Can a Flash inline object access the DOM of its parent document?

Question

I'm just wondering if it is possible that Flash objects can access the DOM of the document that embedded it.

Answer 1

Yes, through the ExternalInterface class.

You can make Javascript calls from the Flash movie and get any public page information your heart desires.

Adding

Looking at this after a year and a half, I decided to add a few examples:

Say you have a JS function on your client page, for example:

function foo(bar,type) {
  // do something with bar and type
}

You call it from Flash (using AS3) as follows:

ExternalInterface.call(foo, bar, type);

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Flash- Javascript, Flash Flex ( , AS3):

application1_applicationCompleteHandler(event:Event) {
  // the app has finished loading, so do whatever we
  // have to do on load, plus add that callback
  ExternalInterface.addCallback(foo, bar);
}

public function bar(arg1, arg2) : void {
  // do something with arg1 and arg2
}

Javascript ( myMovie - SWF):

myMovie.foo(anArg, anotherArg);

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Answer 2

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: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=ProgrammingHTMLAndJavaScript_07.html

Answer 3

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