The call is not being made before the dom is ready. The call is being made on a click event, long after domready, the class' constructor isn't even run until DOMReady for the exact reason you refer to.
I have been reading the documentation, which specifically reads "Returns the newly created object element", yet I still get "undefined". On Nov 19, 9:48 pm, "Getify Solutions, Inc." <[email protected]> wrote: > Please read the documentation carefully. Also, consider using the > code-generator to help get the new syntax code generated for you. > > http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation > > http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/api > > http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/generator > > In particular to your code question, it's probably returning undefined > because you are making the call before the DOM is ready, so you won't have > an object created yet, swfobject will queue the call to create the object > until domready. > > --Kyle > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "c.wrinn" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:28 PM > To: "SWFObject" <[email protected]> > Subject: Does swfobject.createSWF() not return an <object> that can be > stored for use later? > > > I'm trying to update VideoBox to use SWFObject 2.2 and when I do > > > this.so = swfobject.createSWF(att, par, id); > > > this.so is [undefined]. > > > The used to store a new SWFObject in this.so and inject it later. > > > -- > > > 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=. -- 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=.
