Stupid Question for the Day...

[Quasi]

  Okay, don't mock my pain, but here is the stupid question for the day...

  Can you load a .js file into a moviecllip in flash when the .js is actually calling a .swf file onto the page.(Don't ask...)  The Javascript works fine by itself, but when I use something like this:

  MC.getURL("javascript:open('http://whatever.js')");

  ..it simply prints out the .js on the page without actually displaying anything.

 Is this totally retarded or am I just missing something?  Be honest... I'd rather understand than be ig'nant...

Thanks.

[Jorge Solis]

You should open an html, this html page could include your js script, that probably write HTML tags on the fly. To include a JS on an html just add something like:

<script language="JavaScript" src="whatever.js"></script>


Jorge

[Quasi]

Thanks for the response, but that doesnt quite answer my question.. as confusing as it is!

  I don't have any problems loading the JS  into an HTML page. But ultimately what the JS does is load a SWF file.(It's this whole ad tracking thing I wont go into.)

  Want I want to do is create a SWF file on the page that can call on this JS  just like an HTML file does, but instead of loading it on the page, it loads it inside a MC inside the SWF file.

  Can I do this directly from the SWF file like this:

  MC.getURL("javascript:open('http://whatever.js')");

 or do I need to define a JS function in the HEAD and call IT from the SWF file like so:

  MC.getURL("javascript:JS()");

 ...assuming of course that this is even possible, which is my real question... 

[Jorge Solis]

Ah, ok, easy question, you can't. For doing that you should pass the file itself using some back-end that sends proper headers, like PHP or Java.

Jorge