[SWFObject] SWFObjects handling of FlashVars for IE browser

Jonathan Walker jwalker at kisstheweb.com
Wed Apr 26 06:55:12 PDT 2006


Yes i did try that and a fair few other combinations too.

Jonathan Walker


On 26 Apr 2006, at 15:37, Martin Eiler | Cumuli wrote:

> Have you tried to use absolute paths for your flashVar…?
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> Fra: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com [mailto:swfobject- 
> bounces at lists.deconcept.com] På vegne af Jonathan Walker
> Sendt: 26. april 2006 14:21
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> Emne: Re: [SWFObject] SWFObjects handling of FlashVars for IE browser
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> Hi Geoff
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> here is the url for the page
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> http://www.mackinnonfineart.com/furniture/russian_bureau.html
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> it works fine in firefox and safari so the variables are being  
> passed ok, or seem to be, however when viewing in IE as i suggested  
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> picture disappears after a refresh
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> Hope I am not doing something bazaar
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> Jonathan Walker
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> On 25 Apr 2006, at 16:02, Geoff Stearns wrote:
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> so just to clarify:
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> you load a flash movie that has flashvars passed in
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> in IE, if you hit reload, the flashvars no longer show up inside  
> the movie?
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> Can you go to my SWFObject test page and hit refresh and see if the  
> vars don't show up anymore?
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> this page:
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> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.html
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> has a string of text passed in - you can see it printed out saying  
> "this is passed in via flashvars..."
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> hit reload on that page and see if the string still shows up.
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> On Apr 25, 2006, at 4:26 AM, Jonathan Walker wrote:
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> Hi - I have a question regarding what I consider an excellent piece  
> of code, I have an issue with passing variables using FlashVars,  
> all is OK in Firefox, safari and the likes, however the problem  
> arives in IE, its fine when i first load my page, i can see things  
> fine until I do a refresh then the object i am calling to display  
> in the movie disappears, the swf is still there but no content,  
> when i remove the call for the content the movie appears. Very odd,  
> is IE blocking the call for the content?.
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> Before I implemented the change everything worked great, after the  
> Microsoft update I was getting the "click here to activate and use  
> this control" hence the need to look for alternate solutions and I  
> found SWFObjects, which incidentally works great on basic content  
> which I have on other sites, its the FlashVars thing that IE seems  
> to have a problem with.
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> Thanks
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> Jonathan
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