Flash won't load in IE but works in other browsers

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Flash won't load in IE but works in other browsers

buclong

1:45 pm on Jan 31, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hey ya'll,

For some reason this .swf won't load in IE. It works fine in FireFox and Netscape, but for some reason all I see is a blank white box in IE. Here is the code.

I'm really drawing a blank. Any input would really help out a lot. thanks so much. -Buki

whoisgregg

12:21 am on Feb 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hi buclong, Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

You may want to read this recent thread [webmasterworld.com] with some good help that probably applies to your situation.

If the embed and param doesn't help, then post back here and we'll see what else we can suggest. :)

buclong

2:42 am on Feb 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hey everyone,
I took a look at some other ideas that were suggested to me...I applied the changes...before it was

I've made some changes and added the embed element. It still isn't working in IE. I don't know if I'm making a syntax error or what...but it's not working.

This is what I have now...

Any input is really appreciated...

Thanks again,

-Buki

whoisgregg

3:16 am on Feb 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

The code you posted has a different URL in the embed as compared to the param and the param is named "uits" instead of "movie". Try this code and see if it works:

I think this should work for you. :)

buclong

3:38 am on Feb 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

That worked great...thanks so much...I knew I was making a stupid mistake.

Have a good one guys!

zynk

4:30 pm on Mar 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

iv got the same problem but whatever i do it wont work could anyone plz check and see what im doing wrong plz

thank you very much
jordan

my site is www.zynk.co.uk

in mozilla the site works fine all flash shows, but in exploxer there is a big white screen where the flash should be

the code im using is

im really stuck :(

whoisgregg

12:19 am on Mar 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hello zynk, welcome to WebmasterWorld!

You've got the same issue described above, mismatched param/embed URL's:

<param name="movie" value="flash/main1.swf">
is different than
<embed src="flash/main.swf" quality="high" ...

They both need to point to the same file. :)

zynk

11:46 am on Mar 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

hey i did what u said but its still showing a white box, my code now reads:

thanks for help hopefully you can work out this now lol
cheers :)
jordan

whoisgregg

10:47 pm on Mar 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

Zynk, I'm not sure exactly what in your code is making it not work in Explorer. I can say for sure that there are some syntax errors.You have multiple params with empty and malformed values.

For example:
<param name="FlashVars" value>

Should at least read:
<param name="FlashVars" value="">

Or it should just be deleted if it's empty anyways, right? Perhaps Explorer is choking on these. Also, you would be well served to empty your cache, clear your history, etc. to ensure that you aren't just pulling up the old code instead of the new code.

zynk

12:14 am on Mar 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

nope that didnt work lol
i pretty much ripped it apart and got just this piece of code now

still not working however :(
any more help would be appreciated
thanks
zynk

whoisgregg

11:05 pm on Mar 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

You've got those mismatched URLs again:

<param name="movie" value="flash/main1.swf">
<embed src="flash/main.swf"

That code looks good though, other than that. No reason why it shouldn't work... Have you tried testing on a different machine?

zynk

11:27 pm on Mar 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

i got it working :)
i dont know what i did but it now works on both ,
thanks for all the help man