I hope this helps at least one other person...if so, it will have made the three hours I spent pulling out my hair worth while.
Just started using SWFObject a couple weeks ago and everything had been working great. I usually develop locally on my Mac and then transfer onto a server in our intranet. Pretty standard stuff. Yesterday, I got everything working well locally and then transferred the files. It failed. I used the same process I've used before. However, in FF3 the page loaded and I got the button to upgrade to the new Flash player. But I already have the new Flash player! In Safari, the page loads with a blank area the size of the SWF file. Similar results on the PCs in our network, too. I tested the previous projects that were successful, and they ran fine. Truly maddening! I regenerated the code a few times to no avail. So I spent a few hours going around the block again and again. ARGH! For the heck of it, I check permissions on the files. For whatever reason, the code files and my SWF had their permissions set to deny access to "Group" and "Others". I didn't set this manually, so am not sure where in the process this occurred. I've seen permissions get jacked up on similar network setups like the one we have here. I am not a network guy, so I can't tell you how to avoid this or why it seems to happen intermittently. Anyway, so after resetting permissions to "Read Only" everything worked liked a charm. The moral of the story is, check file permissions if you are having issues...it may save you some time...and hair. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
