it's because you're using the same variable name for each SWFObject instance. you need to use unique names. you also gave two SWFs the same ID. they need unique IDs.

this:

<div id="flash-header"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("/common/swf/header.swf",
"header", "967", "110", "8", "#333333");
so.setAttribute('redirectUrl', '/noflash');
so.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_header.xml");
so.addVariable("item", "SELECTS");
so.write("flash-header");
</script>

<div id="sideBox_connectionEngine"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("/common/swf/connection_engine.swf",
"connectionEngine", "235", "382", "8", "#333333");
so.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_connection_engine.xml");
so.write("sideBox_connectionEngine");
</script>

<div id="flash-minischedule"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("/common/swf/minischedule.swf",
"header", "967", "35", "8", "#333333");
so.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_minischedule.xml");
so.write("flash-minischedule");
</script>


should be this (or similar):

<div id="flash-header"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var soHeader = new SWFObject("/common/swf/header.swf",
"header", "967", "110", "8", "#333333");
soHeader.setAttribute('redirectUrl', '/noflash');
soHeader.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_header.xml");
soHeader.addVariable("item", "SELECTS");
soHeader.write("flash-header");
</script>

<div id="sideBox_connectionEngine"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var soConEngine = new SWFObject("/common/swf/connection_engine.swf",
"connectionEngine", "235", "382", "8", "#333333");
soConEngine.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_connection_engine.xml");
soConEngine.write("sideBox_connectionEngine");
</script>

<div id="flash-minischedule"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var soMiniSched = new SWFObject("/common/swf/minischedule.swf",
"minischedule", "967", "35", "8", "#333333");
soMiniSched.addVariable("conf_uri", "/common/swf/config_minischedule.xml");
soMiniSched.write("flash-minischedule");
</script>


hyphens in IDs sometimes cause issues with Flash, too... i'd avoid them if possible. stick to underscore or camelCase. :)

- philip

Ahhh... thank you Phillip.

Can I ask, why each SWFObject instance needs a unique id? With the var before the declaration, isn't it just writing over the previous so variable?

Thanks for the input. I took your suggestions, and gave all js vars unique names, as well as all flash names.

Here is a page which I just cut out all the swf objects from our film overview page, you can see there is a lot. They all have unique names, and still getting errors in IE. Any idea

http://dev.sundancechannel.com/swfobject_tests/films.php

it hangs in Firefox, too. i'm not sure what to tell you... most of the SWFs load ok, and at some point the page stops loading.

for one thing, i've never seen so many SWFs loaded onto one page. maybe the browser/plugin can't handle so many at once? i'm not sure if anyone ever tested that... sounds like i'm headed over to google as soon as i finish writing this! :)

the first thing i'd do is change any IDs (including DIV ids) containing hyphens to camelCase. as i mentioned before, this sometimes chokes Flash Player.

secondly, i'd simplify the page for troubleshooting purposes: disable any non-SWFObject JavaScript you have on your page, such as SIFR. if the page loads without errors, you'll know it isn't the SWFObject code.

or vice versa: remove the SWFObject code and use the traditional object/embed method for testing purposes. if the page loads fine, maybe something conflicts with SWFObject.

- philip

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