On Oct 10, 10:49 pm, Philip Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Doug > > You're using addLoadEvent, which means the event will only fire after all > page elements have loaded, yet you fail to specify an actual SWF for the > <object>, which means the page will never finish loading. This chokes IE. > There are two ways to fix this: > > 1. Specify a real SWF that can load as expected. > > or > > 2. Switch from addLoadEvent to addDomLoadEvent. > > Some additional pointers: > > - Your page contains a single <object>, with the data attribute but > without the classid element. This will fail in IE. Use the SWFObject code > generator<http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.html>to > produce the nested <object> syntax that works cross-browser (be sure > to > select the "static publishing" option). > - You've added your <script> element after the closing </body>, which is > invalid. Script elements should be located inside the <head> or <body>. > > - philip > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > On this page (using swfobject.js 2.2): > > >http://www.northcarolina.edu/test_dir/swftest.php > > > These lines of code: > > > function onLoadFiring() > > { > > alert('On Load just happened'); > > } > > swfobject.addLoadEvent(onLoadFiring); > > > Will produce an alert, but only on firefox, safari or IE9. > > > However, on IE7 and IE8, this event doesn't fire. > > > Is this a bug in swfobject.js, or am I misunderstanding how this event > > works? Is there something I can do to fix this issue for these > > browsers? > > > Thanks, > > Doug > > > -- > > 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].
Ok thanks. Everything (on the real page) works now. -- 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.
