dynamic load swffile from javascript wanted.

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Thanks the author for the great project!

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I wanna dynamic load swffile from javascript.
We do not need reload flexpaper, just reload swffile.
Something in js like this: 
  $('#flexpaper').reload('another.swf');

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leo.ss.pku@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2010 at 10:59

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Original comment by erik.eng...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2010 at 7:58

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Original comment by erik.eng...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2010 at 7:58

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You would need to just basically rewrite the html of the object.  This is the 
way 
I've done it:

1. Get the source of the generated output (if you are using swfobject.js to 
load it, 
you need to look at the resulting html from Firefox's developer plugin)
2. Set the whole source equal to a javascript variable
3. Replace whatever is between SwfFile= up to the & by a variable that holds 
the 
name of the file you wish to see
4. Wrap the object in <div> tags, give it an id
5. Bind an event (click, change, etc) to replace html inside the divs by what 
you've 
created above, like so $("#mydiv").html(template); 
6. You're done.

Btw, if you just want to get the file name replaced, use this code:

var new_arr = new Array();
//Get the value of whatever is in the <param> tag with the name of 'flashvars' 
and 
split it at the ampersand
new_arr = $("#FlexPaperViewer param[name=flashvars]").val().split('&');
//Set the variable with where your filename is located                                     
str = 'SwfFile=yourfilename.swf';
//Recreate the string, starting with the second element of array, since we're 
replacing the 1st element by our variable str                      
for(i = 1; i < new_arr.length; i++)
{
   str += "&"+new_arr[i]; 
}
//And do the actual value replacement of the parameter                  
$("#FlexPaperViewer param[name=flashvars]").val(str);

The code above just does the file replacement, but not the actual reloading, 
which is 
what you're asking for. You can make it into a function, if you wish, by 
passing a 
parameter with the filename in and binding it to an event.

The reloading is much easier, since it's straightforward (as described above).  
Hope 
that helps.

-Ilya

Original comment by ily...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2010 at 4:39

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I'm interested in something like this too. Suppose I have a folder of files 
converted 
to swf on my server, is there an easy way to just, say, use a drop-down menu to 
switch 
from one file to the other?

It looks like what Ilya is suggesting is what I would need, but I'm too new at 
all of 
this to be able to implement the suggestion. Is there a working example 
somewhere that 
I can learn from?

Original comment by mrd...@gmail.com on 29 May 2010 at 6:51

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I think this will a very important feature of the viewer for dynamic playing 
swf 
files.

Original comment by Vincenth...@gmail.com on 3 Jun 2010 at 6:44

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my codes which main idea from ilyaok:

flashvars_array = $("#flashContent param[name=flashvars]").val().split("&");
new_flashvars = "SwfFile=" + $(this).attr("value") +".swf";
for (i=1; i<flashvars_array.length; i++){
   new_flashvars += "&" + flashvars_array[i];
}
$("#flashContent param[name=flashvars]").val(new_flashvars);
$("#flashContent").hide().fadeIn('fast');

But this method still need redraw flexpaper.
I hope the author of flexpaper can write this function one day.

Original comment by leo.ss.pku@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2010 at 2:57

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Fixed in code branch and will be fixed in 1.3

Original comment by erik.eng...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2010 at 9:38

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