How Do They Do That

[unplugged_web]

I recently came across this this and wondered how they did it. I love it and would like to do something similar.Thanks

[vytas]

What are u referring too?

[unplugged_web]

What are u referring too?

The counter - I want to create one that counts in the same way. But I don't know how they get the amount either

[Ingolme]

For the counter, you just need to keep summing to the number on every frame. They're getting the amount from the result of a perl script on the server-side and then passing it to the Flash document.

[unplugged_web]

For the counter, you just need to keep summing to the number on every frame. They're getting the amount from the result of a perl script on the server-side and then passing it to the Flash document.

That's what I'm not sure about - I can set a cron up to get the number I want, but how do I get that number into Flash?

[Ingolme]

Through flashvars.I'm not very proficient in ActionScript, but in HTML you would add a <param> element to the <object> tag that has the flashvars in it:

<param name="flashvars" value="num=10000">

In ActionScript 2.0, I think you can access the value using _level0.num

[unplugged_web]

Through flashvars.I'm not very proficient in ActionScript, but in HTML you would add a <param> element to the <object> tag that has the flashvars in it:

<param name="flashvars" value="num=10000">

In ActionScript 2.0, I think you can access the value using _level0.num

Thanks