there's one significant difference: the outer object uses the "movie" param
for the URL of the file, while the inner object uses the data attribute to
specify URL.
<param name="movie" value="myContent.swf" />
so SJ's example would need to be modified to:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="780"
height="420">
* <param name="movie" value="myContent.swf" />*
<!--[if !IE]>--><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="myContent.swf" width="780" height="420"><!--<![endif]-->
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<p>Alternative content</p>
<!--[if !IE]>--></object><!--<![endif]-->
</object>
both approaches are valid. it's a matter of personal preference, and bobby
decided on the current SWFObject syntax. my only concern with SJ's method
is that it probably makes the author more likely to overlook the fallback
content. however, this is a really this is a minor point, and very
debatable. if a code generator is used, it's completely moot.
- philip
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Getify Solutions, Inc. <[email protected]>wrote:
> Actually, it seems to me that SJ's suggestion makes sense. I can't see
> any reason why, for non-IE, the <param> elements must appear in both the
> outer <object> *and* the inner <object>. It seems that non-IE simply ignores
> the outer <object> (using the inner one instead) and so the outer one not
> having the duplicated <param>s would be irrelevant. But perhaps we're
> missing something that Bobby knows.
>
> --Kyle
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Sherlock <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:53 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: Why define param elements twice with static publishing?
>
> one set of params is for IE the other not - you need to replicate the
> params but not the movie one
>
> generate you code and compare with the wiki examples
> - S
>
>
>
>
> 2009/12/8 raider5 <[email protected]>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Was looking at the markup for static publishing and wondered why the
>> docs suggest declaring the param elements twice?
>>
>> "NOTE: The nested-objects method requires a double object definition
>> (the outer object targeting Internet Explorer and the inner object
>> targeting all other browsers), so you need to define your object
>> attributes and nested param elements twice."
>>
>> Are there issues in using just one set of params as shown below?
>>
>> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
>> width="780" height="420">
>> <!--[if !IE]>--><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
>> data="myContent.swf" width="780" height="420"><!--<![endif]-->
>> <param name="movie" value="myContent.swf" />
>> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
>> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
>> <p>Alternative content</p>
>> <!--[if !IE]>--></object><!--<![endif]-->
>> </object>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> SJ
>>
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