SID-01076: Bug with EmbedFlashPlugin

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.1.1	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	EmbedFlashPlugin	Server OS:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Last update:	15 years ago

We had an issue with this plugin where the OBJECT tag generated does not work in IE. The problem is that it's using the flashId instead of the flashFileName, so it fails when a URL is specified.

Here is a simple patch that fixed the problem for us...

--- EmbedFlashPlugin.pm 2008-12-12 04:25:48.000000000 -0600
+++ EmbedFlashPlugin.pm  2011-01-10 16:46:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       . '<param name="allowFullScreen" value="'
       . $flashAllowFullScreen . '" />';
     $objectEmbed .=
-      $itemSeparator . '<param name="movie" value="' . $flashId . '" />';
+      $itemSeparator . '<param name="movie" value="' . $flashFileName . '" />';
     $objectEmbed .=
       $itemSeparator . '<param name="FlashVars" value="' . $flashVars . '" />'
       if defined $flashVars;

Sorry, I tried to add this to EmbedFlashPluginDev, but did not have permissions to do so.

-- BenEsacove - 2011-01-11

Discussion and Answer

Thanks Ben. Does this fix work for other browsers as well? I will update the plugin.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-01-11

The fix isn't needed for Firefox/Opera/Chrome... those use the EMBED tag instead. They still seem to work after applying the patch.

-- BenEsacove - 2011-01-11

Thanks Ben!

This is now fixed. Plugin is updated in SVN and Plugins.EmbedFlashPlugin.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-01-12

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