Module: ActionView::Helpers::SwfObjectHelper::InstanceMethods

Public Instance methods

Returns a path to a Flash object. The src can be supplied as:

a full path, such as "/assets/applet.swf"
a file name such "applet.swf"
a file name without an extension, such as "applet"

All of the above are expanded to "/assets/applet.swf"

# File lib/swfobject_view_helper.rb, line 19
        def swfobject_path(source)
          compute_public_path(source, 'assets', 'swf')
        rescue NoMethodError
          # Rails 2.2 is missing compute_public_path.  It's present in
          # Rails 2.1 and Rails 2.3.  The right thing to do is to
          # conditionally define SwfObjectTag < AssetTag for Rails
          # 2.2, and return SwfObjectTag.new(self, ???,
          # source).public_path.  Do this instead.
          javascript_path(source.sub(/\/assets/, '/javascripts')).
            sub(/\/javascripts/, '/assets').
            sub(/\.js$/, '.swf').
            sub(/\.swf\.swf$/, 'swf')
        end

swfobject_tag(source, options={})

Returns a set of tags that display a Flash object within an HTML page.

Options:

:id - the id of the element to replace, and of the new Flash object. Defaults to the base name of the source.
:background_color - the background color of the Flash object; default white
:flash_version - the version of the Flash player that is required; default "8"
:size - the size of the Flash object, in the form "100x100". Defaults to "100%x100%"
:variables - a Hash of initialization variables that are passed to the object; default {:lzproxied => false}
:parameters - a Hash of parameters that configure the display of the object; default {:scale => ‘noscale’}
:fallback_html - HTML text that is displayed when the Flash player is not available.

The following options are for developers. They default to true in development mode, and false otherwise.

:check_for_javascript_include - if true, the return value will cause the browser to display a diagnostic message if the SwfObject JavaScript was not included.
:verify_file_exists - if true, the return value will cause the browser to display a diagnostic message if the Flash object does not exist.

[Source]

# File lib/swfobject_view_helper.rb, line 49
        def swfobject_tag(source, options={})
          path = swfobject_path(source)
          verify_file_exists = options.fetch(:verify_file_exists, ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'development')
          if verify_file_exists and not File.exists?(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'public', path).sub(/\?\d+/, ''))
            return "<div><strong>Warning:</strong> The file <code>#{File.join('public', path)}</code> does not exist.  Execute <tt>rake openlaszlo:build:applets</tt> to create it.</div>"
          end
          id = options[:id] || File.basename(source, '.swf')
          width = options[:width] || '100%'
          height = options[:height] || '100%'
          background_color = options[:background_color] || '#ffffff'
          flash_version = options[:flash_version] || '8,0,24,0'
          express_install_url = '/expressInstall.swf'
          variables = options.fetch(:variables, {:lzproxied => false})
          parameters = options.fetch(:parameters, {:scale => 'noscale'})
          fallback_html = options[:fallback_html] || %q{<p>Requires the Flash plugin.  If the plugin is already installed, click <a href="?detectflash=false">here</a>.</p>}
          if options.fetch(:check_for_javascript_include, ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'development')
            check_for_javascript = "if (typeof swfobject == 'undefined') document.getElementById('\#{id}').innerHTML = '<strong>Warning:</strong> <code>swfobject</code> is undefined.  Did you forget to include <code>&lt;%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %></code> in your view file?';\n"
          end
          return("<div id=\"\#{id}\">\n\#{fallback_html}\n</div>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">//<![CDATA[\n\#{check_for_javascript}\nswfobject.embedSWF(\"\#{path}\", \"\#{id}\", \"\#{width}\", \"\#{height}\", \"\#{flash_version}\", \#{express_install_url.to_json}, \#{variables.to_json}, \#{parameters.to_json});\n//]]>\n</script>\n")
        end