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1. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
For older versions, you might want to try here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=2
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2. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
Raymond,
That's perfect, thank you! I was goggling my head off trying to find a place like that. Now if I can just find the answer to my dilemma!
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3. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
Just wondering. Have you tried to leave out the "_self" as in:
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4. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
sephiroth wrote a firefox add-on that allows you to switch flash player versions in one (firefox) browser. -
5. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
fermp,
No, I haven't tried that. Maybe I should try parent too. I just reproduced the problem since I was able to download an older version of Flash for IE. It's happening just like she said... : /
I'll try your suggestions.
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7. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
I've been able to reproduce the problem on Mac OS 10.2, IE 5.2, Flash 8,0,34,0. My client has a newer version of OS 10 but I know she's using IE 5.2, Don't know about the Flash. I don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that the preloader uses LoadMovie to play the main movie or not. I know that had an effect on my sound buttons. I had to put .this in there, but I don't know how to do the syntax to try that with getURL. I'm not real savvy with actionscript.
By the way, I tried the 3 suggestions made by fermp and none of those worked.
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8. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
try removing chunks of code an whittling your swf to the minimum needed to display a problem.
there's no (correct) code that you could be using that would cause a getURL() failure in flash 8. there could be a pop-up blocker issue but if you're using _self for the target, that shouldn't be a problem. -
9. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
Hmmm, I don't know how I could get any more minimal than the code below. I've also done this with a relative path as well. In fact that's how it started and I thought the absolute path would cure it. I've done _self, _parent & " ".
I am wondering if there is some type of security thing that's happening here that would keep the page from changing? But no warning comes up. Actually in IE in Windows if I try this from my computer I get that usual warning about trying to access something online after I put that absolute path in, but nothing in the combo in question. Maybe something in the preferences for IE 5.2 although later versions of IE are much worse that way.
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11. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
I have the original misbehaving SWF file online, yes. My old Mac Powerbook is on dialup with no antivirus software, so I hesitate to go online with that unless I have to. But you're right, I should test it online too. (My main computer, a PC, is on broadband with antivirus)
I'll tell you something really weird about this. With the original SWF file when I have it connected to my web site as I do for testing the web site the buttons work for her. When I uploaded it to her web site on the same web host, different domain, the same file would not work. I haven't checked the HTML page it's embedded in really closely to see if there is a difference, but I actually downloaded the SWF file, from my web site and uploaded the same one to hers and it didn't work for her even though it worked for her on mine.
I'm using a preloader, a SWf file, made with SWF Lock 'n' Load that is the file that is loaded first and it calls the main SWF with LoadMovie from the preloader file. Unfortunately, SWF Lock 'n' Load does not make a .fla file to examine to see what's going on. I made the main movie myself in Flash 8.
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12. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
you can't use the same swf file in two different domains (unless you're using a relative path). the relative path should be from the _level0 html page. because you're using a preloader, that preloader's html file is the start path location.
if you don't edit the swfs when moved from your testing domain to your client's live domain you're going to have a problem: the paths you've been displaying are absolute paths and you will run into cross-domain security violations unless you have cross-domain policy files. -
13. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
I was not aware of that cross domain security issue, But actually the very original version of the SWF file used relative paths. I tried using the absolute paths to fix that before I put this on the Forum. All the files, the index.html that holds embedding SWF and the two SWF files are all in the same directory.
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14. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
and home.html is in the same folder with index.html and your relative path url is
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15. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
Yes I know that, thanks. I went ahead and put the code back in as I had had it originally, a relative path with "_self". It worked for my Mac with IE 5.2, (online and off) I will see if it works for hers. It's basically the way I first did it, but hey, you never know! This has always worked in Safari and always when I tested on a PC with Windows XP and Vista. (IE 6 & 7, Netscape, FF, Opera) So if the path has been wrong they would not have been working.
I'll let you know if this gets resolved.
Thanks,
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17. Re: GetURL:: works for all but my client!
Well, my client tried to upgrade her Flash and ended up with no Flash in IE because Flash 9 player does not support IE for the Mac. So-- I had her uninstall Flash 9 and gave her the link to Flash 8 which she installed and voila, now it works. So, she's happy, I'm happy and the rest is a mystery. So, that's all folks!!
Sue
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