[SWFObject] Short Param name problem

[Aran Rhee]

Nathan.

A fix was implemented in 1.4.2. Please update to 1.44 and see if that sorts
out your issue.

Cheers,
Aran 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com 
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of 
> Nathan L.Hoover
> Sent: Friday, 29 September 2006 12:47 AM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: [SWFObject] Short Param name problem
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been using the 1.4 version of SWFObject for about six 
> months, and are loving the script. It definitely solves a lot 
> of my usability problems.
> 
> However, after implementing a new online store, I found an 
> issue with the getQueryParamValue function for the embed. The 
> problem was that the store was adding a GET variable for 
> "osCid", and my SWF is using a GET variable named "d". So if 
> the osCid variable was set, the SWFObject embed would pick it 
> up and assign it to my d variable. Obviously, this produced 
> non-expected results.
> 
> I fixed the problem by modifying the getRequestParameter 
> function on line 118:
> 
> // Modified the getRequestParameter function to account for 
> short GET variable names that // may be part of a larger GET 
> variable name
> 	deconcept.util={getRequestParameter:function(_2b)
> 	{
> 		var q=document.location.search||document.location.hash;
> 		if(q)
> 		{
> 			var _2d=q.indexOf("?"+_2b+"=");
> 			if( _2d == -1 )
> 				_2d=q.indexOf("&"+_2b+"=");
> 			
> 			if(q.length > 1 && _2d > -1 )
> 			{
> 				var _2e=(q.indexOf("&",_2d) > 
> -1) ? q.indexOf("&",_2d):q.length;
> 				return 
> q.substring(q.indexOf("=",_2d)+1,_2e);
> 			}
> 		}
> 		return "";
> 	}
> This is in no way an elegance solution to the problem, but it 
> works for me. Thanks for all of the hard work.
> 
> 								
> 				Nathan
> 
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