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Posted 30 Aug 2007 01:15:50
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30 Aug 2007 01:15:50 Adam Newman posted:
I know very little about working with flash. I have a flash object I inserted into my site just by using Dreamweaver and going to media--->flash. It works great in Firefox but will not load in internet explorer. Can someone please help? The site is: www.letsbuythecubbies.com/trading . I also have an .fla file if that will work better. Thanks,
Adam
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Replied 01 Sep 2007 19:33:22
01 Sep 2007 19:33:22 Karen VanDonsel replied:
Hi Adam,
I had a very similar problem. I could play my swf while on my hard drive but I couldn't get it to play after I uploaded it to the internet site. And it didn't matter if I use IE or Firefox - it wouldn't play.
I just discovered this morning that there was a run active control javascript file (AC_RunActiveControl.js) that needed to be uploaded as well. The HTML code created by Dreamweaver CS3 appears to map to the javascript fle in a totally different location on my hard drive (which of course is not available on-line). So, I uploaded the file into the same directly as the SWF and then changed the HTML code to reflect that location. Once I did that and uploaded all the appropriate files, the swf played fine.
If this doesn't fix your problem, you may want to try the technique I used to find my "glitch". Re-publish your swf file in Flash, being sure to publish the HTML page at the same time. Upload both that HTML page and the swf file and test to see if the swf plays. If it does, then the problem you're experiencing is in the HTML of the other page - try to find the difference in the coding. If it doesn't play, then you only need to check and edit a small amount of HTML code to find the potential problem.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Karen
I had a very similar problem. I could play my swf while on my hard drive but I couldn't get it to play after I uploaded it to the internet site. And it didn't matter if I use IE or Firefox - it wouldn't play.
I just discovered this morning that there was a run active control javascript file (AC_RunActiveControl.js) that needed to be uploaded as well. The HTML code created by Dreamweaver CS3 appears to map to the javascript fle in a totally different location on my hard drive (which of course is not available on-line). So, I uploaded the file into the same directly as the SWF and then changed the HTML code to reflect that location. Once I did that and uploaded all the appropriate files, the swf played fine.
If this doesn't fix your problem, you may want to try the technique I used to find my "glitch". Re-publish your swf file in Flash, being sure to publish the HTML page at the same time. Upload both that HTML page and the swf file and test to see if the swf plays. If it does, then the problem you're experiencing is in the HTML of the other page - try to find the difference in the coding. If it doesn't play, then you only need to check and edit a small amount of HTML code to find the potential problem.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Karen
Replied 26 Feb 2008 02:11:17
26 Feb 2008 02:11:17 will ski replied:
Hey Karen,
Where exactly do you update your html file to find the js file?
here is my html
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Aunty Art</title>
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','800','height','600','src','auntyart','quality','high','pluginspage','www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','auntyart' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="800" height="600">
<param name="movie" value="auntyart.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="auntyart.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="600"></embed>
</object></noscript></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
cheerw
Where exactly do you update your html file to find the js file?
here is my html
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Aunty Art</title>
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','800','height','600','src','auntyart','quality','high','pluginspage','www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','auntyart' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="800" height="600"><param name="movie" value="auntyart.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="auntyart.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="600"></embed>
</object></noscript></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
cheerw
Replied 16 Jun 2008 16:22:10
16 Jun 2008 16:22:10 Janet Metcalfe replied:
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Hi Adam,
I had a very similar problem. I could play my swf while on my hard drive but I couldn't get it to play after I uploaded it to the internet site. And it didn't matter if I use IE or Firefox - it wouldn't play.
I just discovered this morning that there was a run active control javascript file (AC_RunActiveControl.js) that needed to be uploaded as well. The HTML code created by Dreamweaver CS3 appears to map to the javascript fle in a totally different location on my hard drive (which of course is not available on-line). So, I uploaded the file into the same directly as the SWF and then changed the HTML code to reflect that location. Once I did that and uploaded all the appropriate files, the swf played fine.
If this doesn't fix your problem, you may want to try the technique I used to find my "glitch". Re-publish your swf file in Flash, being sure to publish the HTML page at the same time. Upload both that HTML page and the swf file and test to see if the swf plays. If it does, then the problem you're experiencing is in the HTML of the other page - try to find the difference in the coding. If it doesn't play, then you only need to check and edit a small amount of HTML code to find the potential problem.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Karen
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Would love to know if anyone has and answer on where exactly to find the (AC_RunActiveControl.js) file. And after I have found it, where on my site do I upload it?
I am really stuck, please someone help. <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>
Hi Adam,
I had a very similar problem. I could play my swf while on my hard drive but I couldn't get it to play after I uploaded it to the internet site. And it didn't matter if I use IE or Firefox - it wouldn't play.
I just discovered this morning that there was a run active control javascript file (AC_RunActiveControl.js) that needed to be uploaded as well. The HTML code created by Dreamweaver CS3 appears to map to the javascript fle in a totally different location on my hard drive (which of course is not available on-line). So, I uploaded the file into the same directly as the SWF and then changed the HTML code to reflect that location. Once I did that and uploaded all the appropriate files, the swf played fine.
If this doesn't fix your problem, you may want to try the technique I used to find my "glitch". Re-publish your swf file in Flash, being sure to publish the HTML page at the same time. Upload both that HTML page and the swf file and test to see if the swf plays. If it does, then the problem you're experiencing is in the HTML of the other page - try to find the difference in the coding. If it doesn't play, then you only need to check and edit a small amount of HTML code to find the potential problem.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Karen
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Would love to know if anyone has and answer on where exactly to find the (AC_RunActiveControl.js) file. And after I have found it, where on my site do I upload it?
I am really stuck, please someone help. <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>