[SWFObject] BUG FOUND

Mon Jul 24 13:38:37 PDT 2006

have you tried using a non-js embed method? just the generic object/ 
embed tag that flash spits out?

it's interesting that only fp9 shows the issue... i spoke briefly  
with a flash player tech when i made the streaming content fix in  
1.4.2, and it sounded like he was going to put a similar fix into fp9  
to fix the problem (which is really an IE bug)

the other issue with the movies changing position i'm treating as a  
different issue.

if you comment out the 'onunload' part do they still change position  
when you click the link?

On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Pablo wrote:

>
> Here are a few points I found (just to summarize):
>
> When two different swf with two different ExternalInterface Calls  
> are in the
> same html:
>
> - Flash 8 works perfectly (It's only a flash 9 issue).
>
> - The adobe's suggested AC_RunActiveContent.js script presents the  
> same
> problem (If not bigger. I had 2 more error messages testing it).
>
> - SWFObject v1.4.2 changes the position of the movies when pressing  
> any
> link. Downgrading to v1.4.1 fixes this problem.
>
> - Different error messages depending on the machine (all running  
> windows xp,
> iExplorer 6 and flash 9)
>
>
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] En nombre de Geoff  
> Stearns
> Enviado el: lunes, 24 de julio de 2006 22:08
> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>
> i'm looking at this today actually... we have a project where this
> may be an issue, so hopefully in the next day or two i'll have a fix
> for you...
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Pablo Garayzábal wrote:
>
>> Hi Geoff,
>>
>> I hope you have enjoyed your holidays!
>>
>> Do you have any clue about the ExternalInterface bug?
>>
>> The url and test files are here: http://www.dinamik.es/test/
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Pablo.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
>> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] En nombre de Geoff
>> Stearns
>> Enviado el: miércoles, 19 de julio de 2006 10:01
>> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>>
>> someone just posted something to my blog and said that changing it
>> from onunload to onbeforeunload fixed it. anyone want to try it out
>> and let us know how it goes?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2006, at 8:37 PM, Pablo Garayzábal wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the "match case" point in the reference link.
>>>
>>> I did an extended replace from FLASHObject to SWFObject and caught
>>> the
>>> reference too (the site has more than 250 pages!!). You know, a
>>> minute after
>>> doing the change I found out that the change was not necessary...!
>>>
>>> I'll change it in all the pages, but it seems not to be the  
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> About the crash, it behaves different depending on the machines.
>>> Some of my
>>> client's computers only show the "out of memory" alert, others the
>>> "stack
>>> overflow" thing, and others get totally freeze.
>>> It seems that there is not a regular pattern for that.
>>> (All machines run Windows XP Pro, ie6, Flash Player 9.)
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your help Jimbo,
>>> Pablo.
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> De: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
>>> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] En nombre de Jim
>>> Berkey
>>> Enviado el: martes, 18 de julio de 2006 20:10
>>> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>>> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>>>
>>> Okay, I couldn't duplicate it locally at all, BUT, I uploaded your
>>> files
>>> here and find the same as you:
>>> http://jimbo.us/swfobjectTest/
>>>
>>> I did find that on index.html your javascript link is to
>>> SWFObject.js - but
>>> the file is actually all lowercase, so I changed it in index.html.
>>> Note: The version of swfobject.js is the one you have with the
>>> commented out
>>> section. I tried with a fresh version, and got the same time-out in
>>> IE when
>>> refreshing. I didn't crash, but did get the time-out message,
>>> referencing
>>> line 56.
>>> jimbo
>>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>>
>>> On 7/18/2006 at 6:59 PM Pablo Garayzabal wrote:
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> If the message is null, then the player security policies are
>>> blocking the
>>> jsflash communication, and so the page doesnt crash.
>>>
>>> Are the test source files located in your desktop? Try to move
>>> them to
>>> another location (c: for example). It sounds weird, but flash
>>> player doesnt
>>> like C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\  (dont ask me why,
>>> but Ive
>>> experienced very estrange situations with files residing in Windows
>>> desktop.).
>>>
>>> If I test the source files residing in the desktop, I get the same
>>> result
>>> (null, no crash).
>>>
>>> Anyway, have you tried http://www.dinamik.es/test/  ? (the same  
>>> files
>>> located in a server)
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time!
>>> Pablo.
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> De: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
>>> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] En nombre de Jim
>>> Berkey
>>> Enviado el: martes, 18 de julio de 2006 18:01
>>> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>>> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>>>
>>> Just tried again with the window.onload method added back in and
>>> still
>>> couldn't make IE crash??
>>>
>>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>>
>>> On 7/18/2006 at 5:24 PM Pablo Garayzabal wrote:
>>> Hi Geoff,
>>>
>>> This is a real website problem I am dealing with. The example
>>> shown in
>>> dinamik.es is just a dummy simplification trying to debug it. (I
>>> didnt find
>>> it just testing, I wish I had time for that these days!!)
>>>
>>> The window.onunload method is commented since my first post.
>>>
>>> Heres the source code if you want to test:
>>>  http://www.dinamik.es/test/source.zip
>>>
>>> Thank you for your answer, and enjoy your holidays!!
>>> Pablo.
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> De: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
>>> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] En nombre de Geoff
>>> Stearns
>>> Enviado el: martes, 18 de julio de 2006 14:07
>>> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>>> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>>>
>>> thanks for the extra testing... i haven't had time to verify this
>>> yet (i'm
>>> on vacation in europe until saturday night)
>>>
>>> I first thought that this might be related to the cleanUpSWFs()
>>> function i
>>> added in to address a streaming bug that popped up when you use
>>> innerHTML to
>>> write the <object> tag in IE, but if it happens with just 2 movies,
>>> i'm not
>>> sure that's the case.
>>>
>>> if you have time, try commenting out the part that adds the
>>> window.onunload
>>> method and see if that helps. aside from that i'll have to take a
>>> closer
>>> look at it when i have more time (next week)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 18, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Pablo Garayzabal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First of all, I want to thank Geoff for his great and useful code.
>>>
>>> I found a bug affecting Flash player 9.
>>>
>>> When you try to establish two ExternalInterface callBacks for two
>>> different
>>> swfobjects, the page crashes in Internet Explorer 6 and Flash
>>> player 9.
>>>
>>> This is the environment:
>>>
>>> One html containing 2 different SWFObjects.
>>>
>>> Each swf with its unique Id
>>>
>>> Each swf with a different  ExternalInterface callBack method name.
>>> (Calling
>>> different javascript functions)
>>>
>>> In flash player 8 works fine. In flash player 9 the page crashes:
>>>
>>> - Out of memory message when trying to execute a getURL method from
>>> any swf
>>> movie.
>>> - Displacement of the swfs from their original position.
>>> - Clicking a simple <a href =whatever.html> html tag takes about
>>> 30-40
>>> seconds to execute. Then out of memory message
>>> - Out of memory at line ## error
>>> - Stack overflow at line ## error
>>>
>>> Downgrading to SWFObject v1.4.1 fixes the displacement problem.
>>>
>>> Source code and example at http://www.dinamik.es/test/
>>>
>>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Pablo.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> SWFObject mailing list
>>> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
>>> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> SWFObject mailing list
>>> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
>>> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SWFObject mailing list
>> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
>> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SWFObject mailing list
>> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
>> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> SWFObject mailing list
> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SWFObject mailing list
> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com