Name

ExternalInterface: a bidirectional interface to Flash — ActionScript Object in Flash 8

Static Properties

available

Indicates whether Flash may communicate with JavaScript. This will be false if the security policy for the browser prevents communication.

Static Functions

addCallback( )

Exports an ActionScript method so it can be invoked from JavaScript.

call( )

Invokes a JavaScript function from ActionScript.

Description

ExternalInterface is an ActionScript object defined by the Adobe Flash plug-in in version 8 and later. It defines two static functions for use by ActionScript code in Flash movies. These functions enable communication between JavaScript code in a web browser and ActionScript code in a Flash movie.

See Also

FlashPlayer; Chapter 23

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