Question

First of all, I’m a complete noob in Flash and don’t really know what I’m doing :/ (it’s a favour for a friend).

I’m working with CS6 and using action script 2.

So I’ve seen many people suggesting using

getURL("javascript:myFunction();");

or

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

ExternalInterface.call("myFunction()");

for calling the method myFunction that I have in my html file (in the head). However, for some reason the method is not invoked. Apart of that I have in my frame code that just stops a flash film that ends (I tried putting this before and after the js invocation)

stop();

I do also have on my html under the <object>:

<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />

and again in the nested <!--[if !IE]>--> .

(If needs be, I can add the html file as well.) Can anyone shed a light on what am I doing wrong? Removing the stop(); doesn’t seem to change anything either (apart of the film being replayed.

Answer 1

Ok, so the issue is a rather silly thing, but I’ve decided to put it down in writing in case someone in the future will stumble upon the same weird behaviour.
What happened was I have installed Flash CS6 on the same day and didn’t reboot my machine. After rebooting it, calling getURL("javascript:myFunction();"); simply worked- just remember to also have the <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> on your html.