[Daniel15]

Don't use document.write, it's deprecated and XHTML doesn't support it at all (if you use it in a proper XHTML file, it will not work ). You can create an element using the DOM methods, something like:

var flash = document.createElement('embed');
flash.src = 'copy.swf';
flash.width = '1';
flash.height = '1';
flash.name = 'copy';
// To add it inside a container:
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(flash);
// Or to add it to the body at the very bottom:
//document.body.appendChild(flash);

(offtopic, guessing by the name of the Flash file: note that if you're using the Flash file to copy stuff onto the clipboard, due to security restrictions in Flash Player 10 it can't be a hidden Flash file. It has to receive user input to copy stuff, for example a click or keypress. This was added to prevent "bad" hidden Flash files overwriting your clipboard with spyware URLs constantly)

[DarkCoder]

Couldn't you put it in a DIV and then show / hide the DIV?

[Mack]

Daniel15, on 11 June 2010 - 09:35 PM, said:

Don't use document.write, it's deprecated and XHTML doesn't support it at all (if you use it in a proper XHTML file, it will not work ). You can create an element using the DOM methods, something like:

var flash = document.createElement('embed');
flash.src = 'copy.swf';
flash.width = '1';
flash.height = '1';
flash.name = 'copy';
// To add it inside a container:
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(flash);
// Or to add it to the body at the very bottom:
//document.body.appendChild(flash);

(offtopic, guessing by the name of the Flash file: note that if you're using the Flash file to copy stuff onto the clipboard, due to security restrictions in Flash Player 10 it can't be a hidden Flash file. It has to receive user input to copy stuff, for example a click or keypress. This was added to prevent "bad" hidden Flash files overwriting your clipboard with spyware URLs constantly)

Hmm, can you put the flash in an alert, which they click OK in?

olie122333, on 12 June 2010 - 01:00 AM, said:

Couldn't you put it in a DIV and then show / hide the DIV?

The problem is that I'm making an extension for a browser, and that'd mean having the flash file loaded constantly

[elaine]

Daniel15, on 11 June 2010 - 09:35 PM, said:

Don't use document.write, it's deprecated and XHTML doesn't support it at all (if you use it in a proper XHTML file, it will not work ). You can create an element using the DOM methods, something like:

var flash = document.createElement('embed');
flash.src = 'copy.swf';
flash.width = '1';
flash.height = '1';
flash.name = 'copy';
// To add it inside a container:
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(flash);
// Or to add it to the body at the very bottom:
//document.body.appendChild(flash);

(offtopic, guessing by the name of the Flash file: note that if you're using the Flash file to copy stuff onto the clipboard, due to security restrictions in Flash Player 10 it can't be a hidden Flash file. It has to receive user input to copy stuff, for example a click or keypress. This was added to prevent "bad" hidden Flash files overwriting your clipboard with spyware URLs constantly)

Thank you very much for posting that. I really helped.

I load my movie with an onclick event. When something else in the html page is clicked, I need to swap out the movie.
I've tried document.getElementById('flashContent').removeChild(flash);, but can't make it work.

This is the function I call and pass a name such as "sample.swf".

function buildMovie(movieName) {

// create the flash embed object
var flash = document.createElement('embed');
flash.src = movieName;
flash.width = '720';
flash.height = '478';
flash.name = 'movieName';

// Add it inside the flashContent div

document.getElementById('flashContent').appendChild(flash);
}


Help will be greatly appreciated.

[gushort]

Doesn't anyone use swfObject anymore?