[SWFObject] Replacements for ../ and BASE attribute?
Dan Bohea
dan at timetravelmedia.com
Mon May 15 16:26:02 PDT 2006
getURL calls relative to my root don't seem to do anything (not even
navigate to the wrong page). I seem to remember trying to do that when I
first started this site and couldn't get it to work then either (hence
tracking down the Adobe tech note).
Any other ideas? Anyone? Anyone at all?
Dan.
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Dan Bohea
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Time Travel Media - Multimedia Design
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<http://www.timetravelmedia.com/> www.timetravelmedia.com
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From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
[mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Stearns
Sent: 15 May 2006 23:52
To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Replacements for ../ and BASE attribute?
hmm, well i have to admit i've never had to use the base parameter, but i
always thought that it only affected loading files *into* your swf, not when
using getURL.
you could fix your problem by changing your getURL calls to be relative to
your root, though.
isntead of getURL("contact.html"); do getURL("/contact.html");
then it doesn't matter what directory it's in.
On May 15, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Dan Bohea wrote:
Ok. Thanks. That's fixed Problem 1.
I still can't get the base script to work though. Tests reveal that when I
try navigating via the swf file (from a buried page) I just get an error
page saying that the page doesn't exist, quoting a url that sure enough
doesn't exist (as though the base script isn't being recognised).
I was using a base of "." before I tried swfObject (this seemed to work
fine). I've also now tried "/" and "mywebsite's url.com/" - still the same
problem.
Here's a link to a page displaying this exact symptom:
http://www.timetravelmedia.com/case_studies/cdrom/bc400_album.html
Try clicking on the briefcase icon in the swf file at the very top of the
page. It should browse to http://www.timetravelmedia.com/portfolio.html but
instead it tries to browse to
http://www.timetravelmedia.com/case_studies/cdrom/portfolio.html (which
doesn't exist).
The script for the swfObject starts on line 28.
Any ideas folks?
Thank you sooo much for your help so far and speedy quick replies.
Dan.
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Dan Bohea
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Time Travel Media - Multimedia Design
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<http://www.timetravelmedia.com/> www.timetravelmedia.com
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From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
[mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Stearns
Sent: 15 May 2006 23:06
To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Replacements for ../ and BASE attribute?
for #1, it should work just fine, it's probably just a path issue.
you said that your swf is 2 folders down from your html page, but you only
have one ../ there.
maybe try ../../flash_file.swf ?
for #2, you can use all of the same parameters that you normally would use,
so if you want to use the base parameter, you can use it like this:
so.addParam("base", "/");
(or whatever base path you need instead of the '/')
On May 15, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Dan Bohea wrote:
Hi List. Thank you so much for all your hard work. You're saving my ass.
I'm fairly new to a lot of this kind of stuff so be gentle..
I have the swfObject working on a basic level but cannot figure out how to
get round the following 2 problems:
Problem 1:
Some of my html pages are in a folder, 2 directories down from the swf file
to be embedded. Normally I would just insert the swf file location as
"../flash_file.swf" as opposed to just "flash_file.swf". This doesn't seem
to work using swfObject. For example, the following script doesn't load my
swf at all:
var so = new SWFObject("../flash_file.swf", "mymovie", "200", "100", "7",
"#336699");
so.write("flashcontent");
This problem also seems to stop swf files from being displayed when I
publish from a Template in Dreamweaver. This isn't the end of the world,
but sometimes I'd like to see how the swf sits in the page, even if it is
only a Template.
Problem 2:
Simliar to problem 1. I have pages in folders that are 2 directories down
from the swf file to be embedded. This swf file acts as a navigaion bar for
the website. In order for the nav to work once it's loaded in to one of the
'buried in folders' pages, I normally have to use the BASE attribute when
the swf is inserted. I got this tip from here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view
<http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&id=KC.tn_04
157&extid=tn_04157&dialogID=29269559&iterationID=1&sessionID=9630dc11c536616
17c69&stateID=0+0+29277289&mode=simple>
&id=KC.tn_04157&extid=tn_04157&dialogID=29269559&iterationID=1&sessionID=963
0dc11c53661617c69&stateID=0+0+29277289&mode=simple
Any ideas?
Regards,
Dan.
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