[SWFObject] BUG FOUND

Mon Jul 24 16:47:33 PDT 2006

I'm able to find the functions.  Does anyone know how to remove one  
of them?

On Jul 24, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Geoff Stearns wrote:

> well that's what i was afraid of... kinda bad news.
>
> there may be a small chance to fix it... when the player initializes,
> it inserts some js into the page... if we can watch what it's
> inserting, and remove the 'bad' code, then we might be able to fix it.
>
> i'm not sure i have time to do it this week, but if someone else can
> find ways to watch what js is being inserted (maybe just write some
> js that loops through all the javascript functions on the page after
> it's done loading and the flash player is initialized?) then we could
> try removing the functions one by one and see if that fixes the  
> problem.
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:35 PM, Pablo Garayzábal wrote:
>
>>
>> The problem DOES NOT disappear using <object>, <embed> tags  
>> instead of
>> SWFObject.js!!
>>
>> http://www.dinamik.es/test/normalEmbed.html
>>
>> So... it has to be a flash player 9 bug, not a SWFObject problem!.
>>
>> I think Adobe should be informed about it.
>>
>> Anybody knows how to do it? (any direct link or email for flash  
>> player
>> bugs)?
>>
>> Do you think they'll do something to fix it?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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 22:39
>> Para: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
>> Asunto: Re: [SWFObject] BUG FOUND
>>
>> 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.
>>>>>
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