Is IE The Only Browser (or version) That Does Not Allow Flash Object Manipulation?

Question

I've tried multiple ways to edit Flash Objects / Embeds via Javascript and it seems to work in everything but IE, so I'm thinking about just throwing IE out the window for this application unless there are older + used version of other browsers that also do not allow you to edit objects. An example of this would be:

document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = '<object ...><embed ...><\/embed><\/object>';

or in jquery

var params = '<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />' +
             '<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />' +
             '<param name="allowNetworking" value="all" />' +
             '<param name="movie" value="player.swf" />' +
$("#objectPlayer").html(params);

If all the rest of the modern browsers and the most used versions of them do support this kind of editing then I'll just scrap IE. And before I get floods of the SWFObject JS Framework, I'm not going to include a huge framework for a browser that I do not believe is going to contain my demographic.

JSFiddle

Here's a link to a JSFiddle I created. It works in all browsers but IE8

Answer 1

I believe the <param>part of your code is for <object>.

You have to pass the name/value pairs for embed too.

$("#objectPlayer embed").attr({
    "src": "fileName.swf",
    "name": "fileName",
    "allowFullScreen": "true",
    "width": 200,
    "height": 100,
    "type": "application/x-shockwave-flash"

    //and so on...
    });

But I would use SWFObject anyway, it is the industry standard, it's quite robust and it is the best way of embedding flash on the website.