Is Flash a Cross Browser!

Explorer Bug

[i8000]

I don’t believe this, we ran away from DHTMLs and others and took Flash as a substitute to avoid Cross Browsers problems, to find ourselves into another kind of Browsers kind of disclosures.

I have a flash file that calls smaller flash files into area defined inside it by NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons. FireFox plays it great but Explorer decided not to do so.
Normally the Flash file loads the 0.swf and waits for the guest to click NEXT to play 1.swf , 2.swf … etc. With Explorer it loads 0.swf and stops. The buttons for next and previous are frozen.

Not only this but also when you call the the flash file on its own outside its HTML file then Explorer has no problem at all to play it correctly and fully functional but if called from the HTML files, the buttons halts.

The code inside the HTML is as follows:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="382" height="600" id="play" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<param name="movie" value="play.swf">
<param name="loop" value="false">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">
<embed src="play.swf" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="382" height="600" name="play" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>
</object>

Any clue?
Thanks allot.
Mark

[Richard_N]

have you got the same version of flash player installed on both browsers?

[i8000]

I am not sure if the same Flash plugin is installed in the 2 browsers but if you run the flash file from IExplorer directly outside its HTML IE plays it right but not from inside its HTML

For Example:

[MyDomain.com...]
IE has no problem at all BUT if

[MyDomain.com...] while the play.swf is inside that SHTML as listed in the code above then IE starts playing junky.

I believe if IE won't play it due to plugin or version problem then it won't play it in either cases.

Thanks
Mark

[Richard_N]

not absolutely so, your embed code states version 7 if you open it directly IE makes its own decision.

What happens if you simply let flash create the html page for you when you publish, does it work then?

[i8000]

Ok I sent you a sticky message

Mark

[edited by: jatar_k at 4:36 pm (utc) on Oct. 15, 2005]
[edit reason] no emails thanks [/edit]

[i8000]

You might be right Richard, either like you said is the version plugin issue or my doubts are going to the
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

Anyhow I need to check both.

Mark

[Richard_N]

Its definately the flash version in IE just checked the URL looks ok in FF and IE

[i8000]

Yes Richard,

You were right from the start. I updated my Explorer flash player version and it worked just fine.

Thanks allot I appreciate.

By the way keep in touch we might have something to share together in the field of business.

Mark