Ok. It was an absolute path issue. Backend developer told me that relative would work regardless. Go figure...
Works great now. Thanks for pointing that out! On Dec 14, 5:48 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. > > Well, I was taking an educated guess as to the relative path values as I > don;t actually know where your assets are. > > Have you tried doing the absolute paths thing? > > Alos, as a santity check , you could add a textfield/textarea in your swf > and trace out some values of where Flash is attempting to load the assets > from. you should also be able to listen to i/o error events from your > loaders to see whether you are actually loading the files you think you are > or not. > > You can also set up a remote debugging session and set breakpoints in your > swf to check on values etc. You will need the debugger Flash player for > this. By having the debugging player you will also be able to see any > runtime errors which occur (a must for any Flash dev) > > By far the easiest thing to do is set your paths to absolute to get things > working, and then start experimenting with various relative path > combinations until it starts to work. You should be ablwe to test your > realtive paths without having to push things to the server (eg set up a > static html page and folder strcuture that mimics the live server and get > everything working locally) > > Aran > > I don't think the dynamic text boxes are indicative of anything good or bad > (unless you have wmode=transparent) > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:21 AM, cnicoletti <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nope. the base para didn't work. > > > I have some more to add... > > > It seems when I view the flash file on the page and right click in it, > > I can only get the flash menu over the parts in the flash file that > > have dynamic text boxes. This is in IE6. FF shows the entire flash > > box. > > > On Dec 13, 10:17 am, cnicoletti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I will give that a try and report back tomorrow. > > > > Unfortunately, I can not share the link with you. It is on an internal > > > server behind a proxy. The pages I am editing are .ascx files if that > > > helps at all. > > > Thanks again. > > > > On Dec 13, 6:35 am, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So can I check a few things: > > > > > Is one of your images located here? > > > > > /ContactUS/_Swf/EN/images/globe2.png > > > > > and the XML here ? > > > > > /ContactUS/_Swf/EN/xml/gallery.xml > > > > > If so you can add the BASE param like below which should get you to > > your > > > > content: > > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars = {}; var params = {}; > > > > params.menu = "false"; params.base = "/ContactUS/_Swf/EN/"; var > > attributes = > > > > {}; swfobject.embedSWF("/ContactUS/_Swf/EN/main_Home.swf", > > "flashmedia", > > > > "974", "300", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, > > attributes); > > > > </script> > > > > > The other quick way to check we are on the right path is to temporarily > > set > > > > your image and XML paths as absolute. > > > > > Posting a link to your html page would allow me to view the http > > traffic to > > > > see where the Flash player is trying to request its assets. It could > > save a > > > > lot of time to solve this.... > > > > > Aran > > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM, cnicoletti <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Yes. The flash file does embed it seems like, but the file does not > > > > > run. It is a blank space holder.(I can tell with using "menu:false/ > > > > > true" parameter that it shows up) Almost like the file is hidden > > > > > behind something? Like I said, the file plays fine on the server > > > > > without the JavaScript code. I run other test swf without external > > > > > files within that code and they work great. Could it be a possible > > > > > server cache issue? I am using FF, IE6 and 8 to test. > > > > > > Here are the relative paths from AS3 that play fine when the SWF is > > > > > launched on the server without SWFObject: > > > > > > var myLoader3:Loader=new Loader(); > > > > > myLoader3.load(new URLRequest("images/ltblbackgroundgrad.png")); > > > > > addChild(myLoader3); > > > > > setChildIndex(myLoader3, numChildren -4); > > > > > > var myLoader2:Loader=new Loader(); > > > > > myLoader2.load(new URLRequest("images/globe2.png")); > > > > > addChild(myLoader2); > > > > > setChildIndex(myLoader2, numChildren -3); > > > > > > var myXML_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); > > > > > myXML_loader.load(new URLRequest("xml/gallery.xml")); > > > > > // NO XML CACHE HACK > > > > > // myXML_loader.load(new URLRequest("gallery.xml" + "?uniq=" + new > > Date > > > > > ().getTime())); > > > > > myXML_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML); > > > > > > var myLoader:Loader=new Loader(); > > > > > myLoader.load(new URLRequest("images/hands.png")); > > > > > addChild(myLoader); > > > > > setChildIndex(myLoader, numChildren - 1); > > > > > > Sample of the XML: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > <menu WIDTH="322" HEIGHT="322" ALPHABUTTON="0" POSITION = "center" > > > > > buttonMargin = "0" redOffset = "0" greenOffset = "0" blueOffset = "0" > > > > > FilterColor= "0xFF6600"> > > > > > <item > > > > > tween = "alpha" tweentime = "1.2" speed = "8000" > > > > > tweentimetext = "1.2" text = "Are you looking to > > have a > > > > > new > > > > > website designed and developed? Need to have an out-of-date website > > > > > updated? We deliver professional service at an economical price.. > > > > > Discover the range of products and services offered in our > > > > > portfolios." texturl = "- System Complete" textstat = "Here is my > > > > > Trademark" textstat2 = "TM" textfont = "Arial" textsize = "14" > > > > > textalign = "left" textvis = "true" textcolor = "0x003366" URL="" > > > > > path="images/globe2.png"/> > > > > > > Thanks for helping with this. Been working on this for the past week. > > > > > *sigh* > > > > > > On Dec 11, 10:50 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I mean how are you referencing you XML file / images within AS3? > > Are they > > > > > > absolute paths likehttp://some.com/xml/some.xml?orrelativepaths > > like > > > > > > /xml/some.xml ? If you are using relative paths, then you should > > set the > > > > > > BASE param for your flash player so that the XML / images will > > actually > > > > > be > > > > > > loaded from the correct location. > > > > > > > As the code you pasted does not show the pathing for the XML or > > images, I > > > > > > can't say whether you have any issues or not. That is why I asked > > you to > > > > > > post a link. > > > > > > > No, you do not need to point to the XML / images through flashvars. > > If > > > > > you > > > > > > have the location hard coded in your flash file, then that is fine. > > > > > > > When you say it plays on the server, you mean when you use a > > standard > > > > > > <object>/<embed> method in your HTML page, or when you access the > > swf > > > > > > directly without HTML? > > > > > > > At the end of the day SWFObject just creates the proper <object> > > > > > structure > > > > > > to embed your swf in your HTML page. It does not affect your flash > > > > > > file's capabilities or stop you doing anything you are used to > > doing in > > > > > > Flash. It is easy to see if SWFObject has in fact embedded your > > swf on > > > > > to > > > > > > the page by right clicking the area where the file should be and if > > you > > > > > get > > > > > > a Flash player context menu, then you at leasdt know the embedding > > has > > > > > > happened as it should. > > > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 2:19 PM, cnicoletti < > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > What do you mean by relative path? Unless you can see an issue > > with my > > > > > > > code I pasted, this is not the answer. My directory path and > > location > > > > > > > are accurate. Does my AS3 file have to point to the external file > > > > > > > through SWFObject flashvarsor something? Or can I have it load > > images > > > > > > > and XML through AS3 like I have it set now? Like I said it plays > > on > > > > > > > the server, just not through the SWFObject script. > > > > > > > > On Dec 11, 10:09 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Most likely it is a relative pathing issue in loading the XML > > file. > > > > > > > > SWFObject (or UFO for that matter) have no problems with > > flashvars > > > > > vs. > > > > > > > > direct request of images etc. > > > > > > > > > Can you post a link to a test page? It is a lot easier to help > > if we > > > > > can > > > > > > > see > > > > > > > > exactly what is going on (http traffic etc) > > > > > > > > > Also, make sure you read the SWFObject 2.x docs, as it is > > recommended > > > > > to > > > > > > > > place all SWFObject code in the <head> of the page rather than > > inline > > > > > > > like > > > > > > > > 1.x or other embedding methods. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:42 AM, cnicoletti < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am having a major issue with having my flash file not > > showing up > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > a server page. > > > > > > > > > > I was using UFO, but recently switched to SWFObject 2 because > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > same issue. > > > > > > > > > > The file plays fine on the server, just not with the > > JavaScript. > > > > > Other > > > > > > > > > flash files play fine also. > > > > > > > > > > Does this have something to do with my external XML or > > gallery > > > > > images > > > > > > > > > not playing nice with the SWFObject?? (/xml/gallery.xml) The > > xml is > > > > > > > > > being loaded from Flash AS3, not a flashvar. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for all your help! > > > > > > > > > > Here is the code from the .ascx file: > > > > > > > > > > <div style="width:974px; height:300px; margin:auto; text- > > > > > > > > > align:center;"> > > > > > > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/swfobject.js" > > > > > > > > > language="javascript"></script> > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
