Javascript to randomly load flash .swf

[Jess]

I have tried all of the solutions given by other members on how to load
a random .swf file on the load of the page, however, none of them seem
to work on my site. The problem is in embedding the random .swf in the
object tag of my code. Could someone please shed some light on this
issue for me because I'm clueless on this one?

[otto]

Re: Javascript to randomly load flash .swf

Probably not the answer you want to hear in a JavaScript forum, but why
don't you try loading a Flash movie that loads other Flash movies into
itself randomly using ActionScript?

[Jess]

Re: Javascript to randomly load flash .swf

How do you use ActionScript to do this?

[otto]

Re: Javascript to randomly load flash .swf

This is really quick and dirty, but try this:

Name all of your swfs with the same name plus a number. (ex.
movie1.swf, movie2.swf, movie3.swf, etc.)

Create another movie with one frame. Put this actionscript in the
frame:

var basename = "movie";
var totalmovies = 3;
var movietoload = basename +
Math.ceil((Math .random()*total movies))+".swf" ;
_root.loadMovie (movietoload);

Set basename equal to the basename of the swf files you're going to
load (in this example "movie") and set totalmovies equal to the number
of movies you have that can be loaded randomly.

That should do the trick and since it relies on the Flash player rather
than the browser, it'll be more cross-browser compatible.