Ooops, and ANOTHER couple of, dumb (I'm sure) questions.... 1) now that I have my links in the div, they do disappear as desired and my .swf launches fine (with the exception of it opening a folder window on top of the browser...see question above), but then I notice the user can't click the back button (it is disabled) to get back to the links that launched the .swf. Basically what I'm trying to do is I have an html page that has a bunch of links that should launch the same .swf, but each one causes different flashvars to be set. I want the user to be able to return to that links page. 2) I've followed the instructions (I think correctly) in the FAQ you referred to to make things size and scale correctly, but since (I think this is the reason), the links are now inside the <div> that contains the .swf content, the margin and padding makes the links appear all jammed up on the top left edge too.
Sorry to be such a dim bulb on all this, but as I mentioned, I've always just used the templates that get generated, and haven't learned all the nuances of making things look right on my own. I do VERY much appreciate your patient help. On May 25, 7:01 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > RE: #1 - SWFObject does require a width / height value, but it can be a > fixed or percentage value. You can control the size / position through a > wrapper <div> + CSS. It all depends on how you want to layout your page. If > you want the swf to always encompass 100% of the available w/h of the > browser, then check out FAQ #1 and the examples: > > http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/faq > > RE: #2 - SWFObject will replace the contents of the alternate content <div> > target you specify. If all of your links etc are in the <div>, then they > will get replaced when the swf is written to the page. Does that make sense? > > Aran > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks VERY much for your kind help. Here's my progress in chipping > > away at this problem... > > yes, the page works locally on my own machine (with some > > questions...see below), > > and a standard (i.e. using html template automagically generated by > > Flex in this case) embed works on my password protected server > > environment, and when I remove the password on the server and use > > this SWFObject stuff, the .swf shows up very briefly and then I > > immediately get kicked out to a page with a message saying Access > > Forbidden. Maybe I need to talk to my hosting service about why that > > might be. However, I DO have some questions about how it works > > locally. > > > 1) when I use the standard html template generated by Flex I don't > > have to specify a width and height for my .swf. And that way it > > scales and stretches appropriately with how the user sets the size of > > their browser window. I see in the SWFObject doc that when you use > > the .embedSWF method you MUST provide the width and height....so how > > do I make my stuff scale/re-layout (using standard Flex app > > capabilities) properly and not have it truncated? > > 2) I would like my launching of the .swf to actually launch in such a > > way that it is the only thing you see (not my links)...so how do I get > > it to wipe those out/or overlay with a new page? Am I saying that > > right? > > > Thanks very much in advance for any help you can provide. > > > On May 25, 5:16 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Anne. > > > > In these sort of cases, I always try to reduce the problem to its > > smallest > > > parts. It does not seem as if SWFObject has anything to do with this > > > particular issue to me, and is more to do with your particular server > > setup. > > > The sort of things I would test would be: > > > > Does the page work locally on your own machine? > > > Does the page work in a non-password protected environment? > > > Does a standard embed from Flash work in your password protected > > > environment? > > > > Cheers, > > > Aran > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:23 AM, annespg <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Please be gentle and try to spell out answers in detail as I'm a > > > > newbie who knows very little about Javascript and ins and outs of web > > > > publishing stuff in general. I've always just published my SWFs > > > > (sometimes built using Flash, sometimes built using Flex) using the > > > > html template code that those tools generate. I am now trying to use > > > > SWFObject and flashvars for the first time. I have created the html > > > > below to launch a .swf. I named this testindex.html and have it in a > > > > directory on my site which I have password protected. As soon as I > > > > click on either of the links, I get the javascript popup that shows I > > > > passed the correct data to establish my flashvars, but then instead of > > > > seeing my .swf load, I get a 403 Access Forbidden message. What am I > > > > doing wrong? Why doesn't this work? > > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http:// > > > >www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en"> > > > > <head> > > > > <title>physioSim Interactive Textbook Demo</title> > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > > charset=iso-8859-1" /> > > > > <script type="text/javascript" > > src="swfobject.js"></script> > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > > function loadSWF(welcome_xml){ > > > > var flashvars = {}; > > > > flashvars.welcomeURL = welcome_xml; > > > > alert("loadSWF called with > > > > "+flashvars.welcomeURL); > > > > var params = {}; > > > > var attributes = {}; > > > > swfobject.embedSWF("PhysioBookLoader.swf", > > > > "myAlternativeContent", "973", "500", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, > > > > params, attributes); > > > > > } > > > > </script> > > > > </head> > > > > <body> > > > > <p><a href="" onclick="loadSWF('xml/welcomes/ > > > > vitalsWelcome.xml')">Load Vitals Book</a></p> > > > > <p><a href="" onclick="loadSWF('xml/welcomes/ > > > > vitalsWelcomeAbr.xml')">Load Vitals Book Abridged</a></p> > > > > <div id="myAlternativeContent"> > > > > <p> If you want to use the physioSim Interactive > > > > Textbook, you need > > > > Flash!</p> > > > > <p><a href=" > >http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer > > > > "> > > > > <img src=" > > > >http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/ > > > > get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /> > > > > </a> > > > > </div> > > > > </body> > > > > </html>- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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