Instead of creating a reference to your flash movie and storing it, I
get it every time.
JS Code:
function getMovie(movieName) {
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
return window[movieName]
}
else {
return document[movieName]
}
}
Example usage in JS:
getMovie('myMovie').someFunctionInFlash();
-David R
On 4/18/06, Aaron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark, Ryan,
>
> Thanks for the input. I looked at that other guys ExternalInterface
> testing. I switched all of my code to follow what he is doing. I am
> still getting IE errors. I can't figure out what is going on. IE
> doesn't like calling methods on the flash object for some reason.
> When it calls ( flashMovieScroller.gotoStepFromJS(num) ) it errors
> out. Why would it be doing that for my methods and not Geoff's
> methods. Weird!.
>
> take a look again at this. Look at the update JS and HTML compared to
> that other guys. See if there's anything you notice that might be wrong.
>
> http://www.smithaaronlee.net/jstest/ImgScrollerTEST333.html
>
> The only thing I haven't tried yet was rearranging the flash objects
> on the page to see if that helps. I guess i'll give that a try
>
> thanks for taking the time.
>
> -Smith
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Mark Llobrera wrote:
>
> > Ryan:
> >
> > When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess
> > to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server.
> >
> > Aaron:
> > I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the
> > hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The
> > included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on
> > the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox
> > on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed
> > the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this
> > example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I
> > eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE)
> > and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure
> > out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page
> > that didn't work and the deconcept example:
> >
> > If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash
> > movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would
> > be the first place I would look.
> >
> > The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts
> > to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page
> > matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a
> > flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button
> > (http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/
> > file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem
> > to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the
> > swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after
> > the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan
> > Potter
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM
> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
> > me.
> >
> >
> > I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I
> > have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to
> > true but I don't think that is it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
> > Smith
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM
> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
> > me.
> >
> > Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have
> > a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/
> > jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html )
> >
> > It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work
> > completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE
> > throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see
> > the JS.
> >
> > this is what it is supposed to do:
> >
> > when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the
> > scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through
> > js to the other flash piece to load a larger img.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote:
> >
> >> I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is
> >> your code on a server:
> >>
> >> http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
> >> Smith
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM
> >> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
> >> me.
> >>
> >> ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it
> >> locally. I'll try it on a server.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote:
> >>
> >>> Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally?
> >>>
> >>> It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when
> >>> uploaded and I am on windows too.
> >>>
> >>> I will look at your source.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> >>> Aaron
> >>> Smith
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM
> >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >>> Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
> >>>
> >>> I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are
> >>> using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects.
> >>> It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either
> >>> Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC.
> >>>
> >>> I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could
> >>> not
> >>> figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines
> >>> of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js
> >>> method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work.
> >>>
> >>> If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE
> >>> and
> >>> Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for
> >>> others it means we have a problem with our win machine.
> >>>
> >>> here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the
> >>> src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html
> >>> file
> >>> in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away.
> >>>
> >>> I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a
> >>> sec.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> smith
> >>>
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