Doh! Re-installing the player worked like a charm. Thanks! Hey, Kyle. Would you be up for Beta testing my next release?
Steve On Jul 17, 7:52 pm, "Getify Solutions, Inc." <[email protected]> wrote: > Works fine in IE7 on WinXP SP3. My guess is try reinstalling your flash > player. > > Look at FAQ #18: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/faq > > --Kyle > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Steve" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:15 PM > To: "SWFObject" <[email protected]> > Subject: automation server can't create object > > > > > Hi All, > > > I am trying to get Enhance to work with swfObject 2.2. It is working > > fine in Mozilla but not IE8. > > > I have narrowed the problem down to this section of swfObject's code > > (not saying there is a bug in SO - just that this is where things are > > going wrong): > > > else if (typeof win.ActiveXObject != UNDEF) { > > try { > > var a = new ActiveXObject(SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX); > > if (a) { // a will return null when ActiveX is disabled > > d = a.GetVariable("$version"); > > if (d) { > > ie = true; // cascaded feature detection for Internet Explorer > > d = d.split(" ")[1].split(","); > > playerVersion = [parseInt(d[0], 10), parseInt(d[1], 10), parseInt > > (d[2], 10)]; > > } > > } > > } > > catch(e) {} > > } > > > Specifically, the var a = new ActiveXObject(SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX); is > > failing. I placed an alert in the catch(e) and get the following > > message: > > > "automation server can't create object" > > > I tweaked the outputStatus function to also show the id of the div > > where the swf content should go and placed a catch around it so that I > > could display any errors in an alert. > > > Here's my SO embed statement: > > > swfobject.embedSWF(fullMoviePath, myDiv.id, width, height, "9.0.0", > > false, flashvars, params, attributes, outputStatus); > > > Here's the link to my test page: > > >http://www.norrisoft.com/testing/so22/default2.htm > > > In Mozilla, you get the tweaked outputStatus alert. After clearing the > > outputStatus alert, you will see a T-Rex animation run across the > > screen. > > > In IE 8, you get the error I mentioned above and no T-Rex. The > > > I am running Firefox/3.0.11 with Flash Player 10.0.22.87 (working) > > and IE 8.06 with FP 9,0,124,0 (Not working). > > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks! > > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
