@Joel: Thanks for letting us know. It's good to know that using a mixture of the two methods works as well.
@Romu: I saw your post on the developer's site! I found that (similar to Joel, I guess) if I used only the HACK_MARGIN_BOTTOM (ie, not using HACK_IE_REPARENT or HACK_UNIQUE_ID), the IE errors no longer occured. I didn't investigate it further than that, but seems to work fine on IE6/IE7/FF3 on WinXP and Safari on the Mac (sorry, not sure of versions). In regards to why I'd use the browser scrollbar over a Flash scrollbar, it's because my SWF with expandable vertical content is only a small portion of an otherwise HTML page. @allandt: I came across swffit in my googlations which seems expressly for handling 100% width and height http://swffit.millermedeiros.com/example.html In conclusion, BrowserCanvas rocks. It does exactly what I need it to. If frustration saved is measured in "percentage of molars you would've ground down, if not for ...", I think this measures at least 0.5mol. Many thanks to Noel Billig. Cheers, CB. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Joel Stransky <[email protected]>wrote: > I fixed my issue for those who care. I consists of a mix of the first two > examples posted in this thread. I placed my flashcontent div inside a > container div. The width and height passed to swfobject are both 100% and > the container div is set to the intended width and height. I then passed > the > container id to BrowserCanvas instead of the flashcontent id as well as > passing an empty array for the browser hacks param. > > Your canvas object allows you to set width and height separately but still > updates both dimensions when either setter is called. For some reason this > causes FF for mac to consider the other dimension as 0. The fix for this > was > setting both properties everytime even if one never changes. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Joel Stransky <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hmm, I'm using BrowserCanvas in my current project and having zero issues > > aside from it breaking swfaddress in IE7. Otherwise works fine in Safari > and > > FF for mac and IE6/FF for windows. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com > ) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> isn't there a bit of wierdness in firefox where, if you want it to be > 100% > >> width / height of the window, you need to add it to the css and apply it > >> to > >> the swfobject targetted div? > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Romuald Quantin < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > I sent to the BrowserCanvas developer the IE error months ago, I guess > >> he > >> > didn't find a solution if he didn't update his library. > >> > > >> > I've been asked for this some months ago but we've ended up to build a > >> > flash scrollbar instead... if I may ask, what makes you choose a > browser > >> > scrollbar for a flash content? Because in my case, having something > >> solid > >> > without cross-browsing issue made me build a flash scrollbar. > >> > > >> > Romu > >> > www.soundstep.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > [email protected] wrote: > >> > > >> >> Sorry List. > >> >> > >> >> I really am all kinds of idiot. What I said below about BrowserCanvas > >> is > >> >> incorrect. It takes the containerId as a parameter ... which was > >> >> immediately > >> >> obvious from reading the documentation! Apologies. Now, to work out > >> what's > >> >> causing the IE error ... > >> >> > >> >> I am still interested in any comments regarding the Mustard Lab > Resize > >> >> Flash > >> >> with SWFObject issue though. > >> >> > >> >> Humbly, > >> >> > >> >> CB. > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:53 PM, [email protected] < > >> >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>> Hi List, > >> >>> > >> >>> Does anyone have a bulletproof method for dynamically resizing your > >> SWFs > >> >>> from within the SWF? eg, if you have SWFs which have expandable > >> vertical > >> >>> content that sit within the flow of an HTML page. Something like > this: > >> >>> http://2mdc.com/resizableFlash/ > >> >>> > >> >>> I have tried doesnotcompute's lovely BrowserCanvas ( > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> > http://www.dncompute.com/blog/2008/06/23/browsercanvas-the-worlds-easiest-way-to-dynamically-resize-flash.html > >> ) > >> >>> and > >> >>> found that it only works for 1 SWF per page. (It always resizes the > >> first > >> >>> SWF, no matter which SWF needs resizing.) > >> >>> > >> >>> I have also tried the wonderful Mustard Lab Resize Flash technique ( > >> >>> http://www.mustardlab.com/developer/flash/objectresize/) - however, > >> to > >> >>> my > >> >>> surprise I couldn't get it working with properly SWFObject in IE6 > and > >> >>> Safari. It works fine in FF and IE7. I found that, while the > >> containing > >> >>> DIV > >> >>> was resized appropriately, the Flash height (set to 100%) was not > >> filling > >> >>> up > >> >>> the DIV. I'm still not sure why this is; it works if the SWF is > placed > >> on > >> >>> the page using JavaScript to write out the tags (which is how it is > >> >>> implemented by Mustard Lab). Unfortunately it does need to work with > >> >>> SWFObject. > >> >>> > >> >>> Any ideas would be much appreciated, > >> >>> > >> >>> Cheers, > >> >>> CB. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Flashcoders mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Flashcoders mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flashcoders mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --Joel Stransky > > stranskydesign.com > > > > > > -- > --Joel Stransky > stranskydesign.com > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
