How can I send value to Actionscript using Javascript

Question

I want to send a float variable to Actionscript.

I use window.document.setVariable(), but it only supports type String, and ig

Answer 1

Your question is pretty vague. Still, here goes:

There are 2 (edited to 3) methods to get a variable into Flash from the html. Both use the ExternalInterface class

(1): Pull the variable into ActionScript

//JavaScript:
var myVariable=3.14159; //or whatever you want to set it as

function getMyVariable() {
    return myVariable;
}


//Flash
var myVariable:Number=ExternalInterface.call("getMyVariable");

(2): Push the variable into ActionScript

//Flash
ExternalInterface.addCallback("pushVar", varPushed);
var myVariable:Number=0;
function varPushed(x:Number):void {
    myVariable=x;
}



//JavaScript
var myVariable=3.14159; //or whatever you want to set it as
var fl = document.getElementById('myflashobject');
fl.pushVar(myVariable);

EDIT (3): Use flashVars

If you use swfObject, then you add flashVars using the following line:

var flashvars = {}; 
    flashvars.myVariable=3.14159
...
...
swfobject.embedSWF( 
    "FlashVarTest.swf", "flashContent", "100%", "100%", swfVersionStr, 
    xiSwfUrlStr, flashvars, params, attributes); 

If you use the