Flash and document.write()

[Charles]

It's strange... The following works:

document.write('<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-
AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/
pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="1"
height="1"><param name="movie" value="vinheta1.swf"><embed
src="vinheta1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://
www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-
flash" width="1" height="1"></embed></object>');

But the following doesn't:

document.write('<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-
AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/
pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="1"
height="1"><param name="movie" value="vinheta' . '1' . '.swf"><embed
src="vinheta' . '1' . '.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://
www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-
flash" width="1" height="1"></embed></object>');

Have you had this sort of problem? Do you know why this doesn't work
in the 2nd case?
Thanks,

 

[Peter Michaux]

It's strange... The following works:

document.write('<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-
AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/
pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="1"
height="1"><param name="movie" value="vinheta1.swf"><embed
src="vinheta1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-
flash" width="1" height="1"></embed></object>');

But the following doesn't:

document.write('<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-
AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/
pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="1"
height="1"><param name="movie" value="vinheta' . '1' . '.swf"><embed
src="vinheta' . '1' . '.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-
flash" width="1" height="1"></embed></object>');

Have you had this sort of problem? Do you know why this doesn't work
in the 2nd case?

I doubt anyone is going to bust out a diff program to figure out what
is different in these two blobs. Perhaps you'd like to indicate what
is different?

Peter

 

[Mark]

The string concatenation operator is '+' not '.'.

 

[Charles]

The string concatenation operator is '+' not '.'.

Correct.

 

[Charles]

Any idea?

 

[-Lost]

Any idea?

About what? Didn't Mark's response solve your problem?

 

[Charles]

About what? Didn't Mark's response solve your problem?

No, I would like to know why this difference prevents the Flash
animation from appearing.
TIA,

 

[-Lost]

No, I would like to know why this difference prevents the Flash
animation from appearing.

And you changed your .'s to +'s, right?

 

[Charles]

And you changed your .'s to +'s, right?

Nope.

 

[Charles]

Because one way is a syntax error and the other way isn't. When the
syntax error is encountered script execution stops. When it stops you
won't see an animation because it hasn't been completely created yet.

Thanks. From the 2nd snippet, I'm just concatenating strings. This is
why I don't understand it fails to render the Flash animation.

 

[-Lost]

Thanks. From the 2nd snippet, I'm just concatenating strings. This is
why I don't understand it fails to render the Flash animation.

Oh my God. NO YOU ARE NOT. The concatenation operator in JavaScript is
a plus (+) not a dot (.). This is NOT PHP.

 

[Charles]

Damn! I mix everything...Anyway, thanks again!