Help with SetVariable.

[chris1228]

I am pulling my hair out trying to use SetVariable. I am using OpenLaszlo for my flash compiler and a win32 client to host the flash player control. Here is what I am doing:

In Java Script at the top of my "movie":

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 _root.newMessage="internal";
 _root.watch("newMessage", canvas.OnNewMessage);

Right now all that OnNewMessage does is output the value of _root.NewMessage.


From the win32 app I do call the following function with cmd="newMessage" and val="test":

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void NotifyFlashPlugin( string cmd, string val )
{
   SFPCSetVariable infoSet;
   infoSet.name.lpszBuffer = (LPCSTR)cmd.c_str();
   infoSet.value.lpszBuffer = (LPCSTR)val.c_str();
   ::SendMessage(g_hFlashPlayer, FPCM_SETVARIABLE, 0, (LPARAM)&infoSet);
}

This causes the event to fire in javascript however the value outputs as "internal". If I perform this operation twice, _root.newMessage becomes "undefined". Can someone please point me in the right direction????

[Softanics]

You can send me zipped project to support (at) flashplayercontrol.com

[chris1228]

Can't I just get a better example posted here than is the help file? Its kind of hard to send the zipped project as much of the code is very proprietary.

[theomania]

If you are defining your variable as a _root.<> then you should reference it the same way from Win32. This goes with _global.<> definitions aswell.

If you are referencing a value in the 'root', you may not even have to define _root in either the AS or the Win32.

T.