JQuery IE8 Variable Undefined Error

Question

I am trying to read the value of the FlashVars parameter off of a Flash .swf file that's being embedded onto a page using swfobject. I can't change anything about how the Flash is being put on the page so I'm trying to manipulate it with JQuery. In Firefox the following selector works:

$flashvars1 = $(".homepagecolumn1 embed").attr("flashvars");

In IE6 & IE7 this works:

var flashvars1 = $(".homepagecolumn1 object param [name=FlashVars]").attr("value");

Neither one of the above code snippets works in IE8 though. Instead I get a "variable is undefined" error. Any tips?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I wonder if IE8 has "fixed" this bug John Resig's Blog post about Object.getElementsByTagName('param') but jQuery might not be ready to handle the "new IE8"?

More thoughts:

If you are using jQuery 1.3, will this work in IE8?

var flashvars1 = $(".homepagecolumn1 param[name='FlashVars']").attr("value");