[SWFObject] [SWF Object] FGlash not showing up inFireFoxandNetscape - The Answer!

[Geoff Stearns]

too bad you can't just update the Flash 8 publish output and just use  
SWFObject.




On Apr 28, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Michael Williams wrote:

> Adobe will be releasing a Detection Kit revision with the Active  
> Content JS in the coming weeks. Just have to work out a few bugs.
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> Michael
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> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com [mailto:swfobject- 
> bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Stearns
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:22 PM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] [SWF Object] FGlash not showing up  
> inFireFoxandNetscape - The Answer!
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> well, the adobe fix doesn't include plugin detection... and I don't  
> think it supports Express Install if you want to use that.
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> And the code may be smaller (I haven't examined the active content  
> fix that closely)
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> You seem to have a ton of other js code in your document that could  
> all be removed and replaced by swfobject as well.
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> On Apr 28, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Chad M. Ostroff wrote:
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> no sorry your not missing anything. But heres an additional  
> question. How hard would it be for me to integrate flash object  
> into what I have presently? What would the advantages be? Other  
> than that every one else is already using it. My content appears to  
> be working fine but I know that I will need to eventually integrate  
> the swfObject. Any advice?
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Geoff Stearns
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> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
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> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:55 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] [SWF Object] FGlash not showing up in  
> FireFoxandNetscape - The Answer!
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> neither of those sites is using SWFObject... the first one is using  
> the mm active content fix, and the second one is just a normal  
> embed... am I missing something?
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> On Apr 28, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Chad M. Ostroff wrote:
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> I am using swfObject. Want to see the scripting in action, here is  
> a link to one of our sites www.strunkLp.com this site is using a  
> flash header. It is not the generator content site that I was  
> trying to view in firefox http://www.mikewileyproductions.com Let  
> me know what you think. These sites are in our production  
> environment and have been released to the web. Currently in our  
> development environment we have corrected the problem utilizing the  
> ASP code that I was talking about before.
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> You are right about the Flash object working in Firefox and  
> netscape, for the first example that I listed, StrunkLP that is a  
> flash hybrid site with a flash header and it displays fine, the  
> displaying issue has something to do with the content that is  
> created and published via generator.
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> Oh and BTW, I don't use generator as it is a dead technology for  
> the most part, I am simply turning wrenches here at work trying to  
> get the technology to continue to work effectively given the  
> current IE active content turbulence in the WWW...
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> Thanks,
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> Chad
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Geoff Stearns
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> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
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> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] [SWF Object] FGlash not showing up in  
> FireFox andNetscape - The Answer!
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> are you using swfobject? or some other js scheme?
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> swfobject works fine in firefox/safari/mozilla/opera/whatever - can  
> you post a link to the page?
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> On Apr 28, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Chad M. Ostroff wrote:
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> Ok so a little researching got me some nifty browser detection  
> schemes and now I am able to see the flash content in all browsers.  
> All we ended up using was some ASP "HTTP_USER_AGENT" and some  
> conditional logic to direct the browser based on browser name, then  
> used the new JS function for IE, and the old way with the <object>  
> <embed> tags for anything other than IE.... works really well.
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> Thanks.
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> Chad
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