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Javascript Quicktime controls not working in Firefox

Javascript Quicktime controls not working in Firefox

Javascript Quicktime controls not working in Firefox

(OP)
I need to control a quicktime movie in one frame, from a control script in another frame. The only function I need to use is the SetURL function (see http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/REF/QT41_HTML/QT41WhatsNew-72.html). In IE6, this works fine. The QT manual page says that we should be able to use these functions from Netscape 7 and this page: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=2351&message=44&state=reply seems to imply that the latest versions of QT are supported in firefox.

So basically, what I need is for you guys to fix this so it works in all browsers (IE5+, Opera, Firefox):

============ index.html ============
<html>
<head>
<title>frame control demo</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="*,*">
     <frame src="controlframe.html" name="controlframe" scrolling="no" noresize="noresize" frameborder="1" />
     <frame src="objectframe.html" name="objectframe" scrolling="no" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" />
     <noframes>
     <body>
          You need a frames-enabled browser to use this application.     </body>
     </noframes>
</frameset>
</html>

============ controlframe.html ============
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<span onMouseOver="this.style.background = '#336699'; this.style.color = '#ffffff';" onMouseOut="this.style.background = '#ddeeff'; this.style.color = '#000033';" onclick="parent.objectframe.document.getElementById('movie1').SetURL('titrate.mov');" style="background: #ddeeff; color: #000033; font-weight: bold;"> Alter URL </span><br/><br/>
<span onMouseOver="this.style.background = '#336699'; this.style.color = '#ffffff';" onMouseOut="this.style.background = '#ddeeff'; this.style.color = '#000033';" onclick="parent.objectframe.document.getElementById('movie1').Stop();" style="background: #ddeeff; color: #000033; font-weight: bold;"> Stop </span>
</body>
</html>

============ objectframe.html ============
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
        codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"
        id="movie1" width="340" height="280">

        <PARAM name="src" value="yellow.mov">

<EMBED width="340" height="280"
        src="yellow.mov"
        name="movie2"
        id="movie2"
        enablejavascript="true">
 </EMBED>
</OBJECT> <br/><br/>
<span onMouseOver="this.style.background = '#336699'; this.style.color = '#ffffff';" onMouseOut="this.style.background = '#ddeeff'; this.style.color = '#000033';" onclick="document.getElementById('movie1').SetURL('titrate.mov');" style="background: #ddeeff; color: #000033; font-weight: bold;"> Alter URL </span><br/><br/>
<span onMouseOver="this.style.background = '#336699'; this.style.color = '#ffffff';" onMouseOut="this.style.background = '#ddeeff'; this.style.color = '#000033';" onclick="document.embeds[0].Stop()" style="background: #ddeeff; color: #000033; font-weight: bold;"> Stop </span>
</body>
</html>


At the moment I can't even get it to work in Firefox with the controls in the same frame. The javascript console keeps saying:

Error: parent.objectframe.document.getElementById("movie1").Stop is not a function


Please note:

1) the actual movies used don't matter at this stage (I just downloaded two random ones for this example frameset)

2) I can't reload the frame as the actual application I'm writing does some authentication routines which take a lot of server time and, as there will be lots of users of the final system, this is not an acceptable method.  i.e. I MUST be able to use the setURL() function.


Thank you in advance for your help,

keteracel.

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