so what could be causing this caching problem? Maybe the fact that I have a php file that attached a random number to the end of the url of the swf file?
like so
function embedFlash()
{
$myNum = rand(); //
$myNum2 = rand();// ---> random numbers put together to stop caching
$myNum3 = rand();//
$bgcolor = "#ddece7"; //bg color for flash movie
$myWidth = "100%"; //flash width
$myHeight = "100%"; //flash height
$myFile = "map_ui.swf"; //flash file
$quality = "high"; //player quality
$name = "main"; //name parameter / ID tag for object
$allowScripts = "sameDomain"; //allow script access param
$align = "middle";
$myRand = "{$myNum}" . "{$myNum2}" . "{$myNum3}";
print ('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="' . $myWidth . '" height="' . $myHeight . '" id="' . $name . '" align="' . $align . '">'); print("\n");
print ('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="' . $allowScripts . '" />'); print("\n");
print ('<param name="movie" value="' . $myFile . '?uniq=' . $myRand . '" />'); print("\n");
print ('<param name="quality" value="' . $quality . '" />'); print("\n");
print ('<param name="bgcolor" value="' . $bgcolor . '" />'); print("\n");
print ('<embed src="' . $myFile . '?uniq=' . $myRand . '" quality="' . $quality . '" bgcolor="' . $bgcolor . '" width="' . $myWidth . '" height="' . $myHeight . '" name="' . $name . '" align="' . $align . '" allowScriptAccess="' . $allowScripts . '" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');print("\n");
print ('</object>');print("\n\n");
}
embedFlash();
maybe I need to stick to letting it cache?