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? >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
