SWFObject 1.4.4 released

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There was a new bug intruduced in the 1.4.3 release of SWFObject, so if you are using 1.4.3, you should upgrade to 1.4.4 immidiately.

The issue is that onbeforeunload is being triggered even when a user clicks a link that contains a javascript link, which causes the cleanup routine to trigger, which makes all your swfs on the page dissapear in IE.

This has now been fixed, and 1.4.4 includes all of the ‘fixes’ that are needed to date, including the streaming media fix, and the Flash Player 9 ‘out of memory’ errors.

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* One new issue that can arise with the addition of the cleanup routines, is if you are including the swfobject.js script in your pages more than once, you will cause more ‘out of memory’ errors. If this happens, make sure you only insert the swfobject.js file in your page only one time.

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  2. I had the same problem as Jakob. Im running a danish version of XP and IE6 using flash 6.088, but i solved it by downgrading to 1.3c

  3. KH,

    That issue should be fixed with the latest version of SWFObject in the SVN repository. Grab it here: svn.deconcept.com/swfobject/trunk/

  4. Will SOMEBODY PLEASE fix the xxx items remaining problem!! with 50 solutions to the activate problem, no one seems to have a clue how to prevent IE from reloading the object and hanging!! Give me the dotted border on my Flash object over a page that looks like it hasn’t finished loading ANY day.

  5. SWFObject shouldn’t have this issue. If you are seeing something like that, it’s probably something in your specific swf, or on your page.

    (You can test this by visiting my swfobject example page, and notice that there is no ‘xxx items remaining…’)

  6. First of all: I love swfobject.

    But I do have a problem with it on windows. The thing is it runs fine on nearly all installations.

    These sites dont

    http://www.eventagentur.ch
    http://www.mobile-cuisine.ch

    The page doesn t load on ie 6 on a computer of a friend of mine.

    This site http://www.goldenhills.ch on the other hand runs fine on his computer.

    Does someone know why? I have been comparing the code for hours, but i can t find the bug.

    Id really apreciate some help, this issue is driving me nuts….

  7. I just noticed, that some IE Browsers don’t display the flash content, when one uses google analytics.

    The problem was that I called the google js before I called the swfobject write method. That hat the effect, that some IE Installations did’nt display the SWF.

  8. hi ive been making a simple flash navigation bar and i have put it into a frameset which is a top section and nested left…the flash is in the left frame and i am trying to open html pages in the main frame using the buttons in the flash… the code i am using is:

    on (release) {
    getURL(..\mockwebsite\planning.html, “mainFrame”);
    }

    this opens the html file in a new window but i uploaded the html file to freewebs.com and so the code was:

    on (release) {
    getURL(http://www.freewebs.com/turner1119/planning.html, “mainFrame”);
    }

    this opened up fine in the mainframe but because i am creating an eportfolio i cannot upload it to a website just so it works any help please?????????