Thank you Zeh! I'll update my boilerplate.
Yes. While loading a SWF using wmode=transparent, loaderInfo doesn't fire
> ProgressEvent.PROGRESS and Event.COMPLETE events for itself inside FireFox.
>
> The solution is using a separate ENTER_FRAME event to check on the loading
> state. You can read the bytesLoaded and bytesTotal (they're correctly
> updated), it's just the events that never fire.
>
> This is more or less what I use with a hack event, on top of my normal
> events:
>
> protected function startSelfLoading(): void {
> addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onSWFLoadingProgressHack,
> false, 0, true); // This is needed because Flash won't fire SWF loading
> events if wmode=transparent!
> root.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
> onSWFLoadingProgress, false, 0, true);
> root.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> onSWFLoadingComplete, false, 0, true);
> }
>
> protected function onSWFLoadingProgress(e:ProgressEvent): void {
> swfLoadingPhase = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
> }
>
> protected function onSWFLoadingProgressHack(e:Event): void {
> // This is needed because Flash won't fire SWF loading events if
> wmode=transparent!
> swfLoadingPhase = root.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded /
> root.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
> if (swfLoadingPhase >= 1) {
> // Just for safety's sake, wait a few frames after it has
> finished loading
> framesAfterLoaded++;
> if (framesAfterLoaded > 5) onSWFLoadingComplete(null);
> }
> }
>
> protected function onSWFLoadingComplete(e:Event): void {
> swfLoadingPhase = 1;
> removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,
> onSWFLoadingProgressHack);
> root.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
> onSWFLoadingProgress);
> root.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> onSWFLoadingComplete);
> // Show website, etc
> }
>
> Loading secondary SWFs seem to work normally. It's just want the firts SWF
> is loading itself.
>
> Zeh
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Joe Minkiewicz <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > I run into this issue a lot (I may have even posted here before asking
> for
> > help about it).
> >
> > Has anyone run into an issue with swfs randomly not loading correctly in
> > FireFox on PC? I have one regular client and once in awhile they say the
> > swfs don't load—it's always FF on PC, Mac and other browsers work fine.
> > I've
> > never been able to figure it out. It's not 100% reproducible and on my PC
> > virtual machine everything's fine. The best I can come up with is to turn
> > off wmode=transparent but sometimes they need that and I'm not sure it's
> a
> > real fix.
> >
> > I'm wondering if it's something to do with how I code the swfs? Maybe
> > something to do with the preloader code? But it could also be something
> > with
> > their computers since they're the ones that see it. Any ideas? I've tried
> > google but everything I find is old (FF2) or the fixes don't apply to my
> > situation.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
>
>
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