[SWFObject] Problems with Flash 6 and swfobject 1.4.4

[jakob neander]

Works great at work too, hooray!

regards
Jakob Neander

On 9/16/06, jakob neander <jakob.neander at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Geoff!
>
> Since I'm not at work during the weekend (I know, I'm lazy) I can only
> do a limited test on my home machine, but this version seems to work
> perfectly so far. My home machine would as I said crash on this:
> http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject.html
>
> but this:
> http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject2.html
> works like a charm, no crashes no matter how many times I click again.
>
> Can't wait for it to be properly released, great work!
>
> regards
> Jakob Neander
>
> On 9/15/06, Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com> wrote:
> > Hey Jakob: I  updated swfobject for the next version (not released
> > yet, but soonish) and I added a change that will hopefully fix your
> > crashing issues.
> >
> > Could you try using this updated version and see if it causes a crash
> > for you?
> >
> > http://blog.deconcept.com/code/swfobject2.0/swfobject.js
> >
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Sep 12, 2006, at 6:24 AM, jakob neander wrote:
> >
> > > I did som additional testing by downloading older scripts from
> > > http://svn.deconcept.com/swfobject/ and found that for me the breaking
> > > point seems to be 1.4.2. Everything up to and including 1.4.1 works,
> > > but starting with 1.4.2 I can recreate the crash every time. Hope this
> > > helps.
> > >
> > > If anyone else wants to test, I just added some more pages:
> > > http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject14.html <- works
> > > http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject141.html <- works
> > > http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject142.html <- crash
> > > http://www.cowmob.nu/~tum/flashobject/swfobject143.html <- crash
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Jakob Neander
> > >
> > > On 9/11/06, Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com> wrote:
> > >> i haven't had time to do any testing, i'll try to get to it next
> > >> weekend.
> > >>
> > >> if anyone else wants to do some testing, that would be cool.
> > >>
> > >> one thing to check: try removing the cleanupSWFs functionality that i
> > >> added in 1.4.4 and see if that fixes the crashing.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sep 11, 2006, at 10:02 AM, jakob neander wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 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
> > >>>>
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