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dpc036 · 13-03-2007, 09:36

ive been asked to produce a online flash invite which would be sent as a link in an email to clients.

how would i go about personalising it to each person?
xml?
or taken from the email somehow.

cheers

d*d · 13-03-2007, 10:25

you could place the name in the link, ie www.flashinviteurl.com?name=gary and use php to write the FLASHVARS variable.

XML would work but is needlessley more complicated, you'd still need to get some sort of information from the link to match the name up

dpc036 · 13-03-2007, 10:39

ok so specify the location on the server of the flash file www.flashinviteurl.com

?name=gary this bit just passes the info to php which is then stuck into the flash file.

that right?

dpc036 · 13-03-2007, 11:31

ive googled Flashvar and found some examples.

PHP Code:


		
			
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

  codebase="http://macromedia.com/cabs/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"

  ID=flaMovie WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250>

  <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flaMovie3.swf">

  <PARAM NAME=FlashVars VALUE="<?php echo($QUERY_STRING);?>">

  <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=medium>

  <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#99CC33>

  <EMBED src="flaMovie3.swf" FlashVars="<?php echo($QUERY_STRING);?>"

    bgcolor=#99CC33 WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250 

    TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash">

  </EMBED>

</OBJECT>

would that work with the link method you said?

d*d · 13-03-2007, 12:16

Yeah I've used a similar method to pass variable to a flash document before, if you use a javascript method to embed flash you may need to put the <>php brackets in there.

dpc036 · 13-03-2007, 12:22

thanks for your help

13-03-2007, 09:36	#1 (permalink)
dpc036 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: St Helens Posts: 451	How to Personalise a Flash Invite. ive been asked to produce a online flash invite which would be sent as a link in an email to clients. how would i go about personalising it to each person? xml? or taken from the email somehow. cheers

13-03-2007, 11:31	#4 (permalink)
dpc036 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: St Helens Posts: 451	ive googled Flashvar and found some examples. PHP Code: <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://macromedia.com/cabs/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" ID=flaMovie WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flaMovie3.swf"> <PARAM NAME=FlashVars VALUE="<?php echo($QUERY_STRING);?>"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=medium> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#99CC33> <EMBED src="flaMovie3.swf" FlashVars="<?php echo($QUERY_STRING);?>" bgcolor=#99CC33 WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </EMBED> </OBJECT> would that work with the link method you said?

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13-03-2007, 10:25	#2 (permalink)
d*d Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,030	you could place the name in the link, ie www.flashinviteurl.com?name=gary and use php to write the FLASHVARS variable. XML would work but is needlessley more complicated, you'd still need to get some sort of information from the link to match the name up

13-03-2007, 10:39	#3 (permalink)
dpc036 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: St Helens Posts: 451	ok so specify the location on the server of the flash file www.flashinviteurl.com ?name=gary this bit just passes the info to php which is then stuck into the flash file. that right?

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d*d Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,030	Yeah I've used a similar method to pass variable to a flash document before, if you use a javascript method to embed flash you may need to put the <>php brackets in there.

13-03-2007, 12:22	#6 (permalink)
dpc036 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: St Helens Posts: 451	thanks for your help

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