That makes perfect sense.  Grats!

V

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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