Problem with Flash Header

I have found a solution to my error in FireFox. I believe my error is due to the fact that I an using swfobject.js version 2.1 and not one of the older versions. If you look on http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/api you will see new code. Below is some of the SWFObject JavaScript API documentation found on that page. They indicate that "SWFObject 2 contains an API that allows JavaScript developers to reuse SWFObject's internal functions and aims to deliver a complete tool set for publishing SWF's and retrieving Flash player related information."

They say the following:

**Don't specify the following attributes: **
• classid:"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" (SWFObject publishes this automatically for Internet Explorer on Windows)
• type:"application/x-shockwave-flash" (SWFObject publishes this automatically for all browsers except Internet Explorer on Windows)
• codebase:"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" (deprecated)

**Don't specify the following param element: **
• movie (use the object element's data attribute instead, SWFObject publishes this automatically for Internet Explorer on Windows)

**A basic example: **

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>SWFObject - low level dynamic publishing example</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    if (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("6.0.0")) {
      var fn = function() {
        var att = { data:"test.swf", width:"780", height:"400" };
        var par = { flashvars:"foo=bar" };
        var id = "replaceMe";
        var myObject = swfobject.createSWF(att, par, id);
      };
      swfobject.addDomLoadEvent(fn);
    }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="replaceMe">Alternative content</div>
  </body>
</html>

I modified the above code example (changed path & swf file name that I used in my previous postings) and it worked very well. No errors in FireFox. And the path was found.

The only question I have is how to get the swf to loop. When I find out I will post.

I hope the above has been helpful.

Just to finish this up. The question I had about looping the swf has nothing to do with the code above. I can now loop with the best of them. To loop or not to loop is in the construction of the swf file.

Pleased to hear finally working correctly.
:clap:

I am also very happy (and a bit tired trying to get this to process correctly).

A note of thanks to everyone who watches and contributes to these threads. Zen Cart would not be as successful and responsive to each of our needs without your help. It would be very, very difficult for the Zen masters to respond to all (and there are a lot of us) of our needs. Again, thank you.

hi all i will write a tutorial on how to use flash or swish and embbed it into zencart. witch also gets variables from Zen cart so i can have a working login and logout button with changing status and can get other variables into flash like shopping cart and prices... also it will be SEO friendly...

please let me know if you would be interested. i installed flash headers succesful in 2 shopping carts that i made... check it out

https://www.pong360.com/store
https://www.evadisplays.com/store/index.php&site_name=evadisplays_2008

best wishes,
Anton

p.s. let me know if you have any questions.

I believe that a good Tutorial, FAQ or addition to Wiki (Using Flash) would be beneficial to all. I believe that this information needs to be very specific, include examples and be complete in and of itself. Of course, links are to be provided, but the discussion need to be self contained, and timely. (I say this because, as I found, PHP code will very based on the JavaScript being used to execute the process.) In the discussion you may want to include:

• A discussion about why one would/would not use flash.
• A discussion about why one would/would not use audio with flash.
• A simple discussion as to various ways to use flash.
• A small discussion about the difference between FLA and SWF files.
• A discussion about various programs that one could use to convert various video files, say avi, mpg, wmv etc. to swf would be good.
• A discussion of typical problems and their solutions
• A discussion of best practices

I am sure that the forum would be able to add, advise, and enhance any material provided so that the final product would be accessible to the most people.

Good luck in your endeavor.

You sites look great

I was wondering if there is a simple way to make the flash header change with resolution sizes?

This is my flash banner code. I have the width set to 100% however I have the actually flash file at like 1700 pixles because it will work whenever thre resolution is much higher. The problem is it is hard to make a flash banner because it is such a huge width.

<div><script type="text/javascript" src="includes/templates/arch_shoppe/jscipt/swfobject.js"></script>
 <div id="flashcontent">
   <center>
   
    



<embed
src="stxbanner.swf"
width=100%
height="110"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"
/>

Here is the code for my image which replaces the flash banner on the other pages

<html>


<body>
<?php
echo '<img src="images/Stxbanner image header.jpg" width=100% height=100% border="0" />'; 
?>

</body>

</html>

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to get this working for other resolutions.

I can make Flash work on either IE7 or Fire Fox but not both :(

I got flash to work on FireFox with the HTML insert, but not on IE7, I swiched it to pull up the jscript now it work in IE7 but not on FireFox???

Please Help!

Hi 1fghjkl,
I am not a programer. However, I do know that my post 121 will work for both IE7 and Firefox 2. This may not help resolve your code problem, but it may give you a different path that will work.

Good luck.

welchyboy:

I was wondering if there is a simple way to make the flash header change with resolution sizes?

This is my flash banner code. I have the width set to 100% however I have the actually flash file at like 1700 pixles because it will work whenever thre resolution is much higher. The problem is it is hard to make a flash banner because it is such a huge width.

<embed src="stxbanner.swf" width=100% height="110" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" />

> 
> ```
<html>


<body>
<?php
echo '<img src="images/Stxbanner image header.jpg" width=100% height=100% border="0" />'; 
?>

</body>

</html>
```Please let me know if there is anything I can do to get this working for other resolutions.

You'll have better luck using swfObject 2.0.. Set swfObject to load with any other scripts you have... Place it in your javascapt folder and rename it to jscript_swfobject.js

Now use something like this where ever you want it to work..

1fghjkl: In a nutshell, IE reads the Object tag for swf files and FF reads the Embed tag... the above swfObject code works on both types of browsers.

Sawhorse: If your looking for Flash tutorials and such, flashkit.com is good I get allot of ideas from them.

Thank you Davewest & Sawhorse for responding:) Unfortunately I still can't get it working.

*I tried this script and I get a blank flash box in IE and nothing shows up in FireFox- *

*When I Try loading off of swobject.js all I get is "This Text is replaced by Flash movie" in both IE and FireFox. The good news is at least it's doing the same thing in both *

Thanks in advance for the help-

Not sure why JS code would be used over just using the OBJECT tag, but sometimes to help clear up problems you should use a full URL for the ".swf" file. Flash has built-in security and if using a relative link without a 'crossdomain.xml' file, you can run into problems.

Also and to my knowledge, only Safari requires the EMBED tag. Although first invented by Netscape the EMBED tag was never picked up as a Standard. The OBJECT tag was and works just fine for all Browsers but Safari. You can see an example used with the Wimpy Player, which is only using the OBJECT tag. So Safari users beware. :wink:

1fghjkl:

<script type="text/javascript"> swfobject.embedSWF("fitness_mega_flash.swf", "fitness_mega_flash.swf", "430", "390", "7.0.0"); </script> <div id="myContent"><img src="images/large/fitness_mega_flash.swf" hight="430" width="390"/></div>

If the above is what you have, then you have to many swf's. It's different depending on version of swfObject, but assuming you're using version 2.0. The code follows (FILE, LOCATION, HIGHT, WIDTH, FLASH VERSION, PARAMS)

Your code should read..

<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.embedSWF("fitness_mega_flash.swf", "myContent", "430", "390", "7.0.0");
</script>
<div id="myContent"><p>Anything you want here</p></div>

The alternate content 'Anything you want here' only shows when scripting is turned off. Also I'm assuming your swf is in the root and not in a folder some where.

I got the code to work this is what I have

<div id="flashcontent">

  <strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player in order to see the animated menu. 
    <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" target="_blank">www.Adobe.com</a>

</strong>

 </div>

 <script type="text/javascript">

  // <![CDATA[

  var so = new SWFObject("example.swf", "example", "100%", "110", "6", "#ffffff");

  so.write("flashcontent");

  // ]]>

 </script>

However it appears that I still have to make the flash very wide did i do something wrong? I added the java file but i am not sure it is referencing it right or something.

This is my java file

/**
 * SWFObject v1.4.4: Flash Player detection and embed -http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
 *
 * SWFObject is (c) 2006 Geoff Stearns and is released under the MIT License:
 * *http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *
 * **SWFObject is the SWF embed script formerly known as FlashObject. The name was changed for
 *   legal reasons.
 */
if(typeof deconcept=="undefined"){var deconcept=new Object();}
if(typeof deconcept.util=="undefined"){deconcept.util=new Object();}
if(typeof deconcept.SWFObjectUtil=="undefined"){deconcept.SWFObjectUtil=new Object();}
deconcept.SWFObject=function(_1,id,w,h,_5,c,_7,_8,_9,_a,_b){if(!document.getElementById){return;}
this.DETECT_KEY=_b?_b:"detectflash";
this.skipDetect=deconcept.util.getRequestParameter(this.DETECT_KEY);
this.params=new Object();
this.variables=new Object();
this.attributes=new Array();
if(_1){this.setAttribute("swf",_1);}
if(id){this.setAttribute("id",id);}
if(w){this.setAttribute("width",w);}
if(h){this.setAttribute("height",h);}
if(_5){this.setAttribute("version",new deconcept.PlayerVersion(_5.toString().split(".")));}
this.installedVer=deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion();
if(c){this.addParam("bgcolor",c);}
var q=_8?_8:"high";
this.addParam("quality",q);
this.setAttribute("useExpressInstall",_7);
this.setAttribute("doExpressInstall",false);
var _d=(_9)?_9:window.location;
this.setAttribute("xiRedirectUrl",_d);
this.setAttribute("redirectUrl","");
if(_a){this.setAttribute("redirectUrl",_a);}};
deconcept.SWFObject.prototype={setAttribute:function(_e,_f){
this.attributes[_e]=_f;
},getAttribute:function(_10){
return this.attributes[_10];
},addParam:function(_11,_12){
this.params[_11]=_12;
},getParams:function(){
return this.params;
},addVariable:function(_13,_14){
this.variables[_13]=_14;
},getVariable:function(_15){
return this.variables[_15];
},getVariables:function(){
return this.variables;
},getVariablePairs:function(){
var _16=new Array();
var key;
var _18=this.getVariables();
for(key in _18){_16.push(key+"="+_18[key]);}
return _16;},getSWFHTML:function(){var _19="";
if(navigator.plugins&&navigator.mimeTypes&&navigator.mimeTypes.length){
if(this.getAttribute("doExpressInstall")){
this.addVariable("MMplayerType","PlugIn");}
_19="<embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\""+this.getAttribute("swf")+"\" width=\""+this.getAttribute("width")+"\" height=\""+this.getAttribute("height")+"\"";
_19+=" id=\""+this.getAttribute("id")+"\" name=\""+this.getAttribute("id")+"\" ";
var _1a=this.getParams();
for(var key in _1a){_19+=[key]+"=\""+_1a[key]+"\" ";}
var _1c=this.getVariablePairs().join("&");
if(_1c.length>0){_19+="flashvars=\""+_1c+"\"";}_19+="/>";
}else{if(this.getAttribute("doExpressInstall")){this.addVariable("MMplayerType","ActiveX");}
_19="<object id=\""+this.getAttribute("id")+"\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\""+this.getAttribute("width")+"\" height=\""+this.getAttribute("height")+"\">";
_19+="<param name=\"movie\" value=\""+this.getAttribute("swf")+"\" />";
var _1d=this.getParams();
for(var key in _1d){_19+="<param name=\""+key+"\" value=\""+_1d[key]+"\" />";}
var _1f=this.getVariablePairs().join("&");
if(_1f.length>0){_19+="<param name=\"flashvars\" value=\""+_1f+"\" />";}_19+="</object>";}
return _19;
},write:function(_20){
if(this.getAttribute("useExpressInstall")){
var _21=new deconcept.PlayerVersion([6,0,65]);
if(this.installedVer.versionIsValid(_21)&&!this.installedVer.versionIsValid(this.getAttribute("version"))){
this.setAttribute("doExpressInstall",true);
this.addVariable("MMredirectURL",escape(this.getAttribute("xiRedirectUrl")));
document.title=document.title.slice(0,47)+" - Flash Player Installation";
this.addVariable("MMdoctitle",document.title);}}
if(this.skipDetect||this.getAttribute("doExpressInstall")||this.installedVer.versionIsValid(this.getAttribute("version"))){
var n=(typeof _20=="string")?document.getElementById(_20):_20;
n.innerHTML=this.getSWFHTML();return true;
}else{if(this.getAttribute("redirectUrl")!=""){document.location.replace(this.getAttribute("redirectUrl"));}}
return false;}};
deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.getPlayerVersion=function(){
var _23=new deconcept.PlayerVersion([0,0,0]);
if(navigator.plugins&&navigator.mimeTypes.length){
var x=navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
if(x&&x.description){_23=new deconcept.PlayerVersion(x.description.replace(/([a-zA-Z]|\s)+/,"").replace(/(\s+r|\s+b[0-9]+)/,".").split("."));}
}else{try{var axo=new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7");}
catch(e){try{var axo=new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6");
_23=new deconcept.PlayerVersion([6,0,21]);axo.AllowScriptAccess="always";}
catch(e){if(_23.major==6){return _23;}}try{axo=new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");}
catch(e){}}if(axo!=null){_23=new deconcept.PlayerVersion(axo.GetVariable("$version").split(" ")[1].split(","));}}
return _23;};
deconcept.PlayerVersion=function(_27){
this.major=_27[0]!=null?parseInt(_27[0]):0;
this.minor=_27[1]!=null?parseInt(_27[1]):0;
this.rev=_27[2]!=null?parseInt(_27[2]):0;
};
deconcept.PlayerVersion.prototype.versionIsValid=function(fv){
if(this.major<fv.major){return false;}
if(this.major>fv.major){return true;}
if(this.minor<fv.minor){return false;}
if(this.minor>fv.minor){return true;}
if(this.rev<fv.rev){
return false;
}return true;};
deconcept.util={getRequestParameter:function(_29){
var q=document.location.search||document.location.hash;
if(q){var _2b=q.substring(1).split("&");
for(var i=0;i<_2b.length;i++){
if(_2b[i].substring(0,_2b[i].indexOf("="))==_29){
return _2b[i].substring((_2b[i].indexOf("=")+1));}}}
return "";}};
deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.cleanupSWFs=function(){if(window.opera||!document.all){return;}
var _2d=document.getElementsByTagName("OBJECT");
for(var i=0;i<_2d.length;i++){_2d[i].style.display="none";for(var x in _2d[i]){
if(typeof _2d[i][x]=="function"){_2d[i][x]=function(){};}}}};
deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.prepUnload=function(){__flash_unloadHandler=function(){};
__flash_savedUnloadHandler=function(){};
if(typeof window.onunload=="function"){
var _30=window.onunload;
window.onunload=function(){
deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.cleanupSWFs();_30();};
}else{window.onunload=deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.cleanupSWFs;}};
if(typeof window.onbeforeunload=="function"){
var oldBeforeUnload=window.onbeforeunload;
window.onbeforeunload=function(){
deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.prepUnload();
oldBeforeUnload();};
}else{window.onbeforeunload=deconcept.SWFObjectUtil.prepUnload;}
if(Array.prototype.push==null){
Array.prototype.push=function(_31){
this[this.length]=_31;
return this.length;};}
var getQueryParamValue=deconcept.util.getRequestParameter;
var FlashObject=deconcept.SWFObject;
var SWFObject=deconcept.SWFObject;

welchyboy:

I got the code to work this is what I have

<strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player in order to see the animated menu.
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" target="_blank">www.Adobe.com</a>

> 
> 
> 
> This is my java file

Should upgrade to 2.0, 1.4 had issues with more then one movie on a page. also had conflicts with other mods. Try it without the %.  It needs the size and not a percentage. Flash movies should be able to expand without having to enlarge the file.  Why the cdata? I don't think RSS feed readers can do flash!

Davewest,
Thanks for the flashkit.com site address. It has some nice info. Some is a bit old, but there is a lot of good information. Like many people using ZC, I am not a programmer. We like to dabble, but we need help - all the help we can get. Thanks.

OK I am not sure exactly what you are saying but I have changed the code up to look like this...

<div><script type="text/javascript" src="includes/templates/arch_shoppe/jscipt/swfobject.js"></script>
 <div id="flashcontent">
   <center>
   
    



<embed
src="stxbanner.swf"
width=100%
height="110"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"
/>

For some reason I am not able to get it to work with your code. I can change the width to an actual px however if i set it to a certain number and the resolution is much bigger than that it won't stretch to fit that will it?

davewest:

Should upgrade to 2.0, 1.4 had issues with more then one movie on a page. also had conflicts with other mods. Try it without the %. It needs the size and not a percentage. Flash movies should be able to expand without having to enlarge the file. Why the cdata? I don't think RSS feed readers can do flash!

I just did a very quick read of some of the latest response in this thread. The only small comment I can help with is that one needs to be careful with your code depending on which version of swfObject you use. Code that was meant for the old 1.4 version will not work well using the 2.0 or 2.1 version of swfObject. And definently, code meant for version 2.1 will not work using the old swfObject 1.4. I found that out the hard way. So, the bottom line is one should stipulate the version of the swfObject when providing the code that will implement flash.

Anyone with any thoughts on how to get this working?