Switching between plugin and flash

[BLiZZaRD]

Yay! Glad we got it solved!

[corbo950]

Ok so now i have kinda a new issue.... when i try to run the plugin from inside flex i make an ExternalInterface call(to the JS of flex's holder page) which is like "window.frames.pandaFrame.loadP3D()" which simply goes into the iframe which is supposed to hold the plugin and calls the function to run it and this works fine and great in both safari and IE but it throws firefox for a total loop.... any idea why?

[jscheuer1]

Please post a link to a page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.

[corbo950]

here

..... it is still up from before... and it should tell you this but if not the plugin install site is here

edit: i also just turned on directory browsing in that area of my site....might take a min to take effect though.... hope it helps and thanks in advance for anything you can do

[jscheuer1]

OK, I've installed the panda plugin. I'm still not clear on what page I should go to to see the problem, or what I should do once I get to that page.

I think I'm clear that I should do this in Firefox, do I have that much right?

[corbo950]

It is ok I know I totally switched gears on you ..... If you follow the link then it should run the plugin... This should show a splash image and a short movie and then a menu... Hit play..... In IE or safari the game should soon after load showing it's menu... I know this is redundent i'm using a demo app from panda3d's site.... In firefox the plugin will not show when you hit play ... I belive the problem is in the call to window.frames.pandaFrame.loadP3D() which is in omega13main.html .... If you need anything else or have anymore questions just let me know ..:-) thanks again

[corbo950]

Anybody have any ideas?

[BLiZZaRD]

If there is no answer I will try to look at it tomorrow. I just don't have time to learn about all the programs and install all the stuff so I can test it.

[corbo950]

Thanks I know it is kinda a collage of things... I have kept trying but i have no luck in figuring it out.

edit: I did just find this debugger called firebug and it came up with this:

reference to undefined property window.frames.pandaFrame
window.frames.pandaFrame.loadP3D(source);

Does firefox not support window.frames?

Or maybe does firefox save resources by not creating pandaFrame until it is displayed?

[corbo950]

I found the answer .... thanks to everybody who tried to help.... using that firebug error i was able to find another forum where somebody had asked a similar question. it turns out that firefox doesnt like calling frames by their id... so you have to do this:

window.frames[0].loadP3D(source);