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Asked: 2026-05-11T10:56:21+00:00

I’m using SWFObject to embed flash on my site. var so = new SWFObject(file.swf,

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I’m using SWFObject to embed flash on my site.

var so = new SWFObject('file.swf', 'file', '100%', '100%', '8', '#FFFFFF'); so.addParam('wmode', 'opaque'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess', 'always'); so.write(container);

This works like a charm in all browsers as far I can tell, but I’m also using fscommand from flash, and thus I’m having a function:

function file_DoFSCommand(command, args) {     alert('It works!'); }

And this also works in all browsers I tested, except Firefox on windows, where the file_DoFSCommand doesn’t get called (but the flash is displayed). Firefox mac and other browsers display ‘It works!’ as expected. Very strange. If I remove ‘wmode’, ‘opaque’ it suddenly works, but then my css menu gets below the Flash so that’s not an option. wmode = transparent doesn’t seem to change anything.

Setting the so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’, ‘never’); makes the other browsers behave like FF on windows when wmode is set.

Any suggestions why FF won’t work?

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  1. @Theo.T, thanks for the tip. It didn’t solve my problem though, but searching around for how to use ExternalInterface led me to a page saying IE wouldn’t receive calls from flash when the container was hidden. My container wasn’t hidden, but the height was set to 0:

    <div id='flashcontainer' style='height:0'>

    Setting the height to 1px solved the problem and Firefox now successfully receives the calls from Flash

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