Aran, you're correct, this a mechanism provided by Adobe, which SWFObject can only trigger.
I agree, it is far from perfect, e.g. when you install the unity3d player, you can just install the player while not having to close and restart the browser. On Jan 10, 1:38 am, "Aran Rhee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim > > Bobby and others can correct me on this, but I believe once you are into the > expressInstall process, SWFObject is no longer in control of what happens in > regards to redirections etc. > > A flashvar called MMredirectURL is used by the expressinstall swf which then > determines where expressinstall should take users on complete. Swfobject > passes the value of document.location already to return you to your original > page (you can search for MMredirectURL in the swfobject.js source file to > see this happening). > > The only issue I am aware of is that of a page with multi querystring vars > in that the redirection page can truncate to the first querystring value > only, which has now been fixed in 2.2 > alpha:http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/issues/detail?id=172#c8 > > Cheers, > Aran > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Spin > Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 6:27 AM > To: SWFObject > Subject: Express Install not working as advertised > > I am experiencing redirect issues with Express Install. Using Firefox > 3... > > Once I select "yes" to upgrade/install the new version of Flash > Player, a Flash Player Plugin Installer window appears telling me that > the install cannot complete until I close the browser and then select > the "Try Again" button. Once I close the browser and select "Try > Again" the install completes and a browser is launched and directed to > Adobe's Flash Player Install page. > > This is not the behavior I expected from Express Install. > > Any information of streamlining this process to make it 1) simpler and > 2) have the browser go to my html page that hosts my swf would be much > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
