Hello, i tried using '_self' in my flash links using SWFobject but that doesn't work, it does work when i don't use SWFobject.
I've searched forums and sites for anwsers but none of them worked. So far the links only work when i use '_blank'

here is teh link of my test page:

http://www.hodiaudirekton.com/test.htm

i've used '_blank' on the Radiohead link

getURL ('http://www.hodiaudirekton.com/radiohead','_blank');
on the others i tried:

getURL ('http://www.hodiaudirekton.com/art','_self');

wich didn't work...

I tried some things proposed here on the forum but so far none of them where succesfull.
this post is kinda ma last hope, i hope maybe one of you can help me
thank you in advance :)

Um. The _self link work for me in IE7 and FF2 using the latest 9.0.115 build of flash player (the player with the most security restrictions in place)

Do you have any flash / pop up blockers running?

Flash's implementation of _self vs _blank etc SHOULD be the same as in HTML. I don't know what to suggest as it is working for me....


Aran

it's a Flash Player security setting
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=50c1cf38&sliceId=2

"In Adobe Flash Player 9 update 3 (v9.0.115.0), calling getURL (or its ActionScript 3.0 equivalent, navigateToURL) does not work properly when the calling Flash Player movie (SWF) file is located in a different domain than its hosting HTML page. An exception to this issue is when the target name is "_blank" or the HTML parameter AllowScriptAccess is set to "always.""

add so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always"); to your swfobject script and all should be hunky-dory.

- philip

damm my test now works, but integrated in my forum it still refuses to work,

this one works:
http://www.hodiaudirekton.com/test.htm

this one not :( :
http://hodiaudirekton.ipbfree.com/index.php

i don't know why this one isn't working ipbfree normally supports javascrits i never had any problems with that.

your SWFObject code is in the head of your document, but it isn't in an onload statement. that means the page is trying to execute the javascript before the DOM element <div id="flashcontent"> has been created.

you can either paste the SWFObject code in your markup AFTER the flashcontent DIV (leave the swfobject.js lin in the head though) or you can wrap your SWFObject code in an onload or domready call:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function (){
var so = new SWFObject("http://www.hodiaudirekton.com/designs/flash-files/hd-header.swf", "hd-header", "800", "286","1", "#FFFFFF");
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.write("flashcontent");
}
</script>

BTW, even though you're using transparent mode, you should still declare a background color. it's a required param according to Geoff's docs, and wmode=transparent will nullify whatever color you specify anyway.

- philip