Thank you for your fantastic help. I had to add the 'base' parameter a second time, inside the <!--[if !IE]>--> section, 'the nested object'. That did it.
I have to admit, I have a lot to learn about swfobject 2.0. Dan On Sep 9, 5:19 pm, Vincent Polite <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
