[SWFObject] Trouble converting from the old flashobject.js to thenew swfobject.js

Lee Bradley lee_bradley at operamail.com
Wed Jul 19 07:58:12 PDT 2006


Thanks again Iain -

I took my own advice and have learned that the person who built the page 
used something called Adobe Bridge (which comes with Photoshop CS2 
software). I had to look up CMS but it
sounds like Bridge is an example.

She picked her pix, typed in a few numbers and clicked a "do it" button 
and "Presto!," a boatload of .xml, .js, .htm and the .swf got generated. 
We both therefore remain pretty much
clueless as to how all the parts fit together. Software automation is 
wonderful but personally I prefer understanding how to build things 
"from scratch."

- Lee Bradley

Iain Waugh wrote:
> Hi, lol glad to be of help :D
>  
> With regards to your 2nd question, the only thing that the swfobject 
> does is to rewrite the contents of the flashcontent div with suitable 
> coding to make the flash movie appear, this is all done client side in 
> the browser so it doesnt affect anything at all on your server. I.e. 
> the xml files, actual swf etc. These would have to be created/altered 
> server side either manually or through a CMS, so id suggest the best 
> place to gather more info would be as u say to contact whoever 
> orginaly created the gallery/site :)
>  
> Iain Waugh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Lee Bradley <mailto:lee_bradley at operamail.com>
>     *To:* swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>     <mailto:swfobject at lists.deconcept.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:34 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [SWFObject] Trouble converting from the old
>     flashobject.js to thenew swfobject.js
>
>
>     Iain -
>
>     Works like a charm! Thank you very much. I am fairly sure you now
>     hold the world record for posting a precisely stated fix to a
>     technical problem
>     at damn near light speed.
>
>     I have tried to answer one of my other questions, namely, does the
>     .swf get *created* by the embed script and all the
>     other code (.xml, .htm etc.) by renaming gallery.swf to something
>     else and it appears it does not since I get a blank page
>     when I run the ap. I guess it's time to contact the person that
>     posted this original page to see how she built the .swf.
>     Before I do, do you have any insight into this "what creates the
>     .swf" issue?
>
>     - Lee
>
>     Iain Waugh wrote:
>>     try moving the javascript outside of <div id="flashcontent"> and
>>     myFlashObject.write(); should be myFlashObject.write("flashcontent");
>>      
>>     Hope that helps :)
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         *From:* Lee Bradley <mailto:lee_bradley at operamail.com>
>>         *To:* swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>>         <mailto:swfobject at lists.deconcept.com>
>>         *Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:53 PM
>>         *Subject:* [SWFObject] Trouble converting from the old
>>         flashobject.js to thenew swfobject.js
>>
>>
>>         I am a newbie to just about every aspect of this stuff but am
>>         interested as hell and actually know a fair amount about
>>         programming etc. so any help from anyone would be greatly
>>         appreciated.
>>
>>         A friend of a friend is using Geoff's older version of
>>         flashobject.js and I am trying to figure out how to convert
>>         to the newer version of swfobject.js. You may find this use at
>>
>>         http://www.charleybradley.com/maxproject/2006/growers/chip/amywebwork/cb_webpage/index.htm
>>
>>         I have built a file called index-try.htm which includes the
>>         latest swfobject.js. I get the following error messages under
>>         Firefox
>>
>>         swfobject-error
>>
>>         when I visit
>>
>>         http://www.charleybradley.com/maxproject/2006/growers/chip/amywebwork/cb_webpage/index-try.htm
>>
>>         I have a few other questions which I'll list below, but the
>>         above problem needs to be resolved before I can move forward
>>         at all.
>>
>>         The use of .xml in the above application is vaguely
>>         understandable (as I say, I'm a newbie). The following files
>>         are in the cb_webpage directory:
>>
>>         http://www.charleybradley.com/maxproject/2006/growers/chip/amywebwork/cb_webpage/photos.xml
>>         http://www.charleybradley.com/maxproject/2006/growers/chip/amywebwork/cb_webpage/photos.js
>>         http://www.charleybradley.com/maxproject/2006/growers/chip/amywebwork/cb_webpage/galleryconfig.xml
>>
>>         1. I have not yet figured out where the photos.js file is
>>         referenced
>>
>>         2. When I first took a look at all this stuff, it appeared
>>         that Geoff's embed script might actually be what's behind the
>>         *creation* of the gallery.swf. In other words, if you provide
>>         the .jpg's and wrap everything up with the front end .htm
>>         (which references the .xml and .js)
>>         on first invocation the .swf file gets built and embedded. Is
>>         this what's going on?
>>
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