hi,

i was actually recommended to SWFObject by a forum mate from another forum but im not quite sure of how to go about doing what he told me... here's what he said:
I recommend using swfOBject (http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/) to embed your swf, and you can also then use it to pass variables to your flash movie. There's a lot of documentation about using flashVars with swfObject, so do some reading and it should be pretty straightforward.


For example, you could add a variable to your swfObject called "category". You could then link to the page with something like this:


http://www.testingpage.com/index.html?category=services


Then, in your swf, you can have something like this:




ActionScript Code:

if (category != undefined) {

getURL(category + ".html", "containerFrame");

}



my reply to him was :
hi,

i have added the variable (not sure if it's the correct way to do it though) by :var category=deconcept.SWFObject; in the swfobject.js... was wondering where do i define the category section... (as in where do i define which page belongs to services, etc.)




would really appreciate some help here to enlighten me on this.

THANKS!

if you want to pass the var category into the swf, you just have to do:

so.addVariable("category", getQueryParamValue("category"));

in your embed code. you don't need to change the swfobject.js ever.

sure you can put anything you want in there.

sure, that would set a variable called 'category' with a value of 'services' on your root timeline when your swf starts.