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CoDaXe

06-01-2005, 02:51 AM

Viewers do not see updated flash unless they delete cache

Well yes taht is the problem?
Is there a way i can fix it using html manipulations?
Or do i really have to give my file a new name everytime i update.

Flash Gordon

06-01-2005, 03:43 AM

there is a way not to make it load from the cache. I don't know how but that would be one option.

oldnewbie

06-01-2005, 03:55 AM

That may depend on each user's browser cache settings... But you can always append a specific random number to your .swf's name in your .html, to force the browsers to always get a fresh file from the server.

oldnewbie

06-01-2005, 04:04 AM

Or.... You might want to have a look at these...

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14743

http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/

farafiro

06-01-2005, 11:22 AM

http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/nice link, thanks

merlinvicki

06-03-2005, 12:30 PM

Those docs on caching never work.......
Even I had this problem since i have a website which is information based, and is updated quite frequently. I had to make the user download the flash directly from server and not the cache.
After several failed attempts this javascript code helped me out:

<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

You can also take a look at the code on my website. Its better organised. Just change the filenames, height and width properties.

:)

farafiro

06-05-2005, 06:59 AM

merlinvicki
the MM's solution should work perfectly, just note this
Note: the Pragma: No-Cache header does not work with Internet Explorer 5. Microsoft recommends using the Cache-Control header, instead. See Microsoft's article (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q234/0/67.ASP) on this subject.

merlinvicki

06-06-2005, 10:10 AM

More from MIcrosoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222064/
Pragma: no-cache prevents caching only when used over a secure connection. A Pragma: no-cache META tag is treated identically to Expires: -1 if used in a non-secure page. The page will be cached but marked as immediately expired.

I also think u need to turn off caching from the IIS for this purpose...

Have u ever tried it yourself. I dont know what I was doing wrong when I was trying this but the page cached everytime and used to load from the temp on reloads.

After a lot of research I first used the above javascript to create a random temp file everytime my website was reloaded. Then I found out about people turning off javascript so then I just converted the same into a PHP. Its running fine now with no implied promises....

:rolleyes:

garion1

11-10-2005, 09:33 AM

oldnewbie

11-10-2005, 01:22 PM

You'd replace the Object & Embed tags (changing the .swf's name and all appropriate values in the movie's parameters... width & height, color, etc...) in your .html (within the <body> tag) with what Merlinvicki posted above...

Or you could use a first preloader only movie to load your "website.swf", appending a number to your loadMovie action, in the manner described further above.

merlinvicki

11-10-2005, 03:13 PM

Hi merlinvicki

Thanks for the javascript. Could you please tell me exactly where in my HTML code it should go and if it should replace any existing code.

I am publishing my HTML file with Flash.

Thanks

If you are not accustomed to writing HTML: Publish your html and post here. I will make the modifications for you.

Regards

garion1

11-10-2005, 09:29 PM

Hi merlinvicki

Thanks. I am having trouble here. All I get now is the attached empty scrollpane!? on my screen. I published the HTML file with Dreamweaver.

Please check my code...

__________________________________________________ _____________

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Mymovie</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style></head>

<body>
<div align="center">

<script type="text/javascript">


</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>

__________________________________________________ _____________

merlinvicki

11-11-2005, 05:59 AM

Hi merlinvicki

Thanks. I am having trouble here. All I get now is the attached empty scrollpane!? on my screen. I published the HTML file with Dreamweaver.

Please check my code...
__________________________________________________ _____________

Hi, Test this code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Mymovie</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>

garion1

11-11-2005, 02:33 PM

Thanks. I'll try.