Does anybody know why after swfObject.embed() clears HTML5 canvas content ONLY in IE. Maybe somebody know how to overcome this issue?

When including swfobject using an AMD module loader the DOMContentLoaded event has already fired, yet the document.readyState is not complete. Instead document.readyStateis interactive.

I've patched this so swfobject works, but for some reason Github won't let me make a pull request right now.
The patch can be seen here:

HenningM@db96a78

Case

ShockwaveFlash.version 11.6.602.168
IE11

http://jsfiddle.net/noyobo/hEPb7/11/show/

typeof window.ActiveXObject; //undefined
typeof window.ActiveXObject === "undefined"; //true
!!window.ActiveXObject; //false
window.ActiveXObject === undefined; //false
window.ActiveXObject === void 0; //false
window.ActiveXObject == undefined; //true
window.ActiveXObject == void 0; //true
typeof navigator.plugins; //object
typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]; //undefined
navigator.mimeTypes.length; //0
TypeError: 无法获取未定义或 null 引用的属性“description”
typeof(new window.ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")); //object
(new window.ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")).GetVariable("$version"); //WIN 11,6,602,168

u see typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]; //undefined and typeof window.ActiveXObject === "undefined"; //true

source #L51-L63 not work

Static embed method> DomLoad test page
Dynamic embed method> DomLoad test page
Other API methods> swfobject.addLoadEvent(fn)
Other API methods> swfobject.addDomLoadEvent(fn)
Other API methods> swfobject.createCSS(selStr, declStr, mediaStr, newStyleBoolean)
Result:
Image is not available.

Apologies if this is the wrong place for this post - just looking for some help.

We are building a Spotify Ad in the spotify client (web kit browser within Spotify Desktop Client). When using SwfObject 2.2 and Flash 11+ we see a white box and no flash is loaded.

If we use an earlier version of Flash (eg. 10.2), it runs fine.

Also if we run in a regular browser with the same set up everything works.

Could anybody point me in the right direction for pinpointing the issue - does the white box give us any clues??

Thanks in advance.

When calling swfobject.embedSWF with a flash version number that is higher than what is installed, the client can do an express install and you supply a callback, the callback is never called.

Here you save the callback for later use: https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject/blob/master/swfobject/src/swfobject.js#L348
It is referred to in expressInstallCallback, which is never called: https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject/blob/master/swfobject/src/swfobject.js#L828

This means that a JS application doesn't get a callback with an error telling it that flash needs to be installed.
Your documentation says the callback should be called even on error: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/api

The constructor and destructor methods are not in sync.

Steps to reproduce:
I give the container element ID to the create function:

swfobject.createSWF(attrObj, parObj,'swf_container');

(swf_container is the ID of an element which is already in the DOM)

Now when I call the destructor function

swfobject.removeSWF('swf_container');

It not only removes the Flash file from the DOM but also the container 'swf_container'.

What's the problem?
This inconsistency is a problem to me, because I am replacing one Flash file with another one at a certain time. As of now I've made a wrapper destructor outside of swfobj that does the same but adds back an element to the DOM.

this.removeSWF = function(elementId){
      var swfParent = document.getElementById(elementId).parentNode;
      swfobject.removeSWF(elementId);
      swfParent.innerHTML = '<div id="'+elementId+'"></div>';
}

I'd love it if swfobj would behave in a more expected manner though.

Any workarounds to prevent this behavior?

The "swfobject 2.2" can't work in microsoft edge browser. Can anyone tell me the solution? Any help will be appreciated!

Hi, i'm having problem loading large SWF with SwfObject, it works great with small to meduim size SWFs(14 Mega), but once i tried to load a 37 Mega SWF, the percentloaded() stopped working at a certain value, is there a solution for this !

This link in README.rdoc
http://testsuite.learnswfobject.com/2.3b

Is broken, could fix it?

Please, add to bower.json empty array param "ignore". I have warnings, when using bower with ur library.

I get "Invalid argument" error, which occurs on line 661, character 5 in IE9. When switching browser mode, the same error occurs, so I believe it's consistent across IE. The problematic block is this one (the logging is mine):

if (ua.ie) {
    if (dynamicStylesheet && typeof dynamicStylesheet.addRule != UNDEF) {
        dynamicStylesheet.addRule(sel, decl);
        console.log(sel); // prints "#[object HTMLDivElement]"
        console.log(decl); // prints "visibility: hidden"
    }
}

Possibly related: the elements I'm targeting have no id, so I'm passing the elements themselves, which I know is possible with SWFObject 2.3 (the reason I went with 2.3).

Hi,

Thanks for creating swfobject, it's a really great project. I use swfobject as a Bower component, but currently I need to reference the version as *. For example:

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "~1.9.0",
    "requirejs": "~2.1.8",
    "swfobject": "*"
  }
}

It would significantly improve developer confidence and avoid dependency versioning issues in my project if I could reference a specific version of swfobject. In case you haven't tagged a release with Git before, it's as easy as:

git tag 2.3.0   # Or whatever the version is
git push origin --tags

...And then the tag will show up under Releases. This isn't the type of thing I can make a Pull Request for, unfortunately.

For reference, Bower uses Git tags as the mechanism by which to define versions. Without at least one tag pushed, all users of swfobject via Bower will be running HEAD.

I have a function in Javascript that will send a variable to flash and i need to know how that works with swfobject the javascript variable is called "newPage". the flashvariable is "loadvar3".

Can I use the ajax to return ByteArrayInputStream for the SWFObject to play a flv video？

Hello I'm develop a video website, for playing rtmp video stream. According my test data.,from my flash (swf file) downloaded success to Flash Dom Object create success, I lost 35% PV. I use SwfObject(https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject) to create Flash Object. Can you give me some suggestions to optimize it， look forward to your reply。

Best Regards.
Flonly

I am trying to embed a live rtmp stream in my website with SWFObject, and the video contains sound. However, when I play it, the video part works good, but without sound (I have tested before with other flash player, the sound worked perfectly). I right click the flash setting, the Sound setting part is unavailable. So I was wondering is there any switch or param to turn the sound on?

when i use the swfobject.embedSWF(xxx) to create a flash ,in chrome 、ie 9-11 is ok,but in win10 edge browser it is not work.
how can i do and i can solve this problem

thank u for the plugin

Issue: when embedding a swf in an iframe on a third party website, two security warnings are thrown in chome's console

Who is affected: Chrome 22.0.1229.94 and most likely other minor releases. Swfobject v2.2 and 2.3

How to reproduce:

Create file iframeContainer.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
  <iframe src="iframeContent.html"/>
</body>
</html>

Create file iframeContent.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
  <div id="container"></div>
  <!-- Or use http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject_src.js -->
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://raw.github.com/swfobject/swfobject/master/swfobject/src/swfobject.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    swfobject.embedSWF("http://edmullen.net/flash/relog.swf", "container", "150", "150", "9.0.0");
  </script>
</body>
</html>

Open iframeContainer.html in Chome 22.0.1229.94, the following warnings should be in the console

Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL iframeContainer.html from frame with URL iframeContent.html. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
  ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject_src.js:201
Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL iframeContainer.html from frame with URL iframeContent.html. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
  ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject_src.js:579

If on plugin page in Chromium browser I do not set checkbox "Always Allowed" on Flash plugin I could manually activate flash content on sites which embed swf directly. But if they use SWFObject I always see "Alternative content" as per you test page.

It is because nav.plugins does not have SHOCKWAVE_FLASH item.

There should be possibility to check "possibility to enable" and ask user to do so as it happened in direct method.

I'm having an issue with 2.2 leaking memory in IE8/9 when creating/removing flash player instances, as reported here:

https://code.google.com/p/swfobject/issues/detail?id=619

....repro steps are pretty easy: go to http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/testsuite_2_2/test_api_create_remove.html in IE8, mash createSWF, watch memory balloon in task manager. Even worse is alternating between createSWF/removeSWF doesn't cause memory to go down (it's as though the flash object is being abandoned).

In IE9, the situation is slightly better: mashing create still leaks memory. But if you do create/remove/create/remove... then it'll free up memory like you'd expect.

Any idea if 2.3 fixes this? And is it possible to get two new test pages--one where it calls createSWF continuously, and one where it alternates between createSWF and removeSWF?

Any help greatly appreciated.

If i want to send source authentication mean send a stream to an rtmp server through swfobject with username and password then how to embed that with server URL or any other resource.
I am using wowza server to publishing my webcam stream, it requires source authentication and swfobject didn't carrying username and password with any thing(flashvars etc).
So, anyone know how to send username and password with swfobject (flashvars server:).

//初始化视频插件 function initPlayerExample() { //视频插件初始化参数 var params = { allowFullscreen: "true", allowScriptAccess: "always", bgcolor: "#ffffff", wmode: "transparent" }; var attributes = {}; var flashvars = {}; //初始化flash swfobject.embedSWF("./player.swf", "cmsv6flash", "800", "800", "11.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes); initFlash(); }

bower.json but no package.json ? :(

upgraded from 2.2 to v2.3.20120118 and AVG linkscanner reports the code as containing
"mdac activex code execution type 174"

I filed a false positive to AVG, but i figured i'd let you know.

Hi, seems like the component.json file is broken:

bower checking out swfobject#73dfbe28226094bfdc4c9e8666ead72e426b93db
bower warn Package swfobject is still using the deprecated "component.json" file
bower error Failed to parse json
Unexpected token }

this is very useful when interact with javascript

To allow the users to correctly include SWFObject according to the MIT license, you should include a LICENSE file containing the license text and especially fill in the <year> and <copyright holders> placeholders! Else it is not possible to fulfill the "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." part of the license.

I already looked up the <year>, but I can't fill out the <copright holders>:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2007-2015 <copyright holders>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

I get a Invalid Unicode escape sequence error at the point highlighted in the screenshot.

Just a heads up, the Apache Flex installer (4.13.0) fails with the following error:

Downloading 2.2.zip from: https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject/archive
[get] [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032" errorID=2032]

Not terribly much to describe here:
In IE5.5, calling a function exposed by ExternalInterface (when using dynamic embedding) throws a JavaScript error (Object Doesn't Support This Property or Method).

This bug is present in v. 2.2, as well as the 2.3 test suite. It only appears to affect IE5.5 -- IE6 and above work fine. The test suite demonstrates this problem nicely:
http://testsuite.learnswfobject.com/2.3/usage-examples/40-swfobject.embedSWF-(External-Interface).php?doctype=html4#

I have no clue if we want to continue supporting this ancient browser, but we should probably document this minor shortcoming somewhere.

Debuglog：
: Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: .jpg;.bmp;.png;.gif
SWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Received the files selected from the dialog. Processing the file list...
SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished processing selected files. Files selected: 1. Files Queued: 1
SWF DEBUG: StartUpload: First file in queue
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: StartUpload(): Upload Type: Normal.
SWF DEBUG: Global Post Item: ASPSESSID=r3bja1hpjeidwfmg5x0nnzxl
SWF DEBUG: Global Post Item: AUTHID=CC1AA1B60391163C5CBA2A544860170E3BE1BB172F92BADFBB58EF583B8F73873A183BDC47F3287B0C71608E25E388926063D5F1054367E087CACB151020C627C2C858E176A676CB55A3AEB7D9EA140320C6F11AD6B474BCD153171C74909A626B49EB78E41A50E95FB016AA9517F18C6960F606BBCCA30CD814059FA08D26BFCDC4A1EB
SWF DEBUG: ReturnUploadStart(): File accepted by startUpload event and readied for standard upload. Starting upload to /api/Upload;jsessionid=r3bja1hpjeidwfmg5x0nnzxl for File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress (OPEN): File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadError : IO Error : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. IO Error: Error #2038
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.
EXCEPTION:

my domain: my.xiaokeduo.com
myCA:*.xiaokeduo.com

can you help me？

I run my rmtp streaming swf used this,
but i cannot find documentation. how can i hide control bar permanently?

Hi there,

Is swfobject still being developed or are there any current alternatives to this library?

Thanks!

See list of changes for IE 11:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/bg182625(v=vs.85).aspx

1. Do not use navigator.appName as IE 11 now reports "netscape"
2. Mutation Events are no longer supported.
3. attachEvent has been removed for IE 11

Hi community!
I'm new to coding and trying to practice this piece of code but when I launch the code I only get the player and when I press the play button nothing appears.
I've been at this for 3 days now and I am unsure what needs to be corrected. I'm studying html&css design and build websites by Jon Duckett and even he told me what needed to be corrected but the code isn't producing the same results as his code.
If anyone can point out a solution that would be so helpful.
the sample piece can be downloaded here http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/code-samples/
Its chapter 9 adding a flash video. If you need anything from me such as my piece of code I can post that as well.

The current API for embedding SWF is not easy to use. Some parameters are optional, others are not. Without a good IDE it's difficult to keep track how many null arguments must be passed before one reaches the position in the argument list for parameters.

Thus I'm proposing to implement a new API for SWF embedding by utilizing the builder pattern to describe optional arguments and kicking off the actual embedding.

Old:

embedSWF('myContent', document.getElementById("my-target-element"), 
         '480px', '320px', '9.0.0', null, null, {AllowNetworking: 'none'});

New:

swfobject.embed('myContent.swf', "480px", "320px", '9.0.0')
         .parameters({AllowNetworking: 'none'})
         .into(document.getElementById("my-target-element"));

Maybe the necessary arguments can also passed through the builder pattern but I guess it would be to noisy to specify height and width this way.

What do you think?

Working off the original source. Noticed testPlayerVersion() was no longer getting called (it was getting called in an older version I had), meaning GetVariable("$version"); wasn't getting checked/stored either. This was because domLoadFnArr.length was returning 0.

Compared to old version I had, domLoadFnArr variable had function defined in the array when the var was declared at the top. Newest version has the var declaration array empty and sets domLoadFnArr[0] = function later on in the code. Renaming the domLoadFnArr[0] to checkVersion and specifying it within the domLoadFnArr array at the top fixed my issue. Not sure if this change was intended but figured I'd post just in case.

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var swfobject = function () {
         nav = navigator,

         plugin = false,
-           domLoadFnArr = [],
+          domLoadFnArr = [checkVersion],
         regObjArr = [],
         objIdArr = [],
         listenersArr = [],

@@ -286,16 +321,18 @@ var swfobject = function () {
     /* Main function
         - Will preferably execute onDomLoad, otherwise onload (as a fallback)
     */
-        domLoadFnArr[0] = function () {
+       function checkVersion() {

我现在视频要求铺满整个SWF控件中，但是尝试了很多方法都不可以，求大神回复！

Hello,
I play my streaming use this, but i got some error like "Error Error#2154" etc.
Can i get the error status with my js file which create this swfobject ?