Why would there be an error in IE and not in FF?

HaLo2FrEeEk · February 20, 2009

I'm using this code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://infectionist.com/misc/player.swf" width="290" height="24" id="audioplayer1">
<param name="movie" value="http://infectionist.com/misc/player.swf" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Finfectionist.com%2Fmusic%2FPirates.mp3" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
</object>

And this flash mp3 player:

http://infectionist.com/misc/player.swf

And for whatever stupid reason, it's generating an error in IE and not in FF; the error:

Line: 1

Char: 1

Error: Object Expected

Code: 0

URL: http://infectionist.com/misc/player.php

Why oh WHY would it do this? I hate errors, even more I hate unexplainable errors. There is NO reason why this should give an error.

I noticed that if I embed the flash file from another server it works peachy in IE. The site I got it from was here:

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2008/09/16/the-gray-fox-rap/

If I embed the swf (change the object data attribute and the movie param value to point to the file on Bethesda.com's server), it works just fine; no error in IE or FF. As soon as I change it to point to my OWN server though, that's when the errors start.

I've tried absolute paths, URLs, and relative paths...nothing seems to work.

Please help, like I said, I hate errors.

Goafer · February 21, 2009

As it's a link do you not need to have the url as "href=" rather than "value=" ?

haku · February 21, 2009

Flash embedding methods are different depending on the browser you are using. As such, I recommend (and use) swfobject - it's javascript code that embeds the flash file into the page, and is cross-browser compatible. It also allows for alternate content, and setting of parameters. Version 2.0 is hosted on google code, and has quite comprehensive documentation.

HaLo2FrEeEk · February 22, 2009

But the code that I copied directly from Bethesda works fine in IE, and when I call the swf player from Bethesda it works, it's only when Icall from my own server that it gives an error, and I was messing around with this about a month ago and I don't remember there being an error.

haku · February 23, 2009

I gave you a solution. If you don't want to use it, then don't. But it will solve your problems. Up to you.

HaLo2FrEeEk · February 23, 2009

I'm not really trying to solve the problem to make it work, rather I just want to know why it would work as it is, giving an error only in IE and only when the player is called from my server. I don't really NEED this to work for anything, at least not yet. Like I said, I just want to know why it doesn't work.

haku · February 24, 2009

Because the code you are using isn't cross-browser compatible.

baccarak · February 25, 2009

I think it can be an active content wich can be a pain - DW fixes this automatically by adding this Scripting to the code - try that. - I have bolded the script for editing

<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0','width','[b]xxxxx[/b]','height','[b]xxxxx[/b]','src','[b]xxxxx[/b]','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','[b]xxxxx[/b]' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="105" height="21">
  <param name="movie" value="[b]xxxxxx[/b]" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <embed src="[b]xxxxxx[/b]" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="[b]xxxxxx[/b]" height="[b]xxxxxx[/b]"></embed>
</object></noscript>

//v1.0
//Copyright 2006 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
function AC_AddExtension(src, ext)
{
  if (src.indexOf('?') != -1)
    return src.replace(/\?/, ext+'?'); 
  else
    return src + ext;
}

function AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs) 
{ 
  var str = '<object ';
  for (var i in objAttrs)
    str += i + '="' + objAttrs[i] + '" ';
  str += '>';
  for (var i in params)
    str += '<param name="' + i + '" value="' + params[i] + '" /> ';
  str += '<embed ';
  for (var i in embedAttrs)
    str += i + '="' + embedAttrs[i] + '" ';
  str += ' ></embed></object>';

  document.write(str);
}

function AC_FL_RunContent(){
  var ret = 
    AC_GetArgs
    (  arguments, ".swf", "movie", "clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
     , "application/x-shockwave-flash"
    );
  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);
}

function AC_SW_RunContent(){
  var ret = 
    AC_GetArgs
    (  arguments, ".dcr", "src", "clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"
     , null
    );
  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);
}

function AC_GetArgs(args, ext, srcParamName, classid, mimeType){
  var ret = new Object();
  ret.embedAttrs = new Object();
  ret.params = new Object();
  ret.objAttrs = new Object();
  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){
    var currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();    

    switch (currArg){	
      case "classid":
        break;
      case "pluginspage":
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "src":
      case "movie":	
        args[i+1] = AC_AddExtension(args[i+1], ext);
        ret.embedAttrs["src"] = args[i+1];
        ret.params[srcParamName] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "onafterupdate":
      case "onbeforeupdate":
      case "onblur":
      case "oncellchange":
      case "onclick":
      case "ondblClick":
      case "ondrag":
      case "ondragend":
      case "ondragenter":
      case "ondragleave":
      case "ondragover":
      case "ondrop":
      case "onfinish":
      case "onfocus":
      case "onhelp":
      case "onmousedown":
      case "onmouseup":
      case "onmouseover":
      case "onmousemove":
      case "onmouseout":
      case "onkeypress":
      case "onkeydown":
      case "onkeyup":
      case "onload":
      case "onlosecapture":
      case "onpropertychange":
      case "onreadystatechange":
      case "onrowsdelete":
      case "onrowenter":
      case "onrowexit":
      case "onrowsinserted":
      case "onstart":
      case "onscroll":
      case "onbeforeeditfocus":
      case "onactivate":
      case "onbeforedeactivate":
      case "ondeactivate":
      case "type":
      case "codebase":
        ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "width":
      case "height":
      case "align":
      case "vspace": 
      case "hspace":
      case "class":
      case "title":
      case "accesskey":
      case "name":
      case "id":
      case "tabindex":
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      default:
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.params[args[i]] = args[i+1];
    }
  }
  ret.objAttrs["classid"] = classid;
  if (mimeType) ret.embedAttrs["type"] = mimeType;
  return ret;
}

haku · February 25, 2009

Dreamweaver's code works, but it uses noscript tags. That's where swfobject is better - it doesn't use noscript tags, and still allows for alternate content.

HaLo2FrEeEk · February 26, 2009

Haku, if the code isn't cross browser compatible then WHY does it work in both IE and FF when I use it from Bethesda's site? It's only when I use it from my site that it doesn't work. That doesn't make sense.

haku · February 27, 2009

Because they are using swfobject! I didn't even look at their site from your original post, but I just looked at it now, and the link is right in their code (you can see it with view source -> ctrl + F -> 'swfobject').

HaLo2FrEeEk · March 1, 2009

So simply putting the javascript:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://bethblog.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/swfobject.js"></script>

In the page where I have this player would make it work? Because I copied the rest of the code exactly. I'll try it.

Edit: Nope, I uploaded swfobject.js straight from bethesda to my server, put this code in the file:

[coe]<script type="text/javascript" src="/misc/swfobject.js"></script>[/code]

Making my overall code this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/misc/swfobject.js"></script>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://infectionist.com/misc/player.swf" width="290" height="24" id="audioplayer1">
<param name="movie" value="http://infectionist.com/misc/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://infectionist.com/music/Pirates.mp3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
</object>

And it still gives an error.

Here is the page:

http://infectionist.com/misc/player.php

haku · March 1, 2009

swfobject documentation

You'll find everything you need right there mate.

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