[SWFObject] SWF does not play on first load (both IE and FF)

[Tech Soap]

I was able to see the Adobe object in FF 2.01 with no problem.
I could not however see it with the SWFObject in FF
I could also not see your third example because of a 404 error.

:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com 
:: [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of 
:: Sander Kruger
:: Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:57 PM
:: To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
:: Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWF does not play on first load 
:: (both IE and FF)
:: 
:: I'm not sure what the Flash publish function does. I always 
:: upload my apps to the server with Filezilla. Anyway, to 
:: reproduce the problem, I've uploaded the files at the 
:: following address:
:: 
:: http://service.otherphone.com/test/TestObject.html (Adobe) 
:: http://service.otherphone.com/test/TestObject_so.html 
:: (SWFObject) 
:: http://service.otherphone.com/test/TestObject_so2.html 
:: (SWFObject, no express install)
:: 
:: The flash movie is the example from the livedocs for the 
:: Panel class. If I empty my cache and point my browser to any 
:: of the above URL's, I just get a blank page.
:: 
:: If I open the same wrappers from my local hard-disk 
:: (file://), the application plays without a problem.
:: 
:: Sander.
:: 
:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
:: [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of 
:: domenics at gmail.com
:: Sent: woensdag 20 december 2006 20:27
:: To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
:: Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWF does not play on first load 
:: (both IE and FF)
:: 
:: This happens even if you use flashs publish function? Have 
:: you tried disabling the extras (version detection, etc) and 
:: using a straight embed/object to narrow things down? Does 
:: this happen on other computers?
:: Does it happen on a local publish?
:: 
:: Domenic
:: 
::   
:: 
:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: "Sander Kruger" <s.kruger at 3-gsp.com>
:: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:46:17
:: To:<swfobject at lists.deconcept.com>
:: Subject: [SWFObject] SWF does not play on first load (both IE and FF)
:: 
:: Hello,
:: 
:: I'm new to this list. I worked through the November and 
:: December archive but didn't find a solution. I have a 
:: problem with my Flash app wrapper using either SWFObject 1.5 
:: or the Adobe wrapper:
:: 
:: When a Flash app is loaded for the first time, it doesn't 
:: play. The player just shows the background color. I use 
:: Flex/AS3 and Flash Player 9. This occurs both in IE6 and in 
:: FF1.5.0.8. If the browser finds the SWF in the cache, no 
:: problem. But if not, it doesn't play.
:: 
:: Does anyone know how to make sure the application starts 
:: automatically, every time?
:: 
:: Here's some more diagnostics about the problem:
:: To get the movie to start, I can either select 'forward' 
:: from the context menu (FF only), select 'play' from the 
:: context menu (IE and FF) or refresh the page (IE only).
:: 
:: So far I've tried:
:: . disabling the pre-loader
:: . setting the 'play' and 'loop' params
:: . to no avail.
:: 
:: I did manage to create 2 workarounds in FF, neither being a 
:: very elegant
:: one:
:: 1) ------------------------------------------------------
:: add an alert after the so.write('flashcontent'). The code becomes:
:: 
::     var so = new SWFObject("TestObject.swf", "TestObject", 
:: "100%", "600", "9");
::     so.useExpressInstall('expressinstall.swf');
::     so.addParam("loop", "false");
::     so.write("flashcontent");
:: 
::     alert( "application is starting" );
:: 
:: Somehow, the alert makes the Flash movie start. confirm() 
:: works as well, but I didn't find any less intrusive commands 
:: that do the trick.
:: 
:: 2) ------------------------------------------------------
:: Add a timer to kick off the play after loading. The code 
:: looks like this:
:: 
::     var so = new SWFObject("TestObject.swf", "TestObject", 
:: "100%", "600", "9");
::     so.useExpressInstall('expressinstall.swf');
::     so.addParam("loop", "false");
::     so.write("flashcontent");
:: 
::     setTimeout( 'tryPlayFlash();', 1000 );
:: 
::     function tryPlayFlash()
::     {
::       if (document. TestObject)
::       {
::         if (document. TestObject.Play)
::           document. TestObject.Play();
::         else
::           alert('Cannot communicate with ActionScript');
::       }
::       else
::         alert('Can\'t find the Flash movie');
::     }
:: 
:: This is a rather bad one because it will restart the movie 
:: if it plays correctly.
:: 
:: And I haven't found any of this to work in IE. If you have 
:: encountered the same problem, please let me know if there is 
:: a workaround.
:: 
:: Regards,
:: S. Kruger
:: 
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