[SWFObject] Problems with Flash 6 and swfobject 1.4.4

[jakob neander]

Has anyone else had a chance to test this? Is it just me (even though
I can recreate it on every computer I can get my greedy little hands
on, 6 different computers so far)?

regards
Jakob Neander

On 9/6/06, jakob neander <jakob.neander at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I love the script, but I've been having problems with the latest
> version. I started getting complaints that our website would crash or
> "disappear". I was unable to recreate the problem until I used the
> uninstaller from Adobes site and installed Flash Player 6 from
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266.
>
> The problem seems to be the same that is described here:
> http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/01/11/getvariable-setvariable-crash-internet-explorer-flash-6/
> I don't use Express Install, I don't specify a minor version only "6"
> and I don't use the getPlayerVersion() function alone (the three cases
> described that could still cause it).
>
> I have actually gotten that exact error pictured there once, but most
> of the time the browser just disappears. No error messages, the
> current window just dies. A friend of mine had the same problem, his
> solution was to downgrade to FlashObject 1.3c. My solution was to
> change the version parameter from "6" to "7".
>
> I have set up three testpages to verify for myself:
> http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/flashobject.html (flashobject 1.3c)
> http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject.html (swfobject 1.4.4
> checking for version "6")
> http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject7.html (swfobject 1.4.4
> checking for version "7")
> (The movie is one of the sample movies from adobes homepage)
>
> Clicking again on each page just links back to the same page, on
> flashobject.html and swfobject7.html I can do this over and over,
> flashobject.html showing the flash and swfobject7.html showing the
> fallback. swfobject.html however will show the flash, but when I click
> the "again" link it will crash, if not the first or second time then
> at least the third.
>
> Is there some way that the bug was reintroduced? Or is it something
> else I have done wrong/missed.
>
> Regards
> Jakob Neander
>