IE6 problem: JS to dynamicly create a page holding flash object.

helinga · Jun 10, 2008

Hi there,

I have this simple code which basically creates a new window holding a video player via SWFobject. The new window is created when the user click on a certain button on a flash interface so I use getURL() function.

The code works mint on FF, Opera but under IE6 the window doesn't open at all.

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getURL("javascript:win=window.open('','newWin','width=512,height=384,left=50,top=50,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=yes,fullscreen=no');win.focus();void(0);win.document.write(%22<HTML><TITLE>Video Preview</TITLE><BODY leftmargin='0' topmargin='0' bgcolor='black'><div id='container'><a href='

http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'><font

color=white>Get the latest Flash Player to see this video.</a></font></div><script type='text/javascript' src='js/swfobject.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>var s1 = new SWFObject('mediaplayer.swf','mediaplayer','512','384','7');s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');s1.addVariable('width','512');s1.addVariable('height','384');s1.addVariable('autostart','true');s1.addVariable('file','"+escape(big.video)+"');s1.write('container');</script></BODY></HTML>%22);", "_self");
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note: escape(big.video) is the escape code value of the var big.video which holds an URL to a movie (basically the file that must be played).

I tried all kinds of things to make it work under IE6 - Using standard <object> tag for example instead SWFobject. I'm pretty sure that the code 'breaks' only when - mediaplayer.swf is accessed. Maybe some sort of protection? Anybody have any idea what may be causing this?

Thanks
L. Ivanov.

BillyRayPreachersSon · Jun 10, 2008

What does 'getURL' do? Why do you need to wrap all that JS in a call to it? Does it work without the 'getURL' call?

P.S. 'font' tags are deprecated and have been for some time. Consider using CSS instead.

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helinga · Jun 11, 2008

Hi BillyRayPreachersSon,

getURL is a standart flash function. I has to be there in this case so that flash can execute JS or open an adress.

example:
getURL("

http://www.mysite.com",

"_blank");

Yep I know about the font tag

But I was beeing lazy and also its simple and works on all browsers.

However my problem remains. Since I've tried adding flash both with SWFobject and the (standard) object tag. I'm starting to think that adding flash content via document.write(....."myflash.swf"....) breaks in all cases under IE6.

One thing I haven't tried is using externalInterface (flash) this basically calls JS functions directly from the page that holds the main flash.

Flash calls JS via ExternalInterface >>> JS function writes a new window and adds the new flash object to it with object tag or swfobject.

But I still doubt it will work tho since I think document.write() is what is causing this.

Is there any other way to write content to a document except document.write() is JS ?

Thanks
L. Ivanov.

helinga · Jun 11, 2008

Found the simplest of solutions for me.

So:
Flash calls JS
but instead of using document.write()
I call a PHP file (while parsing to it the video URL)
and create the JS/HTML for the swfobject

presto

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