Well, document.getElementById(id); is just an example, you can easily
get dom elements with functions like
document.getElementsByName(name) or a custom getElementsByClassName
(className) fuunction,
and iterate them, registering them to swfobject.
Your method is what I've been using up until now, but it has
shortcomings. First, I must take care of both markup and scripts,
instead of automatizing.
Second of all, the 10 there is an arbitrary number, in a real code I'd
need to figure out what the count is myself.
Let's say I created a file upload control in PHP, and someone uploaded
Flash content with it. Now, my file upload control also has the
capability of previewing which content
it has saved before, and also if it's Flash, it can embed it for a
preview. But, I don't know the number of upload controls, and I also
don't know the upload controls that have
Flash saved in the database, and having them register some header
content is not really a possibility. Now, if I could just give those
elements a class name or something
to go by which can be easily queried, the problem would be solved by
querying those elements, and registering them through an iteration,
like in my example in the first post.
var flashElements = getElementsByClassName("flash");
var flashElementsCount = flashElements.length;
var i;
for(i = 0; i < flashElementsCount; i++)
{
swfobject.registerObject(flashElements[i], "9.0.0");
}
I hope I made what I am trying to accomplish clear. I mean, having to
give an ID to each object is just a pain, and it doesn't really have a
clear advantage, sometimes you
just want to create a collection of Flashes for any reason, and
register them by iterating, and if their count is variable then you
have to take care of figuring it out, ending
with lower performance code.
Thanks for the attention!
Perrin4869
On Aug 27, 6:09 am, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote:
> RE: using document.getElementById("") - Right, but you just said you didn't
> want to create any id's, so hopw are you going to use that method?
>
> So the way I see it is that your problem can be broken down into two parts:
>
> 1) creating the required page elements
> 2) calling swfobject methods
>
> In regards to 1), if you use a server-side language, or something like
> jQuery to generate your static publish blocks, then you can have a class
> (for styling / positional purposes) and a id naming convesion put in place
> really easily. How were/are you creating all of your <object> blocks anyway?
>
> Then for 2) in calling registerObject(), you can just pass your common
> naming convension + counter in a loop like your example code.
>
> // simplified example
> for(i = 0; i < 10; i++)
> {
> swfobject.registerObject("swf_file" + i , "9.0.0");
>
> }
>
> Aran
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Perrin4869 <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sorry for the typo on my post above, in the first line I meant passing
> > a DOM Element,
> > like the ones you get by document.getElementById("");.
>
> > On Aug 27, 4:01 am, Perrin4869 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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.
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