[SWFObject] BUG FOUND
Jonathan Spooner
jspooner at aviatech.com
Tue Jul 25 09:46:26 PDT 2006
Here is my research on javaScript functions written out by Flash 9.
It seems Flash prefixes their functions with '__flash'. And not all
browsers get these functions.
Our favorite browser MSIE doesn't seem to get any of these __flash
functions.
The list below was from looping through the page object.
var myList;
for (var i in this) {
//if(typeof(this[i]) == "function") { // show only functions
myList += i +" "+ typeof(this[i]) + "<br/>\n";
// }
}
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = myList;
MSIE
onbeforeunload object
onafterprint object
top object
location object
parent object
offscreenBuffering string
frameElement object
onerror object
screen object
event object
clipboardData object
onresize object
defaultStatus string
onblur object
window object
onload function
onscroll object
screenTop number
onfocus object
Option object
length number
onbeforeprint object
frames object
self object
clientInformation object
external object
screenLeft number
opener undefined
onunload function
document object
closed boolean
history object
Image object
navigator object
status string
onhelp object
name string
MAC FIRE FOX 1.5.0.4
getInterface function
__flash__request function
__flash__toXML function
__flash__escapeXML function
__flash__objectToXML function
__flash__argumentsToXML function
__flash__arrayToXML function
onMyLoad function
myswfo2 object
window object
myswfo1 object
onload function
SWFObject function
FlashObject function
getQueryParamValue function
deconcept object
myflashExec2 function
myflashExec1 function
document object
console object
addEventListener function
location object
navigator object
Packages object
sun object
java object
netscape object
XPCNativeWrapper function
Components object
parent object
top object
scrollbars object
name string
scrollX number
scrollY number
scrollTo function
scrollBy function
getSelection function
scrollByLines function
scrollByPages function
sizeToContent function
prompt function
dump function
setTimeout function
setInterval function
clearTimeout function
clearInterval function
setResizable function
captureEvents function
releaseEvents function
routeEvent function
enableExternalCapture function
disableExternalCapture function
open function
openDialog function
frames object
find function
self object
screen object
history object
content object
menubar object
toolbar object
locationbar object
personalbar object
statusbar object
directories object
closed boolean
crypto object
pkcs11 object
controllers object
opener object
status string
defaultStatus string
innerWidth number
innerHeight number
outerWidth number
outerHeight number
screenX number
screenY number
pageXOffset number
pageYOffset number
scrollMaxX number
scrollMaxY number
length number
fullScreen boolean
alert function
confirm function
focus function
blur function
back function
forward function
home function
stop function
print function
moveTo function
moveBy function
resizeTo function
resizeBy function
scroll function
close function
updateCommands function
atob function
btoa function
frameElement object
removeEventListener function
dispatchEvent function
getComputedStyle function
SAFARI
EvalError function
RangeError function
ReferenceError function
SyntaxError function
TypeError function
URIError function
console function
myflashExec1 function
myflashExec2 function
deconcept object
getQueryParamValue function
FlashObject function
SWFObject function
myswfo1 object
[[DOMDocument.prototype]] object
document object
navigator object
clientInformation object
[[DOMElement.prototype]] object
[[DOMNode.prototype]] object
__flash_getWindowLocation function
__flash_getTopLocation function
myswfo2 object
onMyLoad function
[[DOMEvent.prototype]] object
event object
frames object
onmouseup object
NodeFilter object
CSSRule object
length number
print function
opener object
parent object
scrollX number
scrollY number
XMLSerializer object
menubar object
defaultStatus string
onblur object
confirm function
scrollBy function
pageXOffset number
pageYOffset number
Node object
toolbar object
Image object
onabort object
onmousemove object
scrollTo function
onsearch object
onmousewheel object
screenLeft number
onmouseover object
crypto undefined
screenTop number
Range object
status string
onreset object
onselect object
document object
onunload object
onerror object
innerHeight number
innerWidth number
defaultstatus string
name string
frameElement undefined
offscreenBuffering boolean
onscroll object
history object
Event object
onresize object
navigator object
self object
top object
clientInformation object
outerWidth number
getSelection function
blur function
locationbar object
DOMException object
setInterval function
scrollbars object
clearTimeout function
moveBy function
alert function
clearInterval function
personalbar object
Option object
closed boolean
focus function
location object
konqueror undefined
outerHeight number
screenX number
screenY number
statusbar object
scroll function
moveTo function
resizeBy function
resizeTo function
window object
screen object
XMLHttpRequest object
DOMParser object
prompt function
open function
setTimeout function
close function
captureEvents function
releaseEvents function
addEventListener function
removeEventListener function
onchange object
onclick object
ondblclick object
ondragdrop object
onfocus object
onkeydown object
onkeypress object
onkeyup object
onload function
onmousedown object
onmouseout object
onmove object
onsubmit object
onbeforeunload object
showModalDialog function
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On Jul 24, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Geoff Stearns wrote:
> could you give us a list of them?
>
> to unset them, try either setting it to null, or just setting it to
> an empty function:
>
> functionName = null;
>
> or
>
> functionName = new Function() {}
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Spooner wrote:
>
>> 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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