javascript talking to flash and vica versa

[tyler jones]

Does anyone know if it's possible in javascript to call the stop() actionscript in a flash movie? I have a flash file in an iframe of a page. So, I'm wondering how I can reference the movie? I've called java applet functions from javascript before and that was pretty straightforward, but it doesn't seem to work the same way in flash. Thanks.

[nevub]

Here is the call that would stop a flash movie with an id attribute set to "flashID" in an iframe with an id set to "iframeID".

document.iframeID.flashID.StopPlay();

Here is a technote from Macromedia talking about the limitation of JavaScript communication with Flash and all the commands supported.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tn4160.html