159370 - Plugins ignore nested embed inside object tags

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Description

[brad]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721
BuildID:    2002072104

I was running Mozilla 1.1 Alpha with no problems.  However, when i installed
mozilla 1.1 Beta over it, i started getting this error when i would go to pages
that contain flash.

Here's the error message i get:

"ActiveX Error
Could not create the control {00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000}.  Check that
is has been installed on your computer and that this page correctly references it."

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to www.macromedia.com
2.
3.

Expected Results:  loaded the flash animation

i've had this problem and reported it before.  However, i've tried uninstalling
mozilla, removing the flash plugin, and reinstalling, and i still get this error.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

quoting from the previous occurance; bug 152393 comment 1:

"pls [...] tell me ur flash version? Also check and see if npswf32.dll is 
inside the mozilla/plugins folder of ur installation or not. If u don't see it 
there, then type 'about:plugins" inside url bar and see if flash is listed in the 
plugins list...let me know."

Comment 2

[Peter 'vt100' Schwindt]

Reporter, have you used a clean profile with the new build? Could you try again
with a freshly created one?

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

Reporter replied in mail:

"i'm running flash 6.0 r40.  And, yup the npswf32.dll is in there.  I've
tried removing it, and reinstalling, to no avail."

Comment 4

[brad]

I also tried creating a new profile, but i still got the error when i went to
www.macromedia.com with the new profile.

Comment 5

[Peter Lubczynski]

Please copy/paste your about:plugins here.

Comment 6

[brad]

Mozilla Default Plug-in

    File name: npnul32.dll
Default Plug-in

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* Mozilla Default Plug-in (*.*) * Yes

Shockwave Flash

    File name: NPSWF32.dll
Shockwave Flash 6.0 r40

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Macromedia Flash movie (*.swf) swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie (*.spl) spl Yes

QuickTime Plug-in 5.0.2

    File name: npqtplugin5.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in
Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
image/x-quicktime QuickTime Image File (*.qtif,*.qti) qtif,qti Yes
image/x-sgi SGI image file (*.sgi,*.rgb) sgi,rgb Yes
image/x-targa TGA image file (*.targa,*.tga) targa,tga Yes
image/tiff TIFF image file (*.tif,*.tiff) tif,tiff Yes
image/x-tiff TIFF image file (*.tif,*.tiff) tif,tiff Yes

QuickTime Plug-in 5.0.2

    File name: npqtplugin4.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in
Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio file (*.mpeg,*.mpg,*.m1s,*.m1a,*.mp2,*.mpm,*.mpa)
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint image file (*.pntg,*.pnt,*.mac) pntg,pnt,mac Yes
image/pict PICT image file (*.pict,*.pic,*.pct) pict,pic,pct Yes
image/x-pict PICT image file (*.pict,*.pic,*.pct) pict,pic,pct Yes
image/png PNG image file (*.png) png Yes
image/x-png PNG image file (*.png) png Yes

QuickTime Plug-in 5.0.2

    File name: npqtplugin3.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in
Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/x-mpeg MPEG media file
(*.mpeg,*.mpg,*.m1s,*.m1v,*.m1a,*.m75,*.m15,*.mp2,*.mpm,*.mpv,*.mpa)
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa Yes
video/mpeg MPEG media file
(*.mpeg,*.mpg,*.m1s,*.m1v,*.m1a,*.m75,*.m15,*.mp2,*.mpm,*.mpv,*.mpa)
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa Yes
audio/mpeg MPEG audio file (*.mpeg,*.mpg,*.m1s,*.m1a,*.mp2,*.mpm,*.mpa)
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa Yes

QuickTime Plug-in 5.0.2

    File name: npqtplugin2.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in
Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-aiff AIFF audio file (*.aiff,*.aif,*.aifc) aiff,aif,aifc Yes
audio/basic uLaw/AU audio file (*.au,*.snd,*.ulw) au,snd,ulw Yes
audio/mid MIDI file (*.mid,*.midi,*.smf,*.kar) mid,midi,smf,kar Yes
audio/x-midi MIDI file (*.mid,*.midi,*.smf,*.kar) mid,midi,smf,kar Yes
audio/midi MIDI file (*.mid,*.midi,*.smf,*.kar) mid,midi,smf,kar Yes
audio/vnd.qcelp QUALCOMM PureVoice audio file (*.qcp) qcp Yes
audio/x-gsm GSM audio file (*.gsm) gsm Yes

QuickTime Plug-in 5.0.2

    File name: npqtplugin.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in
Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/sdp SDP stream descriptor file (*.sdp) sdp Yes
application/x-sdp SDP stream descriptor file (*.sdp) sdp Yes
application/x-rtsp RTSP stream descriptor file (*.rtsp,*.rts) rtsp,rts Yes
video/quicktime QuickTime Movie (*.mov,*.qt) mov,qt Yes
video/flc AutoDesk Animator (FLC) file (*.flc,*.fli) flc,fli Yes
audio/aiff AIFF audio file (*.aiff,*.aif,*.aifc) aiff,aif,aifc Yes

RealJukebox NS Plugin

    File name: nprjplug.dll
RealJukebox Netscape Plugin

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
[*] RealJukebox NS Plugin File (*.*) * Yes

RealOne Player Version Plugin

    File name: nprpverplug.dll
6.0.10.505

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
none RealOne Player Version NS Plugin (*.*) none Yes

Java Plug-in

    File name: NPJPI140_01.dll
Java Plug-in 1.4.0_01 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.0_01 Java Applet Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4.0_01 JavaBeans Yes

Java Plug-in

    File name: NPJPI140.dll
Java Plug-in 1.4.0 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4 Java Applet Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4 JavaBeans Yes

Java Plug-in

    File name: NPOJI610.dll
Java Plug-in 1.4.0 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-vm Java Virtual Machine for Netscape 6.x Yes

Mozilla ActiveX control and plugin support

    File name: npmozax.dll
Mozilla ActiveX control and plugin module

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-oleobject ActiveX (*.*) * Yes
application/oleobject ActiveX (*.*) * Yes
text/x-activescript ActiveScript(*.axs) *.axs Yes

Adobe Acrobat

    File name: nppdf32.dll
Adobe Acrobat Plug-In Version 5.00 for Netscape

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/pdf Acrobat (*.pdf) pdf Yes

RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)

    File name: nppl3260.dll
RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer(tm) as Plug-in (*.rpm) rpm Yes

Comment 7

[brad]

I removed the npmozax.dll from the plugins directory, and now flash works just
fine.  The only problem is that i can't use any activeX controls.  

So it looks like there is some conflict between the version of npmozax.dll and
the npswf32.dll that i had in the plugins directory.

Comment 8

[rubydoo123]

Assigning to Adam since he is the ActiveX plug-in man

Comment 9

[Adam Lock]

I have my plugin installed (and flash) and Macromedia site works fine.

One oddity is the most recent version of the plugin specifically handles *.ocx
extensions whereas yours says *.*. It's possible this was fouling up something
in which case, try a later version of the plugin. 

application/x-oleobject ActiveX (*.ocx) *.ocx 
application/oleobject ActiveX (*.ocx) *.ocx 
text/x-activescript ActiveScript(*.axs) *.axs Yes

That error message about being unable to create a
{00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000} clsid has also been gone about 6 months
after I fixed some code in the clsid parser.

Comment 10

[brad]

Installed the new rev of the plugin.  It fixed the error message
problem...however, it still interferes with the playing of flash.  When
npmozax.dll is in the plugins directory, it won't load any flash.  When i remove
it, it plays just fine.

Comment 11

[Adam Lock]

Hijacking this bug and reassigning.

Basically the issue is that the site has an embed tag inside the object tag.
Normally this is indicative of the site providing support for IE via the OBJECT
tag and Mozilla/Netscape via the EMBED tag.

Currently, the plugin layer sees the classid attribute on the object and goes
off looking for any plugin that can handle "application/x-oleobject" content. It
sees my plugin can handle that type, instantiates it and ignores the nested
embed tag. The code that does that is here:

http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/layout/html/base/src/nsObjectFrame.cpp#1084

In such circumstances, perhaps the plugin code can be a little smarter and test
the content type of the nested embed tag first before falling back on looking
for the application/x-oleobject plugin.

Comment 12

[Adam Lock]

Probably a dupe of bug 109082?

Comment 13

[rubydoo123]

assigning to peterl to determine if he wants to mark this as a dup.

Comment 14

[Steve Adamski (gone)]

milestone changed to mozilla1.3alpha

Comment 15

[Peter Lubczynski]

Attachment: patch v.1

This patch causes the browser to prefer loading nested EMBED tags over OBJECTS
displaying Active-X controls.

Comment 16

[rubydoo123]

1.3 beta

Comment 17

[Juan José Mata]

This never landed, and we're trying to figure out if we should indeed take this
fix.  Removing target milestone for re-targetting.

Comment 18

[David Bradley]

Why was this closed? Nothing has been patched. Was it fixed by another bug?

Comment 19

[u597032]

Adobe Flash is no longer supported.