the base param needs to be applied to both objects the nested object (which is for ff - I don really use static objects that much) needs to have all the params of the first object with the exception of the movie param which handled by the data attribute on the nested object (the 1 for ff) so you should add the wmode param there also
anyway this explains why ff was the only affected browser; - S 2009/9/9 mplsdan <[email protected]> > > Shoot. I tried clearing cache, quitting Firefox, and changing the path > in my base param to the full URL. No luck so far. > > Dan > > On Sep 9, 3:48 pm, Vincent Polite <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can you put the full path in your base param? i.e. > http://foo.domain.com/flash/ instead of /flash/ ? > > > > V > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:44 PM, mplsdan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for looking at this. It is strange that Safari and Explorer > > > 'find' the XML file but Firefox does not. Maybe they're more forgiving > > > of some error in my code. > > > > > I have both my Flash file and XML file inside a folder called "flash" > > > - But Firefox is still looking for my XML file at the root level. What > > > should I change? > > > > > I have absolute paths pointing to my Flash file and XML, and I'm using > > > the "base" param to point to the "flash" folder. What can I do so it > > > works in all these browsers? > > > > > Dan > > > > > On Sep 9, 3:04 pm, Vincent Polite <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Looks to be a pathing issue. My firebug debugger in FF3.5 on a Mac > shows > > > a > > > > black embedded SWF. However, the SWF seems to be looking for a file > > > called: > > > > > >http://precision.thenetforward.com/banner_home.xml > > > > > > Not sure if that's where it's supposed to be, or if you are supposed > to > > > pass > > > > that in as a parameter, but perhaps that's your issue? That said, I > have > > > no > > > > idea why it would work in Safari. > > > > > > My Safari version 3.x without Flash installed (was testing something > so I > > > > happened to have it uninstalled) shows the alternate content "Get > Adobe > > > > Flash Player", so that part is working fine. > > > > > > After installing Flash on my copy of Safari it does work well, so > perhaps > > > as > > > > Sam Sherlock suggests you are using absolute paths instead of > relative. > > > > Although to be honest, I don't know the specifics of how Safari > > > interprets > > > > things vs. FF. > > > > > > But that is definitely the issue. The SWF itself is actually > gettting > > > > embedded just fine. > > > > > > VP > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM, mplsdan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > I have been reading posts here about Firefox 3 not always working > with > > > > > swfobject, and now I'm getting stuck too. The solutions I read > haven't > > > > > fixed it, unless it's just a browser caching issue. > > > > > > > Here is a simplified version of my Flash file on a page: > > > > >http://precision.thenetforward.com/test.htm > > > > > > > I stripped out all the other content, stylesheets, javascript, etc. > It > > > > > still works in Safari and Internet Explorer but it's failing in > > > > > Firefox 3, Mac and PC. I tried the suggestion to add the following > but > > > > > it didn't seem to help: > > > > > swfobject.switchOffAutoHideShow(); > > > > > > > This was working in Firefox at some point, not sure what screwed it > > > > > up, except I did upload the newest version of swfobject 2.2. I > tried > > > > > going back to 2.1, but that didn't help either. > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
