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

[Geoff Stearns]

just to fill in the back story here:

when I worked at the chopping block we created a bunch of pre-made  
content for the CS2 suite (and did a lot of coding in Bridge as well)  
- one of the things we made were some photo galleries for photoshop,  
and needed some plugin detection and whatnot, so we got them to  
include swfobject (then flashobject) with photoshop. so it's a really  
really old version, but there are also some other things in the html  
template that make the gallery work, and it's been quite a while  
since I looked at it. adobe's people put the html templates together,  
just using a little bit of our js code we gave them to get the flash  
stuff embedded.


On Jul 19, 2006, at 4:58 PM, Lee Bradley wrote:

>
> 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
>> To: 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
>>> To: 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
>>>
>>> <mime-attachment.jpeg>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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