Injecting JS into AS3: Flash

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Happy Monday, all!

I read over Peter McBride (http://www.actionscript.org/resources/authors/542/Peter-McBride)'s fantastic article (http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/745/1/JavaScript-and-VBScript-Injection-in-ActionScript-3/Page1.html) on injecting JavaScript and VBScript into ActionScript, and then noticed he wrote it for Flex. I'm trying to apply the same methodology in Flash CS3, but so far I've run into a bit of a snag.

Here's an example of what the JS looks like as it sits on an HTML page:


<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-################";

/* 300x250, ad space for whatever */

google_ad_slot = "##########";

google_ad_width = 300;

google_ad_height = 250;

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

src="http://imnotdisplayingtheactualurl.com/itsthatwholendathing/show_ads.js">

</script>



My research and instincts have lead me to believe that the ActionScript method of calling for this JavaScript would look like so:

ExternalInterface.call("http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js", google_ad_client, google_ad_slot, google_ad_width, google_ad_height);

...with the four listed variables being strings set to the values in the first script snippet. However, so far all I'm getting is null responses. What am I doing wrong? And how can this call be inserted into a movie clip being added to the timeline via ActionScript?

As always, thanks in advance for your help!