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About Flash Player methods

You can use Flash Player methods to control a movie in the Flash Player from Web browser scripting languages such as JavaScript and VBScript. As with other methods, you can use Flash Player methods to send calls to Flash movies from a scripting environment other than ActionScript. Each method has a name, and most methods take parameters. A parameter specifies a value that the method operates upon. The calculation performed by some methods returns a value that can be used by the scripting environment.

There are two different technologies that enable communication between the browser and the Flash Player: LiveConnect (Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later on Windows 95/98/2000/NT or Power Macintosh) and ActiveX (Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and later on Windows 95/98/2000/NT). Additionally, in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and later, the Flash Player can be hosted as a binary behavior or custom element tag. Although the techniques for scripting are similar for all browsers and languages, there are additional properties and events available for use with ActiveX controls.

For more information, including a complete list of the Flash Player scripting methods, use the keywords Flash method to search the Flash Support Center.