is my issue aswell. Since im gonna work with paying clients, having their own layout. I want to dynamicly get their XML file containing layout info (which is on my server) based on a URL or Domainname send by them automaticly when viewing my SWF.

By: John T. Bailey

John T. Bailey — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:36:14 +0000

What is the advantage of using the ExternalInterface technique as you’ve described over the following:

[actionscript]
import flash.net.LocalConnection;
var lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
var domain:String = lc.domain;
trace(domain);
[/actionscript]

By: Evan Mullins

Evan Mullins — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:30:59 +0000

I’ve written an updated post on this subject see Get Current URL and Query String Parameters

By: Kirk Strobeck

Kirk Strobeck — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:16:10 +0000

I developed a new simple web tool that uses FScommand from flash and SWFObjecy implementation from the Javascript side. The two pair up nicely to make a functional addressing system in flash.

Check it out => http://flashURL.net

By: Ed McManus

Ed McManus — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:41:25 +0000

Hi Guys,

Just thought you might like to know there’s a solution to this problem. The following snippit works across all browsers I’ve tested (tho clearly it requires JS access):

var result:String = ExternalInterface.call(’eval’, ‘window.location.href’);

Hope it helps!

By: James

James — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:54:42 +0000

@Evan - Thanks for this, learnt something new - just a shame it doesn’t play ball in IE.

@agi - Good suggestion, I think that’ll work…

By: agi

agi — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:24:10 +0000

You can also use location.href and pass it through SWFObject to get the current url of a page like:

so.addVariable(”urlPageName”, location.href);

I used it a couple of times across projects that needed to work locally and on the server. This worked fine for me across IE and Firefox.

By: Evan Mullins

Evan Mullins — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:12:10 +0000

It is interesting, it seems to have a lot to do with the Microsoft’s dealings with Active content. Clicking on the “External Interface html Example” link does work in IE. I have struggled at getting this to work in IE scenarios also. Any suggestions?