IE 6 Javascript Error

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thehen Reply #1, 18 years, 6 months ago

Hello all,

I’m having issues with <=IE6 spitting up error messages on my ModX site when I use the SWFObject snippet.

I’m getting the error:

"Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://www....etc..
Operation aborted"

I’ve researched the problem and apparently the order of which the javascript is called in the <head> can cause this.

Is there any way I can force the SWFObject snippet to call it earlier in the <head>? I’ve tried disabling the snippet and it works fine.

Site in question = http://www.papermillyard.com/index.php?id=2

Many thanks.

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bunk58 Reply #2, 18 years, 6 months ago

I use SWFObject not in a snippet without any problems in IE6.
I just reference the file in the <head> section and have:

<div id="tvadHead">

			<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>
		</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var fo = new SWFObject("assets/flash/crickwebad.swf", "tvadHead", "468", "60", "8", "#FFFFFF");
fo.addVariable("variable", "varvalue");
fo.write("tvadHead");

</script> 
</div>

In the body.
The actual code is after the div in which the flash banner appears.

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dev_cw Reply #3, 18 years, 6 months ago

I had an issue with SWFObject with IE6 that I was able to resolve by adding defer="defer" to the script declaration so that it goes:

<script type="text/javascript" defer="defer">

If I remember correctly you need to edit the swfobject.class.php file and add defer="defer" to the $js variable. Note that this is needed at 2 locations, one for the static and the other for the dynamic.

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thehen Reply #4, 18 years, 6 months ago

Quote from: ganeshXL at Apr 21, 2008, 07:01 PM

Use
<base href="http://www.papermillyard.com/"></base>
instead of
<base href="http://www.papermillyard.com/"/>

Sometimes it helps... some older browsers act stupid if you use the short form.

I wasn’t expecting that to work, but it did! Thanks.

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