I have just begun to learn JS. I am trying to change the value of embed src in the tag present in my HTML code. But am unable to do so with the following code I've written -

HTML -

<ol>
<li><a href=".swf" 
    onclick="showGame(this);return false;">Kitty Throw</a></li>
</ol>

<embed id="gameHolder" src=".jpg" 
    quality="high" menu ="false" width="550" height="400" 
    type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
    pluginspage="" /></center>

JS:

function showGame(whichgame){var source=whichgame.getAttribute("href");
var game=document.getElementById("gameHolder");
game.setAttribute("src",source);}

I want the JS to display the flash file selected in the gameHolder space which by default holds an image. I am unable to do this with just my beginner knowledge of JS, also please explain the code as you use it.

I have just begun to learn JS. I am trying to change the value of embed src in the tag present in my HTML code. But am unable to do so with the following code I've written -

HTML -

<ol>
<li><a href="http://embedgames.ru/wp-content/games/kitty-throw.swf" 
    onclick="showGame(this);return false;">Kitty Throw</a></li>
</ol>

<embed id="gameHolder" src="http://pictat.com/i/2011/7/10/32479playscrnba.jpg" 
    quality="high" menu ="false" width="550" height="400" 
    type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
    pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></center>

JS:

function showGame(whichgame){var source=whichgame.getAttribute("href");
var game=document.getElementById("gameHolder");
game.setAttribute("src",source);}

I want the JS to display the flash file selected in the gameHolder space which by default holds an image. I am unable to do this with just my beginner knowledge of JS, also please explain the code as you use it.

• javascript
• embed
• src

• Can you include some more context, such as relevant HTML or how you actually call this function. Further, have you considered a scripting library such as JQuery or Prototype? – hayesgm Commented Jul 11, 2011 at 6:20
• 2 Have you tried game.src = source; ? – Andrey M. Commented Jul 11, 2011 at 6:23
• Your code seems to be working find. In which part do you have problem? – Saeed Neamati Commented Jul 11, 2011 at 6:24

3 Answers 3

It may depend on the browser and the type of the embedded object, how you have to change the object(for example there are special methods for flash-movies like Play() , but the object isn't a flash-movie at the begin)

A common way is to replace the whole embed-node with a new <embed>:

function showGame(whichgame){
  var source=whichgame.getAttribute("href");
  var game=document.getElementById("gameHolder");
  var clone=game.cloneNode(true);
  clone.setAttribute('src',source);
  game.parentNode.replaceChild(clone,game)
}

It works also if you change param src only

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">
	<EMBED id="movie" src="first.swf" "></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
<ul>
	<li name='moviename'>first.swf</li>
	<li name='moviename'>second.swf</li>
	<li name='moviename'>third.swf</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
	var names=document.getElementsByName("moviename");
	for (var i = names.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
		names[i].addEventListener("click", myFunction);
		function myFunction() {
    		document.getElementById("movie").setAttribute("src", this.innerHTML);
		}
	}
</script>

you can set src of embed tag in javascript, for that you must have to write your embed tag in javascript like below example :

function onclickofSomething() {
    $('#IDOfParentElement').html("<embed type='application/x-mplayer2' pluginspage='http:///www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/' src='" + "<%=YourVideoPath%>" + "YourVideoName" + ID + ".mp4/wmv" + "' autostart='1' showstatusbar='1' enabled='1' showdisplay='1' showcontrols='1' width='630' height='380'></embed>");
}

you can also see below url : need to set video file name using javascript http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?53086-how-to-change-the-src-in-lt-embed-gt-using-javascript http://www.daniweb.com/web-development/javascript-dhtml-ajax/threads/16626/how-to-change-the-the-value-of-src-in-embed-using-javascript