trying to use swf object, works on firefox and safari, but not IE [Archive]

dtrace

07-18-2007, 09:51 PM

http://leereedy.com/sourcy/track/true.html

Basically, I'm losing my mind on this issue. I have a splash page (true.html)that automatically launches a full screen pop up (southafrican.html).

I didn't want the 'click to activate' thing, so i tried using the swf object method, but I guess something is wrong, cause it is doing something random on IE right now. I can hear the audio, but can't see anything. It works on firefox and safari (for PC). If you have a mac, please let me know if it is working on that.

The following is the code I'm using, and would be grateful for any help.

Also, do I still need to use the active run content thingy? What does that even do?

The true.html ....(splash page).

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>whygod</title>
</head>
<center>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">

<a href="javascript:NewWindow=window.open('southafrican.htm l','newWin','width='+screen.availWidth+',height='+ screen.availHeight+',left=0,top=0,toolbar=No,locat ion=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable=No,fullsc reen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);"></a>


<script type="text/javascript" src="flashobject.js"></script>

<div id="flashcontent" style="width: 550px; height: 400px"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var fo = new FlashObject("whygod.swf", "animationName", "550", "400", "8", "#FFFFFF");
fo.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain");
fo.addParam("quality", "high");
fo.addParam("scale", "noscale");
fo.addParam("loop", "false");
fo.write("flashcontent");
</script>
</body>
</center>
</html>

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The pop up...(southafrican.html)

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>myfile</title>
</head>
<center>
<BODY bgcolor="#000000" MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" RIGHTMARGIN="0" BOTTOMMARGIN="0" SCROLL="NO">
<body bgcolor="#000000">
<script type="text/javascript" src="flashobject.js"></script>

<div id="flashcontent" style="width: 100%; height: 100%"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var fo = new FlashObject("myfile.swf", "animationName", "100%", "100%", "8", "#FFFFFF");
fo.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain");
fo.addParam("quality", "high");
fo.addParam("scale", "noscale");
fo.addParam("loop", "false");
fo.write("flashcontent");

</script>



</body>
</center>
</html>

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dtrace

07-18-2007, 09:51 PM

and here is the flash object i am using..

/**
* FlashObject v1.2.3: Flash detection and embed - http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/
*
* FlashObject is (c) 2005 Geoff Stearns and is released under the MIT License:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*
*/
if(typeof com == "undefined") var com = new Object();
if(typeof com.deconcept == "undefined") com.deconcept = new Object();
if(typeof com.deconcept.util == "undefined") com.deconcept.util = new Object();
if(typeof com.deconcept.FlashObjectUtil == "undefined") com.deconcept.FlashObjectUtil = new Object();
com.deconcept.FlashObject = function(swf, id, w, h, ver, c, useExpressInstall, quality, redirectUrl, detectKey){
this.DETECT_KEY = detectKey ? detectKey : 'detectflash';
this.skipDetect = com.deconcept.util.getRequestParameter(this.DETECT _KEY);
this.params = new Object();
this.variables = new Object();
this.attributes = new Array();

if(swf) this.setAttribute('swf', swf);
if(id) this.setAttribute('id', id);
if(w) this.setAttribute('width', w);
if(h) this.setAttribute('height', h);
if(ver) this.setAttribute('version', new com.deconcept.PlayerVersion(ver.toString().split(".")));
if(c) this.addParam('bgcolor', c);
var q = quality ? quality : 'high';
this.addParam('quality', q);
this.setAttribute('redirectUrl', '');
if(redirectUrl) this.setAttribute('redirectUrl', redirectUrl);
if(useExpressInstall) {
// check to see if we need to do an express install
var expressInstallReqVer = new com.deconcept.PlayerVersion([6,0,65]);
var installedVer = com.deconcept.FlashObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion();
if (installedVer.versionIsValid(expressInstallReqVer) && !installedVer.versionIsValid(this.getAttribute('ve rsion'))) {
this.setAttribute('doExpressInstall', true);
}
} else {
this.setAttribute('doExpressInstall', false);
}
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.setAttribute = function(name, value){
this.attributes[name] = value;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getAttribute = function(name){
return this.attributes[name];
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getAttributes = function(){
return this.attributes;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.addParam = function(name, value){
this.params[name] = value;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getParams = function(){
return this.params;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getParam = function(name){
return this.params[name];
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.addVariable = function(name, value){
this.variables[name] = value;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getVariable = function(name){
return this.variables[name];
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getVariables = function(){
return this.variables;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getParamTags = function(){
var paramTags = ""; var key; var params = this.getParams();
for(key in params) {
paramTags += '<param name="' + key + '" value="' + params[key] + '" />';
}
return paramTags;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getVariablePai rs = function(){
var variablePairs = new Array();
var key;
var variables = this.getVariables();
for(key in variables){
variablePairs.push(key +"="+ variables[key]);
}
return variablePairs;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.getHTML = function() {
var flashHTML = "";
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length) { // netscape plugin architecture
if (this.getAttribute("doExpressInstall")) { this.addVariable("MMplayerType", "PlugIn"); }
flashHTML += '<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="'+ this.getAttribute('swf') +'" width="'+ this.getAttribute('width') +'" height="'+ this.getAttribute('height') +'" id="'+ this.getAttribute('id') + '" name="'+ this.getAttribute('id') +'"';
var params = this.getParams();
for(var key in params){ flashHTML += ' '+ key +'="'+ params[key] +'"'; }
pairs = this.getVariablePairs().join("&");
if (pairs.length > 0){ flashHTML += ' flashvars="'+ pairs +'"'; }
flashHTML += '></embed>';
} else { // PC IE
if (this.getAttribute("doExpressInstall")) { this.addVariable("MMplayerType", "ActiveX"); }
flashHTML += '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="'+ this.getAttribute('width') +'" height="'+ this.getAttribute('height') +'" id="'+ this.getAttribute('id') +'">';
flashHTML += '<param name="movie" value="' + this.getAttribute('swf') + '" />';
var tags = this.getParamTags();
if(tags.length > 0){ flashHTML += tags; }
var pairs = this.getVariablePairs().join("&");
if(pairs.length > 0){ flashHTML += '<param name="flashvars" value="'+ pairs +'" />'; }
flashHTML += '</object>';
}
return flashHTML;
}
com.deconcept.FlashObject.prototype.write = function(elementId){
if(this.skipDetect || this.getAttribute('doExpressInstall') || com.deconcept.FlashObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion().v ersionIsValid(this.getAttribute('version'))){
if(document.getElementById){
if (this.getAttribute('doExpressInstall')) {
this.addVariable("MMredirectURL", escape(window.location));
document.title = document.title.slice(0, 47) + " - Flash Player Installation";
this.addVariable("MMdoctitle", document.title);
}
document.getElementById(elementId).innerHTML = this.getHTML();
}
}else{
if(this.getAttribute('redirectUrl') != "") {
document.location.replace(this.getAttribute('redir ectUrl'));
}
}
}
/* ---- detection functions ---- */
com.deconcept.FlashObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion = function(){
var PlayerVersion = new com.deconcept.PlayerVersion(0,0,0);
if(navigator.plugins && navigator.mimeTypes.length){
var x = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
if(x && x.description) {
PlayerVersion = new com.deconcept.PlayerVersion(x.description.replace(/([a-z]|[A-Z]|\s)+/, "").replace(/(\s+r|\s+b[0-9]+)/, ".").split("."));
}
}else if (window.ActiveXObject){
try {
var axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");
PlayerVersion = new com.deconcept.PlayerVersion(axo.GetVariable("$version").split(" ")[1].split(","));
} catch (e) {}
}
return PlayerVersion;
}
com.deconcept.PlayerVersion = function(arrVersion){
this.major = parseInt(arrVersion[0]) || 0;
this.minor = parseInt(arrVersion[1]) || 0;
this.rev = parseInt(arrVersion[2]) || 0;
}
com.deconcept.PlayerVersion.prototype.versionIsVal id = function(fv){
if(this.major < fv.major) return false;
if(this.major > fv.major) return true;
if(this.minor < fv.minor) return false;
if(this.minor > fv.minor) return true;
if(this.rev < fv.rev) return false;
return true;
}
/* ---- get value of query string param ---- */
com.deconcept.util.getRequestParameter = function(param){
var q = document.location.search || document.location.href.hash;
if(q){
var startIndex = q.indexOf(param +"=");
var endIndex = (q.indexOf("&", startIndex) > -1) ? q.indexOf("&", startIndex) : q.length;
if (q.length > 1 && startIndex > -1) {
return q.substring(q.indexOf("=", startIndex)+1, endIndex);
}
}
return "";
}

/* add Array.push if needed (ie5) */
if (Array.prototype.push == null) { Array.prototype.push = function(item) { this[this.length] = item; return this.length; }}

/* add some aliases for ease of use / backwards compatibility */
var getQueryParamValue = com.deconcept.util.getRequestParameter;
var FlashObject = com.deconcept.FlashObject;

sophistikat

07-23-2007, 09:27 PM

on the mac its fine... using FF, Opera & Safari

sophistikat

07-23-2007, 09:32 PM

i don't think IE cares but SWFObject should be inside your <head> tag and not in the <body>

most importantly, it should be SWFObject not FlashObject

CyanBlue

07-23-2007, 09:34 PM

The latest version is 1.5... ;)

atomic

07-23-2007, 10:33 PM

IE doesn't seem to like the style="width: 100%; height: 100%" within this line in your southafrican.html...

<div id="flashcontent" style="width: 100%; height: 100%"></div>

When I take it out, it seems to work fine...

<div id="flashcontent"></div>

atomic

07-24-2007, 01:39 AM

Link edited out for lack of interest!

I've rarely seen you come back after posting one of your threads... What's the point in posting then?