Agreed. It can be a challenge to do testing across platforms / versions. I ran a test in VMWare Workstation and was able to upgrade w/o a problem, so I guess this particular issue is limited to VMware Fusion 3.02.
Thanks again for your help Aran. Lou On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Lou. > > I am glad that you found success! > > I guess this shows that any time you virtualize anything, there is the > potential that the interpreter layer introduces unexpected behaviour. Hard > when you are a developer who is trying to make something work cross-platform > / cross-version. I am yet to find a fool proof way to test on a single box > (as I run on PC). A multiple bootcamp'ed mac box would seem the safest, as > there is no virtualisation going on. > > > Aran > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Lou Klepner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good news! I got my hands on a physical PC running Windows XP / IE8 >> natively and everything worked as expected... which leads me to the >> conclusion that the problem lies with VMware Fusion 3.02 in combination with >> IE8. I'll submit a bug report with the VMWare team. >> >> Here is a quick screencast of what I'm seeing - >> http://tinyurl.com/yblgpdw >> >> Thanks for your help getting to the bottom of this. >> >> Lou >> >> >> On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Aran Rhee wrote: >> >> Sounds like a good way to test to me (using any of the multi instanced IE >> solutions are problematic) >> >> So the crazy ExpressInstall behavior happens on all pages, or just your >> test page? If you visit another swfobject page, does it still happen? >> http://demos.learnswfobject.com/express-install/dynamic.html >> >> IE8 and ExpressInstall have been tested thoroughly as working by the >> SWFObject team (as well as the 1000's of sites utilizing SWFObejct), so I >> think this will be something about your particular environment (I just can't >> think of what it might be yet) >> >> Aran >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Lou Klepner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Aran, >>> >>> We've been testing with IE8 running on Windows XP SP2 within a VMware >>> Fusion 3 instance. >>> >>> Our testing procedure has involved uninstalling the FP using Adobe's >>> uninstall utility, then installing FP 9.0.262 and visiting a page with a >>> SWFObject 2.2 dynamic embed that requires FP 10 with the ExpressInstall >>> option. >>> >>> Any suggestions on how we might be debug this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Lou >>> >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Aran Rhee wrote: >>> >>> Hi Lou. >>> >>> We have not come across an error like your describing with IE8. Is the >>> IE8 install an actual install, or are you using one of the multi-IE products >>> like from Tredosoft? >>> >>> As you would have seen with IE6/7, the whole idea of ExpressInstall is >>> that the process happens inline without having to leave the page... >>> >>> >>> Aran >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Lou Klepner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm testing an ExpressInstall upgrade from FP 9 to FP 10 using >>>> SWFObject 2.2. All is well in every browser I've tested so far (IE6, >>>> IE7, FF3.6 on Windows, FF3.6 on Mac, Safari4 on Mac) but it is failing >>>> in Internet Explorer 8. >>>> >>>> The installation process seems to endlessly cycles - asking the user >>>> if they'd like to upgrade then opening a new browser and asking again. >>>> This is happening on Windows XP SP2 machine with full administrative >>>> privileges. >>>> >>>> I searched the archives but couldn't find any reports of this >>>> particular issue. Has anyone else experienced it? Any ideas on how to >>>> work around it? >>>> >>>> Many thanks! >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Lou >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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]<swfobject%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >> > > -- > 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]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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