Ryan: When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server.
Aaron: I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE) and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page that didn't work and the deconcept example: If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would be the first place I would look. The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button (http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Potter Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to true but I don't think that is it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/ jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html ) It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see the JS. this is what it is supposed to do: when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: > I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is > your code on a server: > > http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron > Smith > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for > me. > > ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it > locally. I'll try it on a server. > > > > > On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: > >> Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? >> >> It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when >> uploaded and I am on windows too. >> >> I will look at your source. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron >> Smith >> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM >> To: Flashcoders mailing list >> Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. >> >> I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are >> using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. >> It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either >> Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. >> >> I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not >> figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines >> of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js >> method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. >> >> If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and >> Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for >> others it means we have a problem with our win machine. >> >> here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the >> src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file >> in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. >> >> I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a >> sec. >> >> >> thanks, >> smith >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com >> http://training.figleaf.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com >> http://training.figleaf.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
