Well, doesn't passing a DOM give you total control over the individual element/swf? And if it doesn't, can't SWFObject generate the ID for the object automatically? Leaving it up to each element to define it is not practical at all, leaving the possibility of duplicates, for example.
The whole idea is that if a list of swf files get embedded, and there's a variable number of them, you can just register them by a common denominator, like a class or name. And editing SWFObject isn't a very attractive solutions because of two reasons: 1) I would have to take the enormous task of learning how it works. 2) I would have to make changes for each future release. Thanks for the support! Perrin4869 On Aug 27, 3:40 am, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, a class is not unique, so how were you thinking to target an > individual element / swf on the page? We need a unique DOM id for doing > things like ExternalInterface calls to/from the swf file, and being able to > target removing alternate content etc. > > Also how is it that ids cannot be fully trusted? The whole DOM thing kinda > relies on the fact that it does work :) > > RE: Generating id's / elements: > > // client side > var div = jQuery('<div>Some text</div>').addClass('foo').attr('id', 'bar'); > div.appendTo(document.body); > > // or use a serverside language like php. > > it is really not very hard... > > SWFObject is open source, so if you feel you want to make a mod to suit your > own needs. > > Aran > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Perrin4869 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hello, I've been using SWFObject for my Flash embedding needs. > > Now, I think that the registering method is a bit flawed. If I wanted > > to automatize the registering process, or even register dynamically > > generated items, having to pass an ID is disadvantageous. Generating > > an ID for each element is a tedious work, and you can never fully > > trust it. > > > Now, what I'd like to accomplish is to register the flash elements > > based on a class given to them. I'd like to do something like this: > > > var flashElements = document.getElementsByClassName("flash"); > > var flashElementsCount = flashElements.length; > > var i; > > for(i = 0; i < flashElementsCount; i++) > > { > > swfobject.registerObject(flashElements[i], "9.0.0"); > > } > > > Is there a way with the current version of SWFObject to accomplish > > what I'm trying to achieve? If not, what are the chances of getting > > support for it in subsequent versions? > > > Thanks for the help! > > Perrin4869. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
