Calling embedSWF() with "flashvars"

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∟Calling embedSWF() with "flashvars"

This section provides a tutorial example on how to specify 'flshvars' parameters to the embedSWF() function provided by SWFObject 2.

Now let's use SWFObject 2 to play mp3player to learn how to specify flashvars in the embedSWF() function.

Here is the Web page with JavaScript codes to call embedSWF() to play mp3player with 2 flashvars parameters:

<html><head>
<!-- SWFObject_falshvars.html
 - Copyright (c) 2014, HerongYang.com, All Rights Reserved.
-->
</head><body>
<p>SWFObject flashvars Test:</p>

<!-- Define a place to play the Flash -->
<div id="myFlash">
  This text will be replaced later by SWFObject.
</div>

<!-- Include SWFObject JavaScript library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>

<!-- Define a place to play the Flash -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.mp3 = "Music_Sample.mp3";
flashvars.config = "mp3player_config.txt";
var params = {};
params.wmode ="transparent";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("player_mp3_maxi.swf", "myFlash", "200", "20",
   "8.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

</body></html>

To test this Web page, you need to have 5 more files: expressInstall.swf, player_mp3_maxi.swf, Music_Sample.mp3, mp3player_config.txt and mp3player_skin.jpg.

I have included the above code here on this page. If you are reading the Web version of this book, you should be able to see mp3player displayed and you can play it. Otherwise, you will see a static image.