Just a heads up, the Apache Flex installer (4.13.0) fails with the following error:

Downloading 2.2.zip from: https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject/archive [get] [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032" errorID=2032]

If on plugin page in Chromium browser I do not set checkbox "Always Allowed" on Flash plugin I could manually activate flash content on sites which embed swf directly. But if they use SWFObject I always see "Alternative content" as per you test page.

It is because nav.plugins does not have SHOCKWAVE_FLASH item.

There should be possibility to check "possibility to enable" and ask user to do so as it happened in direct method.

See list of changes for IE 11:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/bg182625(v=vs.85).aspx

1. Do not use navigator.appName as IE 11 now reports "netscape"
2. Mutation Events are no longer supported.
3. attachEvent has been removed for IE 11

Hi,

Thanks for creating swfobject, it's a really great project. I use swfobject as a Bower component, but currently I need to reference the version as *. For example:

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "~1.9.0",
    "requirejs": "~2.1.8",
    "swfobject": "*"
  }
}

It would significantly improve developer confidence and avoid dependency versioning issues in my project if I could reference a specific version of swfobject. In case you haven't tagged a release with Git before, it's as easy as:

git tag 2.3.0   # Or whatever the version is
git push origin --tags

...And then the tag will show up under Releases. This isn't the type of thing I can make a Pull Request for, unfortunately.

For reference, Bower uses Git tags as the mechanism by which to define versions. Without at least one tag pushed, all users of swfobject via Bower will be running HEAD.

Not terribly much to describe here: In IE5.5, calling a function exposed by ExternalInterface (when using dynamic embedding) throws a JavaScript error (Object Doesn't Support This Property or Method).

This bug is present in v. 2.2, as well as the 2.3 test suite. It only appears to affect IE5.5 -- IE6 and above work fine. The test suite demonstrates this problem nicely: http://testsuite.learnswfobject.com/2.3/usage-examples/40-swfobject.embedSWF-(External-Interface).php?doctype=html4#

I have no clue if we want to continue supporting this ancient browser, but we should probably document this minor shortcoming somewhere.

I get "Invalid argument" error, which occurs on line 661, character 5 in IE9. When switching browser mode, the same error occurs, so I believe it's consistent across IE. The problematic block is this one (the logging is mine):

if (ua.ie) {
    if (dynamicStylesheet && typeof dynamicStylesheet.addRule != UNDEF) {
        dynamicStylesheet.addRule(sel, decl);
        console.log(sel); // prints "#[object HTMLDivElement]"
        console.log(decl); // prints "visibility: hidden"
    }
}

Possibly related: the elements I'm targeting have no id, so I'm passing the elements themselves, which I know is possible with SWFObject 2.3 (the reason I went with 2.3).

Hi community! I'm new to coding and trying to practice this piece of code but when I launch the code I only get the player and when I press the play button nothing appears. I've been at this for 3 days now and I am unsure what needs to be corrected. I'm studying html&css design and build websites by Jon Duckett and even he told me what needed to be corrected but the code isn't producing the same results as his code. If anyone can point out a solution that would be so helpful. the sample piece can be downloaded here http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/code-samples/ Its chapter 9 adding a flash video. If you need anything from me such as my piece of code I can post that as well.

The current API for embedding SWF is not easy to use. Some parameters are optional, others are not. Without a good IDE it's difficult to keep track how many null arguments must be passed before one reaches the position in the argument list for parameters.

Thus I'm proposing to implement a new API for SWF embedding by utilizing the builder pattern to describe optional arguments and kicking off the actual embedding.

Old:

embedSWF('myContent', document.getElementById("my-target-element"), 
         '480px', '320px', '9.0.0', null, null, {AllowNetworking: 'none'});

New:

swfobject.embed('myContent.swf', "480px", "320px", '9.0.0')
         .parameters({AllowNetworking: 'none'})
         .into(document.getElementById("my-target-element"));

Maybe the necessary arguments can also passed through the builder pattern but I guess it would be to noisy to specify height and width this way.

What do you think?

Apologies if this is the wrong place for this post - just looking for some help.

We are building a Spotify Ad in the spotify client (web kit browser within Spotify Desktop Client). When using SwfObject 2.2 and Flash 11+ we see a white box and no flash is loaded.

If we use an earlier version of Flash (eg. 10.2), it runs fine.

Also if we run in a regular browser with the same set up everything works.

Could anybody point me in the right direction for pinpointing the issue - does the white box give us any clues??

Thanks in advance.

Hello, I play my streaming use this, but i got some error like "Error Error#2154" etc. Can i get the error status with my js file which create this swfobject ?

To allow the users to correctly include SWFObject according to the MIT license, you should include a LICENSE file containing the license text and especially fill in the <year> and <copyright holders> placeholders! Else it is not possible to fulfill the "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." part of the license.

I already looked up the <year>, but I can't fill out the <copright holders>:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2007-2015 <copyright holders>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.