The parameters property of the Application object points to a dynamic object that stores parameters as name-value pairs. You can access variables on the parameters object by specifying parameters.variable_name.
The following example defines the myName and myHometown parameters and binds them to the text of Label controls:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- wrapper/ApplicationParameters.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="initVars()">
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
// Declare bindable properties in Application scope.
[Bindable]
public var myName:String;
[Bindable]
public var myHometown:String;
// Assign values to new properties.
private function initVars():void {
myName = Application.application.parameters.myName;
myHometown = Application.application.parameters.myHometown;
}
]]></mx:Script>
<mx:VBox>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Name: "/>
<mx:Label text="{myName}" fontWeight="bold"/>
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Hometown: "/>
<mx:Label text="{myHometown}" fontWeight="bold"/>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>
When a user requests this application with the myName and myHometown parameters defined as flashVars variables, Flex displays their values in the Label controls.
To view all the flashVars properties, you can iterate over the parameters object, as the following example shows:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- wrapper/IterateOverApplicationParameters.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="init()">
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
private function init():void {
for (var i:String in Application.application.parameters) {
ta1.text += i + ":" + Application.application.parameters[i] + "\n";
}
}
]]></mx:Script>
<mx:TextArea id="ta1" width="300" height="200"/>
</mx:Application>
Flex does not recompile the application if the request variables have changed. As a result, if you dynamically set the values of the flashVars properties or query string parameters, you do not force a recompilation.
Query string parameters must be URL encoded. The format of the string is a set of name-value pairs separated by an ampersand (&). You can escape special and nonprintable characters with a percent symbol (%) followed by a two-digit hexadecimal value. You can represent a single blank space using the plus sign (+).
The encoding for flashVars properties and query string parameters is the same as the page. Internet Explorer provides UTF-16-compliant strings on the Windows platform. Netscape sends a UTF-8-encoded string to Adobe Flash Player.
Most browsers support a flashVars String or query string up to 64 KB (65535 bytes) in length. They can include any number of name-value pairs.
