swfObject with express install problems [Archive]

blu3

02-07-2007, 07:40 PM

Here is a situation, this is my index.html file:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Seminarski rad - "BrainWave tehnologija"</title>
</head>

<style>
body{padding:0px;margin:0px};
</style>

<body bgcolor="#cccccc">



<div id="flashcontent">
Kako bi ispravno vidjeli ovu web stranicu morate nadograditi svoj Flash Player, a to možete napraviti <A HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/">OVDJE</A> tako što kliknete na "Install now" dugme.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("index.swf","index","100%","100%","8","#ffffff",true);
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>

</body>
</html>

and i have following AS in my first frame of index.swf:

// used for express install - not required for plain SWFObject use
// for more info, see http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

#include "expressinstall.as"

// initialize the ExpressInstall object
var ExpressInstall = new ExpressInstall();

// if the user needs to upgrade, show the 'start upgrade' button
if (ExpressInstall.needsUpdate) {

// this is optional, you could also automatically start the
// upgrade by calling ExpressInstall.init() here instead of the following lines

// attach the custom upgrade message ** NOTE: see notes in Upgrade Message movieclip re: types of content to use
var upgradeMsg = _root.attachMovie("upgradeMsg_src", "upgradeMsg", 1);
upgradeMsg._x = Stage.width / 2;
upgradeMsg._y = Stage.height / 2;

// attach the button actions that will start the ExpresInstall updater
upgradeMsg.upgradeBtn.onRelease = function() {
ExpressInstall.init();
}
// if expressinstall is invoked, stop the timeline.
stop();
}

// -----
// alternate usage:
// -----
/*

// test to see if install is needed:

if (ExpressInstall.needsUpdate) { // returns true if update is needed
ExpressInstall.init(); // starts the update
stop();
}

// otherwise, start the movie normally

*/

The problem is that when i view my page from IE (without Flash 8 or higher installed) i get the text from "flashcontent" div in my index.html and i don't get that express install movie clip from which you can click on "start" button and then upgrade you flash player. Also, if i open the page with IE (with Flash player 8 installed) i get the same thing, text from "flashcontent" tag is displayed like i don't have flash player 8+ installed and that's it. Does anyone know where is the problem?

thanks

blu3

02-08-2007, 09:29 AM

There were some problems with my .html code, here is the version that works in case someone is interested:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Seminarski rad - BrainWave tehnologija</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" />
<meta name="author" content="Mirko Sabljic" />
<meta name="publisher" content="Mirko Sabljic" />
<meta name="description" content="Seminarski rad - BrainWave tehnologija" />
<meta name="keywords" content="BrainWave, moždani valovi, stimulacija moždanih valova, zvucna tehnologija moždanih valova, mindmachine, neurofeedback, creativitz machine, BrainWave painting, svjetlosni i zvucni uredaj, mentalni fitness trening, povecanje kreativnosti" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
</head>
<style>

</style>

<body>

<div id="flashcontent">
<p>Kako bi ispravno vidjeli ovu web stranicu morate nadograditi svoj Flash Player, a to možete napraviti <A HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/">OVDJE</A> tako što kliknete na "Install now" dugme.</p>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var so = new SWFObject("index.swf", "Index", "100%", "100%", "8", "#ffffff","true");
so.addParam("scale", "noscale");
so.addParam("salign", "tl");
so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>