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JScript, JavaScript

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microsoft, internet explorer, all versions, javascript, flash, innerHTML, IE all versions, http://zego.biz/usa/test/zego-sports-boat-accessories.php

hello everyone,

i am having difficulty getting flash to display on a web page in IE (all versions), even though it loads/displays just fine in FF, google chrome, and apple safari. the javascript debugger i have installed in IE shows no script errors upon loading the page.

i am using body onload to call an external function that uses innerHTML to insert the swf files into divs. could the innerHTML be the problem? what is perplexing is that, in IE, when i right click on the page location of the zegomodel.swf file (under the heading "color options") the flash context menu displays. yet, when i right click where the header and footer swf files are supposed to be, i get the usual browser context menu.

page URI is: http://zego.biz/usa/test/zego-sports-boat-accessories.php

i have included the code contained in the external js file (pagescripts.js) below. as far as relevant CSS -- neither the header, footer, nor the zegomodel have positioning on them, although the header is floated left.

thank you so very much in advance for your time.

         
             function flash(){
 
document.getElementById('flashheader').innerHTML='<object width=\"760\" height=\"90\" codebase=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"header3.swf\" name=\"movie\"/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"/><param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"/><embed width=\"760\" height=\"90\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" quality=\"high\" src=\"http://zego.biz/usa/swf/header3.swf\"/></object>';
 
document.getElementById('flashfooter').innerHTML='<object width=\"760\" height=\"48\" codebase=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"footer4.swf\" name=\"movie\"/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"/><param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"/><img src=\"http://zego.biz/usa/images/footer.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"48\"/><embed width=\"760\" height=\"48\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" quality=\"high\" src=\"http://zego.biz/usa/swf/footer4.swf\"/></object>';
 
      }
 
 function flash2(){
 
document.getElementById('flashmodel').innerHTML='<object width=\"495\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"zegomodel.swf\" name=\"movie\"/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"/><embed width=\"495\" height=\"350\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/" quality=\"high\" src=\"http://zego.biz/usa/swf/zegomodel.swf\"/></object>';
 
      }

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Answered By:	TimYates
Expert Since:	08/18/1998
Accepted Solutions:	3577

TimYates has been an Expert for 10 years 4 months, during which he has posted 20548 comments and answered 3577 questions. TimYates is just one of 601 experts in the JScript Zone. 2 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.

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