I’m closing this post’s comments - if you have any SWFObject questions feel free to post in the newest SWFObject post, or send a message to the mailing list.

it was a serious question; i’m trying to fix a problem with my site and turning to the community for help.

there are flash objects on the livetone.com site. look at the play buttons on the charts.. heck, the mixer itself is flash :-P

I use this script on many of my company’s sites, including LiveTone.com.

I have a wish list item to add, if possible… when i click on one object, is it possible to have swfobject stop any other movies on the same page from playing, with the result that on any given page, only one flash movie is playing at a time.
Cheers,
Mit Rowe
9trackMind, Inc

HTML code
<div id=”flashcontent”>
<strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player</strong>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
<br><br>The content of this web site requires the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player
<br><a href=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/”><img src=img/flash_8.gif width=62 height=80 alt=”flash 8″>
<br><a href=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/”>Get Flash</a>
</a></div>
<script type=”text/javascript”>CDATA[

var so = new SWFObject("mysite.swf", "sotester", "1024", "614", "8.0.23", "#e6e7e1", true);
so.write("flashcontent");

// ]]>
</script>

AS in the first frame
#include “expressinstall.as”

// initialize the ExpressInstall object
var ExpressInstall = new ExpressInstall();

if (ExpressInstall.needsUpdate) {

var upgradeMsg = _root.attachMovie(”upgradeMsg_src”, “upgradeMsg”, 1);
upgradeMsg._x = Stage.width / 2;
upgradeMsg._y = Stage.height / 2;

upgradeMsg.upgradeBtn.onRelease = function() {
ExpressInstall.init();
}

stop();
}

thank you very much for developping the script - i really appreciate it :)
I just want to submit a question concerning swfobject.html :
Users with the Flash plugin ENABLED but with Javascript TURNED OFF will only see the alternate content.
But they should see the SFWOBJECT or do i misunderstand something ?

Any ideas?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++START FRAME 1

// used for express install - not required for plain SWFObject use
// for more info, see http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

#include “expressinstall.as”

// initialize the ExpressInstall object
var ExpressInstall = new ExpressInstall();

// if the user needs to upgrade, show the ’start upgrade’ button
if (ExpressInstall.needsUpdate) {

// this is optional, you could also automatically start the
// upgrade by calling ExpressInstall.init() here instead of the following lines

// attach the custom upgrade message ** NOTE: see notes in Upgrade Message movieclip re: types of content to use
var upgradeMsg = _root.attachMovie(”upgradeMsg_src”, “upgradeMsg”, 1);
upgradeMsg._x = Stage.width / 2;
upgradeMsg._y = Stage.height / 2;

// attach the button actions that will start the ExpresInstall updater
upgradeMsg.upgradeBtn.onRelease = function() {
ExpressInstall.init();
}
// if expressinstall is invoked, stop the timeline.
stop();
}

// —–
// alternate usage:
// —–
/*

// test to see if install is needed:

if (ExpressInstall.needsUpdate) { // returns true if update is needed
ExpressInstall.init(); // starts the update
stop();
}

// otherwise, start the movie normally

*/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++END FRAME 1

===================================START FRAME 2
// no upgrade needed, start the movie

stop();

if (flashVarText != undefined) {
flashVar_txt.text = flashVarText;
}
======================================END Frame2

Laurent

Currently when people try to install flash that don’t have administrative access on windows, it will display the message “There was an error downloading the Flash Player update. Please try again later, or visit macromedia.com to download the latest version of the Flash plugin.”. This isn’t a problem, but the rest of the webpage will hang so that no content is being displayed after the error was generated. Any insight on a work around?

Thanks,
Ian