@Vincent - thanks for your reply. My demo page already incorporateyour suggestions and shows that it can work. There is something specific in Mel's swf which is stopping it from working (as shown in the test 2 file)
Aran On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Vincent Polite < [email protected]> wrote: > There are quite a few things that are standing out as possible being wrong > here. > > Try this first. Add > > <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain" /> > > inside your object tags for your flash markup. You could also use the term > "always" I believe. That will allow javascript/actionscript access if I am > not mistaken. > > I would also advise cleaning up your references to sobj in your functions. > You create a global variable reference and then you occassionally redefine it > with your functions. Stick with one method so you don't get screwed by > variable scoping. > > I would generally suggest always explicitly defining it locally in your > function. It may be more verbose, but you'll get what you expect. > > i.e. something like... > > var sobj > if !(sobj) { > sobj=swfObject.getObjectById('myId'); > > } > > Post back to see if this helps your situation, > > Vincent > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mel_the_Snowbird <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi (to Sam Sherlock and all you other folks): >> >> Enviro: swfobject 2.2, Javascript, and Flash Player in a simple .htm >> file >> >> I' ve been trying everything under the sun to try and get some >> control over the Flash Player so that I can Stop, Play and Rewind >> the .swf file >> >> All to no avail. >> >> My video clip shows nicely but (for example) this next JS function >> does *not* get thru to Flash to have it stop running the video. >> >> I am able to easily get the Flash Version passed back to my >> Javascript function, and display it on the screen while the clip is >> playing >> >> The button which calls the videostop() function is in my .htm file >> underneath the running video clip but it keeps running forever, even >> when pressing my "stop" button. I *do* enter the videostop() function >> and show the alert message, but the video keeps playing ??? >> >> Again, my website is: www.mesaeastpark.com (click on 'Visit', then >> click on 'Preliminary Video Testing' ) >> >> Can anyone help me please. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Mel Smith >> Edmonton, Canada >> >> >> *********************** >> function videostop() { >> var output,playerVersion ; >> playerVersion = swfobject.getFlashPlayerVersion(); // returns a >> JavaScript object >> output = "You have Flash player " + playerVersion.major + "." + >> playerVersion.minor + "." + playerVersion.release + " installed"; >> alert(output+"\n and you just Clicked Stop"); >> var sobj = swfobject.getObjectById("myId"); >> sobj.StopPlay(); // it won't stop playing :(( >> return true; >> } >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
