209774 - authorware plugin does not correctly paint when in an IFRAME

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout: Images, Video, and HTML Frames, defect)

Description

[Markus Essl]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Build Identifier: 

If the Authorwareplugin (AW50 up to AW70 tested) is hosted in an IFRAME, the 
Authorware plugin gets painted black when a window moves over it. This does 
not occur if it is in an Frameset or simple Page.  This happens with mozilla 
1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (not tested on 1.0, and not on 1.4rc2)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached index.html
2. Klick on "IFrame"
3. Hit WIN-R and move the window above the plugin (any other window will do, 
too)

Actual Results:  
The window leaves a black trail instead of redrawing the authorware plugin

Expected Results:  
Redraw the authorware plugin. 

.) If you switch between windows (WIN-M, WIN-SHIFT-M or ALT-TAB), the plugin-
area gets painted black too. 

.) If you hit on "static" or "loop" when they are black, authorware repaints 
the animation, but not the rest of the plugin area.

.) I first thought this was an Authorware issue and should be fixed by 
macromedia. But then I discovered that this only happens within an IFrame, and 
that this works fine with framesets - I then looked at the source, but got 
hopelessly lost. If someone can tell me the basic drawing scheme, I can take a 
another try to find the problem.

Comment 1

[Markus Essl]

Attachment: Authorware7 Sample

This is the ZIP-File containing a simple Authorware Interaction. Launch the
index.html to try various test cases.

Comment 2

[Markus Essl]

The Authorware Plugin (AW7 compact) can be downloaded from this url:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?
P1_Prod_Version=AWPcmpl&P2_Platform=Win32&P3_Browser_Version=NetscapePre4&P5_La
nguage=English

(if that should not work: 
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/)

Comment 3

[Anne (:annevk)]

Still an issue?

Comment 4

[Markus Essl]

I just tried this out with FireFox 0.9.3 and the Macromedia Authorware Web
Player Netscape plug-in, version 2004, and it worked without problems. Seems to
me the problem has been fixed.

Comment 5

[Anne (:annevk)]

Since it isn't clear what exactly fixed the problem (it wasn't even clear if
there was a problem), resolving WORKSFORME.