JavaScript - How Can I Write A Javascript That Will Display A Flash Movie?

Ok ..... let's see if I can explain this so someone else can understand it!

I have a menu created with AllWebMenus and after battling with it for some time to get it to show up on the pages !!!! i am now facing another problem.....

I have a flash movie on the home page that it does not start unless i click the home button. I've tested locally without the menu and it works, so has to be the menu that is conflicting with it. the site is www.teiafirme.com

I could just drop the menu and create another one, thing is I like those darn buttons...

Anyone here have any experience with this kind of problem? if needed i can post the menu and flash code...

Hi, I have a Javascript which I'm using to display one of four Flash SWF files randomly. These need to be actually displayed twice, so I'm basically calling the script twice.

This works great aside from one thing- occasionally the same movie appears in both scripts, for example the first instance picks movie 3 of 4 and th second instance does the same.

What I need is to somehow make sure that if the first instance of the script picks movie x then the second script will pick any movie EXCEPT movie x.

This is the script as it stands:

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">

// Generate a Random Number
var randomnumber = Math.round(Math.random()*3);

// Select a swf and execute the corresponding function
if (randomnumber == 1)

{movie1();}

else if (randomnumber == 2)

{movie2();}

else if (randomnumber == 3)

{movie3();}

else {movie4();}

//Functions to write out the correct flash movie resource.

function movie1(){
document.write("<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"><param name=movie value=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/1.swf\"><param name=quality value=high><embed src=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/1.swf\" quality=high pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"></embed></object>")
}

function movie2(){
document.write("<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"><param name=movie value=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/2.swf\"><param name=quality value=high><embed src=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/2.swf\" quality=high pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"></embed></object>")
}

function movie3(){
document.write("<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"><param name=movie value=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/3.swf\"><param name=quality value=high><embed src=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/3.swf\" quality=high pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"></embed></object>")
}

function movie4(){
document.write("<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"><param name=movie value=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/4.swf\"><param name=quality value=high><embed src=\"assets/images/ads/hotels/4.swf\" quality=high pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"120\" height=\"285\"></embed></object>")
}
</script>

I am looking to change a flash movie based on the time of day. Basicaly I need it to switch between a day/night version of the flash.

I have this piece of code and want to know how to call the day.swf, night.swf in the flash object section where i have written 'WHAT DO I PUT HERE?'

Any help with be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"> 
   <!-- 
      var DayOrNightMovie = "day.swf";
      now = new Date(); 
      hour = now.getHours(); 
      if (hour > 6 && hour < 18) { 
        DayOrNightMovie = "day.swf"; 
      } 
      else 
      { 
        DayOrNightMovie = "night.swf"; 
      } 
      var FlashObject = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="520" height="85" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="top">'
      FlashObject += '<param name="movie" value="WHAT DO I PUT HERE?">  <param name="quality" value="high"><param name="wmode" value="transparent">'
      FlashObject += '<embed src="WHAT DO I PUT HERE?" width="520" height="85" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="top" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>'
      document.write(FlashObject);
   // --> 
</script>

Hello i'm trying to play just the first few seconds on a quicktime movie then stop. if the user scrolls, I replay - Im doing this to reshow the image that seems to go away when scrolling. By design, once the user clicks 'Play' I want the movie to disregard the scroll (and other) functions. This seems to work in FF, but not in IE, where the movie will not even play initially. I'm getting a 'document.movie1 undefined error'. Any help is much appreciated. Here is the code....
Code:

<script src="include/javascript/AC_QuickTime.js" language="javascript"
type="text/javascript">

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="include/javascript/mootools-1.2.5-
core-nc.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="include/javascript/Quickie.js"></
script>
<!--if IE>
<object id="qt_event_source" classid="clsid:CB927D12-4FF7-4a9e-
A169-56E4B8A75598" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/
qtplugin.cab#version=7,2,1,0" height="376" width="400">
<param name="scale" value="tofit" />
</object>
<!endif-->
<script type="text/javascript">


function BeginPlayback() {

if (document.movie1 !== null) {
document.movie1.Play();
document.movie1.SetTime(600);
var t = setTimeout("RewindPlayback()", 1000);
}

}

function RewindPlayback() {

if (document.movie1 !== null) {
document.movie1.Stop();
}
}
function QTSetup() {

var t = setTimeout("BeginPlayback()",1000);
}

function startUp() {
var myQuickie = new Quickie('http://malsup.github.com/video/
simpsons.mov', {
id: 'movie1',
width: 400,
height: 376,
container: 'qtmovie',
attributes: {
controller: 'true',
autoplay: 'true',
scale: 'tofit'
},
onCanplay: function() { },
onLoad: function() { QTSetup(); },
onPlay: function() {

if (document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value == "No" &&
document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value == "No") {
document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value = "Yes";
}
},
onPause: function() { document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value =
"No"; }
});
}

window.onscroll = function() {
if (document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value == "No") {
document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value = "Yes";
BeginPlayback();
}
};
window.onresize = function() {
if (document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value == "No") {
document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value = "Yes";
BeginPlayback();
}
};

function onBlur() {
if (document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value == "No") {
document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value = "Yes";
BeginPlayback();
}
}
function onFocus() {
if (document.getElementById("hfPlayed").value == "No") {
document.getElementById("hfFromScroll").value = "Yes";
BeginPlayback();
}
}

if (/*@cc_on!@*/false) { // check for Internet Explorer
document.onfocusin = onFocus;
document.onfocusout = onBlur;
} else {
window.onfocus = onFocus;
window.onblur = onBlur;
}

</script>
<form id="form1" runat="server">



<input id="hfPlayed" type="hidden" value="No" />
<input id="hfFromScroll" type="hidden" value="Yes" />

</form>

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