using tv to pass swf file path

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howster Reply #1, 15 years, 4 months ago

Hi Guys,
When I use a tv to pass a swf filepath the movie won’t fully load up. Its something to do with modx as the absolute url to the swf plays fine. I’ve tried realative and absolute urls but there is some weird conflict preventing the swf from loading - It gets to 5% in IE and Chrome and top 90% in Firefox. SWF is 456kb. Any settings in Modx Rev 2.1.1 that i can change. TV is set for file input and text output with swf as allowed. Using swfobject and tried dynamic ids also. Stumped sad

Thanks

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="720" height="540" id="myFlashContent[[*id]]">
				<param name="movie" value="[[++site_url]][[*quiz]]" />
				<param name="quality" value="high" />
				<param name="wmode" value="window" />
				<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
				<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
				<!--[if !IE]>-->
				<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="[[++site_url]][[*quiz]]" width="720" height="540">
					<param name="quality" value="high" />
					<param name="wmode" value="window" />
					<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
					<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
				<!--<![endif]-->
					<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
						<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
					</a>
				<!--[if !IE]>-->
				</object>
				<!--<![endif]-->
			</object>

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howster Reply #2, 15 years, 4 months ago

and if i use an iframe it works?

<iframe src="[[*quiz]]" name="frame1" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" align="center" height = "540px" width = "720px">
</iframe>

- I’m baffled

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howster Reply #3, 15 years, 4 months ago

Thanks i had <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script in the head and that works fine and i amended the base syntax but same issue. It only loads to 5%. The first swf i have on the site works fine but any additional swfs wont load up fully. In the source code (output) everything looks perfect. All I get is the preloader loading to 5% and hanging (or in FF loading to 90%).

Hmmm what could it be?

Really strange

This woks

<iframe src="uploads/sample.swf" name="frame1" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" align="center" height = "540px" width = "720px"> 
</iframe>

This doesn’t

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="720" height="540" > 
				<param name="movie" value="uploads/sample.swf" /> 
				<param name="quality" value="high" /> 
				<param name="wmode" value="window" /> 
				<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> 
				
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> 
 
 
				<!--[if !IE]>--> 
				<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="uploads/sample.swf" width="720" height="540"> 
					<param name="quality" value="high" /> 
					<param name="wmode" value="window" /> 
					<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> 
					<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> 
				<!--<![endif]--> 
					<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"> 
						<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /> 
					</a> 
				<!--[if !IE]>--> 
				</object> 
				<!--<![endif]--> 
			</object>

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howster Reply #4, 15 years, 4 months ago

Hi,
I am using xampp so url wud be http://localhost/uploads/sample.swf. The preloader loads to eg 5% so it sees the swf just that the preloader wont load thru to the content.
I have 2 swfs using the same identical preloader. 1 works the 2nd doesn’t. Maybe a modx revo 2.1 setting? If i put http://localhost/uploads/sample.swf in the browser the movie loads fine but not if embedded. Does it matter what folder that i use to upload the swfs to or call from?
There is a system setting in modx revo:

name>key>value
Uploadable Flash Types > upload_flash > fla.swf

that references the assets/flash folder

The tv is set to upload as "FILE" as opposed to "IMAGE" and output as text. Is this right?

Thanks

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howster Reply #5, 15 years, 4 months ago

Maybe its a caching issue? Once page loads the preloader is stopped?