The Flash .swf displays just fine in IE8:
http://www.capitalareamodellers.ca/flash/countdown.swf
So that eliminates the "IE can't display" scenario.
That leaves the code on the page as the most likely culprit.
Starting here:
<p><script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
If "it has worked for years" and" I recently updated"...
the <p> tag may have inadvertently been added. This may be taking out the .swfobject script.
Second, for some reason, we see a lot of IE conditional statements used when placing Flash on the Web page...
So a good place to look for problems when
It works properly in safari, chrome, firefox and opera
but NOT IE, is to look at the IE "conditional statements".... if browser is IE do this.... if not IE do this other stuff.
My advise, get rid of ALL the IE conditional stuff and just use the single <object> method:
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.capitalareamodellers.ca/flash/countdown.swf" width="200" height="120">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.capitalareamodellers.ca/flash/countdown.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
<param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
<!-- The browser displays the following alternative content for users with Flash Player 6.0 and older. -->
<div>
<h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.g if" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
</div>
</object>
notice... this is just the second <object> with the <param name="movie"... added (for IE).
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator
