282957 - .swf from same directory is used instead of from address stated in html source

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Behrooz Shahriari]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041110 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041110 Firefox/1.0

Firefox tries to use the .swf from the same directory, even if the html code
asks for it to be used from the root.

Case details:

There are 2 'menu.swf' files - one in the same directory and one in the root
directory. 

The source reveals that a different 'menu.swf' to that displayed should be used. 

http://www.aciddimensions.com/menu.swf
should be displayed but
http://www.aciddimensions.com/buggyff/menu.swf
is displayed instead.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. visit http://www.aciddimensions.com/buggyff/menu.htm
2. wrong .swf is displayed.

Actual Results:  
The file at 
http://www.aciddimensions.com/buggyff/menu.swf
is displayed.

Expected Results:  
the file

http://www.aciddimensions.com/menu.swf
should have been shown

Clearing the cache, setting cache limit to 0kb, then waiting a few days failed
to solve the problem.

If the file is deleted and cache cleared, nothing appears at all, as below.

http://www.aciddimensions.com/buggyff2/menu.htm

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

Please look at your source code:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
width="300" height="1500" align="left">

          <param name=movie value="http://www.aciddimensions.com/menu.swf">
    <param name=quality value=high>
    <embed src="menu.swf" quality=high
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="1500" align="left">
    </embed> 
  </object>

FF/Moz uses the embed src tag, which points to the menu.swf from the current
directory. Change that parameter and it should work.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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