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Thanks, was having the same problem. www.soundand...

2010-12-21T03:56:56.921-07:00

Thanks, was having the same problem.

www.soundandvision.co.uk

I think you may have broken it ?

Very helpful tip; it's amazing how many times ...

2010-12-19T17:03:10.374-07:00

Very helpful tip; it's amazing how many times you have to tweak that little ID in the object code for it all to sync up properly. This post saved me a lot of time. Thanks.

Thank you, works great!

2010-12-04T02:08:03.200-07:00

Thank you, works great!

Load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js! It is what...

2010-08-25T08:45:34.334-07:00

Load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js! It is what missed me. Thank you, reelfernandes...

Thank you, I had 1 whole day wasted trying to solv...

2010-08-22T22:57:26.428-07:00

Thank you, I had 1 whole day wasted trying to solve this until I found your post!

Needing to load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js ...

2010-07-20T21:45:27.077-07:00

Needing to load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js was something i missed too. Thanks for the blog & comments!

I had the same problem with the external change ev...

2010-02-25T07:43:14.528-07:00

I had the same problem with the external change events (browser back & forward & changing the url directly).

Turns out it was because it was running on my local file system. Running it on a web server solved the problem.

Life saver!

2010-01-13T17:38:28.048-07:00

Life saver!

thanks

2010-01-07T12:18:15.663-07:00

thanks

thank you.

2009-10-14T18:15:26.479-07:00

thank you.

Spot on with your answer. This saved me countless ...

2009-04-08T15:50:00.000-07:00

Spot on with your answer. This saved me countless hours of debugging. THANK YOU!

@Skar
Glad to help. That id is only used outsid...

2009-03-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

@Skar
Glad to help. That id is only used outside of Flash... such as javascript, so you can name it whatever you would like.

@Anon
Sure. For step 3 you add the listener similar to the following:
SWFAddress.addEventListener(SWFAddressEvent.CHANGE, handleSWFAddress);
Then you add the corresponding handler:

private function handleSWFAddress(e:SWFAddressEvent):void {
SWFAddress.setTitle(e.value);
}

Thats all you need for updating the title.

I'm having trouble with step 3. Can you show me ho...

2009-03-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

I'm having trouble with step 3. Can you show me how you added an handler please??

Dude!

You totally saved my day!
I notice...

2009-03-20T01:39:00.000-07:00

Dude!

You totally saved my day!
I noticed it didn't worked, did a Google-search and found this sollution.

Especially the following was very handy:

var attributes = {};
attributes.id = "WHATEVER_NAME_YOU_WANT";
//this name is never used ever any more - right?

So thanks again!

This page was tons of help, glad I found it. My p...

2009-03-18T20:36:00.000-07:00

This page was tons of help, glad I found it. My problem turned out to be that I needed to load SWFOBJECT first, then SWFADDRESS, then dynamic embedding using javascript.

Before then, it would work on page load, and would trigger the event with flash, for instance when clicking on a button, but no back/forward action.

I was using swfobject 2.1, swf address 2.2.

Swapping the script tags around solved it!

Hi Everybody,

I was having the same problem...

2009-02-18T07:25:00.000-07:00

Hi Everybody,

I was having the same problem.
Back button not working and the change event was fired twice when you opened the page.

I switched to the 2.1 version instead of the 2.2 and the problems were gone...

ah! well that took care of the style. thanks man....

2009-01-30T12:13:00.000-07:00

ah! well that took care of the style. thanks man. I put the project back up with viewSource enabled so you can see whats what. This time without the snowman with the white hat and white pipe.
www.coreysmaller.com/test/musicStore.html

i think maybe the event listener function should actually change the state? I thought history management did that for you?
once again, I cant thank you enough for your patience as the calm , assertive pack leader.

For getting it to show in firefox, safari... try a...

2009-01-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

For getting it to show in firefox, safari... try adding this to your stylesheet:

#myAlternativeContent {
width:100%; height:100%; min-height:630px; min-width:1024px; position:absolute;
}

It has something to do with having your Flash file be 100% in the empty div that Firefox does not like. Haven't narrowed it down pass that.

As far as swfAddress goes. Your setup looks solid. Only question now is the Actionscript... Are you listening for the SWFAddressEvent.CHANGE?

arrghhh. try it in IE. for some reason Firefox and...

2009-01-29T16:20:00.000-07:00

arrghhh. try it in IE. for some reason Firefox and Safari both hate the code now.
...reaching for the bottle..

is that link correct? I see a nice snowman sitting...

2009-01-29T16:17:00.000-07:00

is that link correct? I see a nice snowman sitting in a blizzard wearing a white hat.... annnnnd i ran out of things white. But you get the picture :)

first of all, THANK YOU for at least throwing me a...

2009-01-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

first of all, THANK YOU for at least throwing me a bone.
I put the code up on my testing server for you to look at:
http://www.coreysmaller.com/test/index.html
as you can see the address bar works but the browser back/fwd buttons dont change the state back. I am assuming historyManagement should not be on in Flex?

before you resort to drinking...

what is:
2009-01-29T14:40:00.000-07:00
before you resort to drinking...

what is:
swfobject.registerObject(

i've only seen:
swfobject.embedSWF(

I would make sure you have an ID set. Unless "musicStore" is the id... if that is the case, then how is the swf being set?

cheers! ;)

ok, I got the latest version of swfObject, ran the...

2009-01-29T14:18:00.000-07:00

ok, I got the latest version of swfObject, ran the wizard and inserted the data and it still doesnt work. I put text traces in the SWFAddress back/up/forward callers and its not getting to them. It has to be something to do with the js/html. it just has to. I am about to develop a drinking problem.

//script type=/text/javascript/ src="swfobject.js"//
//script type=/text/javascript/ src="swfaddress/swfaddress.js//script
//script type="text/javascript//
swfobject.registerObject("musicStore", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf");
//endscript
//endhead
//body
insert the object like normal

I haven't seen the setup you are using before... b...

2009-01-29T12:45:00.000-07:00

I haven't seen the setup you are using before... but that doesn't mean it is wrong. I would make sure you are using the latest SwfObject and try using the SwfObject Generator. I quickly put in your code into the generator and it came up with something like the code below (I altered the script tags so I could publish this post and I added swfaddress BELOW the swfobject import.)

script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js" /script

script type="text/javascript" src="swfaddress.js" /script

script type="text/javascript"
var flashvars = {};
var params = {}; params.bgcolor = "#869CA7";
var attributes = {}; attributes.id = "MusicStore"; swfobject.embedSWF("musicStore.swf", "myAlternativeContent", "100%", "100%", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);

/script

Comments on ickydime: SWFAddress: Back Button Not Working? I may know wh...

Thanks, was having the same problem. www.soundand...

I think you may have broken it ?

Very helpful tip; it's amazing how many times ...

Thank you, works great!

Load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js! It is what...

Thank you, I had 1 whole day wasted trying to solv...

Needing to load swfobject.js before swfaddress.js ...

I had the same problem with the external change ev...

Life saver!

thanks

thank you.

Spot on with your answer. This saved me countless ...

@SkarGlad to help. That id is only used outsid...

I'm having trouble with step 3. Can you show me ho...

Dude!You totally saved my day!I notice...

This page was tons of help, glad I found it. My p...

Hi Everybody,I was having the same problem...

ah! well that took care of the style. thanks man....

For getting it to show in firefox, safari... try a...

arrghhh. try it in IE. for some reason Firefox and...

is that link correct? I see a nice snowman sitting...

first of all, THANK YOU for at least throwing me a...

ok, I got the latest version of swfObject, ran the...

I haven't seen the setup you are using before... b...

@Skar
Glad to help. That id is only used outsid...

Dude!

You totally saved my day!
I notice...

Hi Everybody,

I was having the same problem...