[SWFObject] SWFObjects handling of FlashVars for IE browser

[Derek Tonn]

Geoff,

I'm a couple weeks late to this discussion (just joined the listserv 
tonight!), but I am experiencing the identical problem that Jonathan. 
And I did notice one VERY important common thread between us: the use of 
magnification technologies from Zoomify (www.zoomify.com).  Under the 
current/"old" zoomify embed code, things looked like this:


<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
CODEBASE="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" 
WIDTH="700" HEIGHT="450">
           <PARAM NAME="FlashVars" 
VALUE="zoomifyImagePath=http://www.mapformation.com/images/portfolio/campus/onu3D/">
           <PARAM NAME="MENU" VALUE="FALSE">
		  <param name=bgcolor value=#A7A690>
           <PARAM NAME="SRC" 
VALUE="http://www.mapformation.com/images/zoom/zoomifyViewer.swf">
		  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
           <EMBED 
FlashVars="zoomifyImagePath=http://www.mapformation.com/images/portfolio/campus/onu3D/" 
wmode="transparent" bgcolor=#A7A690 
SRC="http://www.mapformation.com/images/zoom/zoomifyViewer.swf" 
MENU="false" 
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" 
  WIDTH="700" HEIGHT="450"></EMBED>
   </OBJECT>


Using your swfObject solution, my code looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript" 
src="../../templates/scripts/swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="flashcontent">3D Perspective Campus Map of Ohio Northern 
University, complete with magnification functionality using Zoomify 
technology.</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var so = new 
SWFObject("http://www.mapformation.com/images/zoom/zoomifyViewer.swf", 
"mymovie", "700", "450", "6", "#A7A690");
    so.addParam("FlashVars", 
"zoomifyImagePath=http://www.mapformation.com/images/portfolio/campus/onu3D/");
    so.addParam("MENU", "FALSE");
    so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
    so.write("flashcontent");
</script>


Your code is a lot cleaner!  However, no "zoomify" functionality after a 
refresh in MSIE.  This is a BIG problem for me, since my site makes 
heavy use of Zoomify technology.  Any ideas?  At minimum, I wanted to 
see if I could help Jonathan at least know he's not alone in his 
struggles....as well as about the "common thread" of Zoomify between us. 
  Essentially what Zoomify does is load one common .swf "Viewer" file, 
then variably-load hundreds or even thousands of spliced .jpgs into it 
from many different folders/directories.  Works like a charm across all 
browsers....until this recent issue with MSIE.

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

Derek

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On 25 Apr 2006, at 16:02, Geoff Stearns wrote:

 > so just to clarify:
 >
 > you load a flash movie that has flashvars passed in
 >
 > in IE, if you hit reload, the flashvars no longer show up inside
 > the movie?
 >
 > Can you go to my SWFObject test page and hit refresh and see if the
 > vars don't show up anymore?
 >
 > this page:
 > http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.html
 > has a string of text passed in - you can see it printed out saying
 > "this is passed in via flashvars..."
 >
 > hit reload on that page and see if the string still shows up.