# Adds a little helper to make it easier empbedding SWFs in ERB templates. module SWFHelper # Creates a swfObject Javascript call. You must include swfobject.js to use this. # See http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation for full details and documentation # of the swfobject js library. def swfobject(swf_url, params = {}) params.reverse_merge!({:width => '100%', :height => '100%', :id => 'flashContent', :version => '9.0.0', :express_install_swf => '/expressInstall.swf', :flash_vars => nil, :params => nil, :attributes => nil, :create_div => false, :include_authenticity_token => true, :include_session_token => true }) arg_order = [:id, :width, :height, :version, :express_install_swf] js_params = ["'#{swf_url}?#{rails_asset_id(swf_url)}'"] js_params += arg_order.collect {|arg| "'#{params[arg]}'" } # Add authenticity_token and the session key to flashVars. This will only work if flashVars is a Hash or nil # If it's a string representing the name of a Javascript variable, then you need to add them yourself # like this: # # If you include an authenticity_token parameter in flashVars, # then the Flex app will add it to Ruboss.defaultMetadata, so that it will be sent # back up to your Rails app with every request. params[:flash_vars] ||= {} if params[:flash_vars].is_a?(Hash) if params[:include_authenticity_token] && ActionController::Base.allow_forgery_protection params[:flash_vars].reverse_merge!(:authenticity_token => form_authenticity_token) end if params[:include_session_token] params[:flash_vars].reverse_merge!(:session_token => session.session_id) end end js_params += [params[:flash_vars], params[:params], params[:attributes]].collect do |hash_or_string| if hash_or_string.is_a?(Hash) hash_or_string.to_json else # If it's not a hash, then it should be a string giving the name of the Javascript variable to use hash_or_string end end.compact swf_tag = javascript_tag do "swfobject.embedSWF(#{js_params.join(',')})" end swf_tag += content_tag(:div, nil, :id => params[:id]) if params[:create_div] swf_tag end end