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externalParamName()

Syntax

    externalParamName(n)

Description

Function; returns the name of a specific parameter in the list of external parameters from an HTML <EMBED> or <OBJECT> tag. This function is valid only for Shockwave movies that are running in a browser. It cannot be used with Director movies or projectors.

| If `n` is an integer, `externalParamName` returns the nth parameter name in the list.
| If `n` is a string, `externalParamName` returns `n` if any of the external parameter names matches `n`. The match is not case sensitive. If no matching parameter name is found, `externalParamName` returns `VOID`.

Example

This statement places the value of a given external parameter in the variable `myVariable`:

    if externalParamName ("swURLString") = "swURLString" then
    	myVariable = externalParamValue ("swURLString")
    end if

See also

`externalParamCount()`, `externalParamValue()`