After experiencing it with Flash first hand, I can confirm that the ssl + ie issue also applies to Flash. This blog post:
http://robsondesign.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/30/ie-ssl-xml-https-swf-doa/ has a good description of the problem. ie8 also has this issue ("feature", according to Microsoft). Tony -- Tony Strauss Designing Patterns, LLC http://www.designingpatterns.com http://blogs.designingpatterns.com On Mar 12, 2:36 am, Tony Strauss <tony.stra...@designingpatterns.com> wrote: > This just is a wild shot in the dark (I have very limited experience > with Flash) but could it be a problem with the cache control headers > in the response returned by the server? I've had a number of issues > with IE (even IE7) + HTTPS that have resulted from this. > > See:http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/1.5/com/google/g... > for a discussion of this issue for the GWT ImageBundle. > > See this:http://drupal.org/node/163298 > for a discussion of the issue in a different context. > > Also this for downloading MSOffice > files:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316431 > > Basically, IE cannot download files successfully over HTTPS if caching > is completely suppressed. Any of: > Pragma: No-cache > Cache-Control: no-cache > in the response header will cause IE problems over HTTPS. > > Tony > > On Mar 11, 1:07 pm, "loveleen....@gmail.com" <loveleen....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Im using an embedded flash on a popup, the flash works fine if > > viewed on firefox or with unsecured url but doesnt show when viewed > > with secured url. Is it a general problem with IE? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
