Integrating Flash with Web Applications > Sending messages to and from the Flash Player
Sending messages to and from the Flash Player
To send messages from a Flash movie to its host environment (for example, a Web browser, a Director movie, or the stand-alone Flash Player), you can use the fscommand
action. This allows you to extend your movie by using the capabilities of the host. For example, you could pass an fscommand
action to a JavaScript function in an HTML page that opens a new browser window with specific properties.
To control a movie in the Flash Player from Web browser scripting languages such as JavaScript, VBScript, and Microsoft JScript, you can use Flash Player methodsfunctions that send messages from a host environment to the Flash movie. For example, you could have a link in an HTML page that sends your Flash movie to a specific frame.