255808 - javascript and flash plugin communication: setVariable does not work in moz 1.7, but it does in 1.6

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 233533

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[sabine]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803

using the swliveconnect i'm setting the value of a variable in a flashmovie via
javascript. the value, a string, is displayed there. so a mouseover on the
buttons should change the animated text.
in moz. 1.7 the javascript debugger shows the following errorcode :
Error: window.document.flash1.SetVariable is not a function
Source File: http://www.fuenf.de/seiten/home.htm
Line: 49
everything worked fine in moz. 1.6!!

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.mouse over iconbar at bottom of page
2.animated text above should change.
3.

Actual Results:  
nothing.

Expected Results:  
the animated text should display the string sent via javascript.

moz. 1.6 did the job very well.

Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

you need to reinstall Flash 7, the flashplayer.xpt that was in mozilla 1.6
directory (plugins/ or components/) was probably deleted at the same time you
removed Mozilla 1.6 to install Mozilla 1.7.
The flashplayer.xpt file comes with the Flash 7 installer and is mandatory to
enable Flash-to-JS communication.

Please report back so that we can then close this bug report.

Comment 2

[Hermann Schwab]

wfm Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8a3) Gecko/20040807
URL: http://www.fuenf.de/seiten/home.htm

Does that test work?
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/java_script_comm/javascript_to_flash.html

do you have flashplayer.xpt in your mozilla/components folder?
If you still have your 1.6 installed, you can copy it from there.

Comment 3

[Kevin Newman]

Do the details in bug 233533 sound familiar?

Comment 4

[sabine]

yes, its the same problem. also after installing firefox the same file
"flashplayer.xpt" is missed in the components directory. for inexperienced
users, flashplayer needs to be reinstalled. however, its not obvious, since
flashmovies are basically played.
it would save me and other people lots of trouble, if this would be fixed.

Comment 5

[Henrik Gemal]

dupe of bug 219471 ?

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

duping per comment 4