What does this JS do?

[Rob_H]

Hi All,

Can anyone tell what this piece of code does?

 
<script type="text/javascript">
		var so = new SWFObject("http://domain-removed-byme/swfname.swf", "idxplayer", "180", "150", "8", "#979797");
		so.addVariable("vidname", "testvid");
		so.addVariable("desturl", "/test/test.asp?k=12");
		so.write("player");
	</script>

I've replaced the 'sensitive' domain details etc. When the page loads a small video runs in the corner, that's all it does, but how does the above script work? I can see that a new object is created (so) and that testvid is passed to swfname.swf. Is desturl the source of the video? And finally I think that the object (so) is written to a class 'player' in the html?

As you can see, I'm a bit fuzzy with this so can anyone clarify exactlt what's going on?

Regards
Rob

[vikrantkorde]

I am not sure but if you change
so.write("player");
to
so.write("idxplayer");

I guess it will work....

[Rob_H]

I found this which pretty much explains all about it. Just in case someone's interested, here's a link:

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/