Can you please provide a simple page (only this SWF, not all the other stuff), 
showing this behavior. Leave off the "switchOff..." call, and let us see it 
fail reproduceably in FF3.5?

--Kyle





From: Vincent Polite 
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:44 AM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: Firefox Flash item invisible


So guys, it appears that the problem that Buglish is describing is a known 
issue with Firefox 3.5 and SWFObject 2.2.  Check the thread here for details:

http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/issues/detail?id=327

Using the switchOffAutoHideShow method shouldn't be necessary but due to a 
rendering issue in FF3.5, it is an acceptable workaround for SWFObject2.2 users 
it seems.  Thanks for the heads up, Buglish.  Although I am personally not sure 
how to update the FAQ... it's probably a good idea until a true fix can be seen 
from the Firefox folks.

Q: Is this sort of thing worth embedding directly into the SWFObject code base 
(i.e. if FF3.5 on platform X, execute code behind SwitchOffAutoHideShow 
automatically?)

Vincent


On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Vincent Polite <[email protected]> 
wrote:

  Link is here if you haven't checked yet, Kyle

  See link http://www.bam-sa.co.za/

  Vincent 



  On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Getify Solutions, Inc. <[email protected]> 
wrote:


    You haven't provided a link, so I can't see, yet.

    It's possible your problem is that the SWF you're trying to load doesn't get
    the proper stage size. We've had a number of people with issues about this.

    Or it could  be something else particular to your SWF.

    But in fact, the static SWF loading does work in FF, so you shouldn't need
    to use extra API functions to hack it to work.

    This function in fact is used to control/prevent the flicker that some
    people see where the alternate content shows for a brief snap before the SWF
    content shows up. Our code doesn't have any functionality that leaves a SWF
    totally hidden even after embed, as you seem to be trying to use this
    function to undo.

    So, if your SWF is loading but not showing, there's another problem and we
    can troubleshoot it if you want to post a link.

    But, I just didn't want misinformation about this function be the cure for
    this problem, because that's improper usage.

    You can read our documentation for a more detailed explanation of the
    purpose of the function in question.



    --Kyle



    --------------------------------------------------
    From: "Buglish" <[email protected]>

    Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:54 AM

    To: "SWFObject" <[email protected]>

    Subject: Re: Firefox Flash item invisible


    >
    > From the link you can see I used the sample text exactly.
    > Only when I used Firefox the flash object was invisible. The only way
    > I could get it to work was to add the switchOffAutoHideShow();
    > function.
    >
    > What is the real functionality of this function?
    >
    > On Jul 15, 5:32 pm, Buglish <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> See linkhttp://www.bam-sa.co.za/
    >>
    >> On Jul 15, 4:55 pm, "Getify Solutions, Inc." <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >> > This is incorrect information. You must have something wrong in the
    >> > code you
    >> > are using. That function is for a different purpose, and should not be
    >> > used
    >> > in the way you are describing. It actually refers to the alternate
    >> > content
    >> > visibility, not the flash swf object visibility.
    >>
    >> > If you want to post some code here, or better yet, a link, we can
    >> > probably
    >> > spot the issue pretty quickly.
    >>
    >> > --Kyle
    >>
    >> > --------------------------------------------------
    >> > From: "Buglish" <[email protected]>
    >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:25 AM
    >> > To: "SWFObject" <[email protected]>
    >> > Subject: Firefox Flash item invisible
    >>
    >> > > Just using the example for static insert results in the flash item
    >> > > being invisible for only Firefox browsers.
    >> > > After lots of searching and reading though the API I tried using the
    >> > > swfobject.switchOffAutoHideShow();
    >> > > command before
    >> > > swfobject.registerObject("myId", "9.0.0");
    >> > > which made it worked.
    >>
    >> > > Add new FAQ answer that if the flash object is not visible in Non IE
    >> > > browsers; use the switchOffAutoHideShow command.
    > >
    >









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