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Simplecart and External Interface (Flash 8)

The ExternalInterface class is the External API, an application programming interface that enables straightforward communication between ActionScript and the Flash Player container; for example, an HTML page with JavaScript, or a desktop application with Flash Player embedded. It replace the JavaScript API with fscommands (TCallFrame, SetVariable, TCallLabel, etc) adding the capability of direct call of Flash functions.

The original idea was to simply explain how to use the ExternalInterface, but since I can reuse the cart from previous examples (see newstore application), was not difficult to add shopping cart capabilitites to a simple HTML catalog.

You should have Flash Player 8 installed to follow this example. Press here to launch the example

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