older browsers are inconsistent in how they treat SWFs that have been hidden from view. some allow scripting access as if the SWF was on-screen, some deny all access until the SWF is visible. some browsers also restart the SWF from frame 1 when it's brought back into view after being hidden. it appears the latest editions of the major browsers have brought a shift that makes them behave more or less the same.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:32 PM, bendg25 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Having done some further digging on this issue, I can report it is an > IE6 specific problem (it does not occur in IE8). I have reproduced > this problem with 2 simple SWF's that just write to an external > interface div that logs a message. The problem is caused by setting > the wmode to 'opaque'. If I remove the wmode setting (so it default > to wmode = window), the problem goes away, however, I have drop down > menu's in my app (HMTL ones), that overlap the flex component, and > therefore, need to set the wmode to opaque. > > The problem does not occur if the 2 components are visible on screen, > so I am now trying some different approaches to determine the best > work around solution. > > Regards > > On Oct 11, 6:50 pm, bendg25 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am seeing an issue whereby on my local dev machine, I am accessing > > my webapp and when I hit my initial page, I am seeing my SWF's (both > > sitting in div's that are floated to right: -8000 and right: -16000 > > respectively, initialise fine. > > > > However, on another machine, I see only one of the SWF's gets > > initialised, and it seems random which one of the two 'wins'. > > > > On another machine, the SWF's do not initialise at all, until I click > > on another button which brings them into view. As soon as they are in > > view, they then initialise. > > > > All 3 versions of IE are identical settings and identical versions, > > which leads me to believe that it might be an IE6 threading issue, > > however, I have no idea of how the threading model works in IE6 (and > > am struggling to find out any information on it too), or how to debug > > into JavaScript / IE / Flex threads to see precisely what is going > > on. I would also be interested to know if there is any way of getting > > more info out of the swfobject library. > > > > I am using swfobject 2.2 and the dynamic approach. > > > > I will try build a small sample tomorrow demonstrating the problem > > with 2 cut down SWF's that I can share on the web, but if anyone has > > any information on what they might think the problem is, then it will > > be most gratefully received. > > > > Thanks > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
