Hi-

This question has two parts to it...

1) I've put together a site in DWMX2004 that uses swf elements to link to different parts of the site. They load fine when I hit F12 using IE, but don't load when testing using FF (Ctrl-F12). Here's the code for one of the elements (there are 12 in total):

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="134" height="27">
    <param name="movie" value="../templates/icudevices_nds.swf">
    <param name="quality" value="high">
    <embed src="icudevices_nds.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="134" height="27"></embed>
                      </object>

Sorry if the formatting is a bit funny, I tried to clean it up a bit without much success. Why doesn't FF recognize the path for the "icudevices_nds.swf" like IE does?

2) When I copied the swf elements into the other folders (in addition to the templates folder), they load, although there is a significant (ca. 1 second) lag after the rest of the page renders.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance...
jens

FF can't find the file because you have an incorrect path, these need to be the same. Internet Explorer uses the object tag and FF handles swf files by embedding them.

<param name="movie" value="../templates/icudevices_nds.swf">
<embed src="icudevices_nds.swf"

peace
mike

mike,

thanks... your help's appreciated.

jens

one more question...

this relates to the second point in my original post: although the swf elements load now (because i've added the ../templates/ path to the swf files in the <embed> tag for each <object>) there's still a significant lag when loading in FF compared to the same elements loading in IE. any idea why this is?

thanks...
jens

jens
No problem. I am not sure what would cause the lag, especially not knowing what your project involves, it may be just the way the different browser are processing the file. I would suggest implementing a preloader. If you are working locally it is going to load fast and even have a little lag, once you put it live you start dealing with different connection speeds. This way the user will at least know something is going on.

peace
mike