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    what do I put as the <param name=movie value=" ???"> If I have my website "http://www.abc.com" and my ftp host is "http://www.123.com" what would I put as <param name=movie value=" >





    [Edited by olive12 on 10-20-2001 at 05:38 AM]

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    Hi,

    still a file on your web site ... there are quite a few hosting companies where the ftp address differs from your web address
    If your main page is index.html and the flash movie is hello.swf, and you put them into the same folder with ftp, the movie would simply be hello.swf
    BTW: wht was the "email" in the subject referring to?

    Musicman

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    Originally posted by Musicman
    Hi,

    still a file on your web site ... there are quite a few hosting companies where the ftp address differs from your web address
    If your main page is index.html and the flash movie is hello.swf, and you put them into the same folder with ftp, the movie would simply be hello.swf
    BTW: wht was the "email" in the subject referring to?

    Musicman
    I am trying to put the movie into to the email as a stationery html .
    If I have flag.html and banner.swf with "http://www.abc.com" as my website and my ftp host is "http://www.123.com" what would I put as <param name=movie value=" > because my flag won't play on the email. I have as <param name=movie value="http://www.123.com/abc/flag/banner.swf"> where is wrong on the path?

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    Hi,

    so you use ftp://www.123.com and login as user abc to upload your files. You have got your index.html somewhere in the ftp area (maybe you have to change to an initial directory like abc or http://www.abc.com or www or html, maybe not)
    From there you change to directory flag to save your banner.swf? Now your path should be http://www.abc.com/flag/banner.swf - just try to open files in browser on various likely locations to make sure.
    It is still possible that you could open the swf normally within your site, and open it directly in the browser but not use it with your email. Some websites implement a referer check to avoid outside links to images or downloadable files stored on their servers, and the mail reader might just send a silly referer (rather than none at all)

    Musicman

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    Originally posted by Musicman
    Hi,

    so you use ftp://www.123.com and login as user abc to upload your files. You have got your index.html somewhere in the ftp area (maybe you have to change to an initial directory like abc or http://www.abc.com or www or html, maybe not)
    From there you change to directory flag to save your banner.swf? Now your path should be http://www.abc.com/flag/banner.swf - just try to open files in browser on various likely locations to make sure.
    It is still possible that you could open the swf normally within your site, and open it directly in the browser but not use it with your email. Some websites implement a referer check to avoid outside links to images or downloadable files stored on their servers, and the mail reader might just send a silly referer (rather than none at all)

    Musicman
    It still doesn't work. My local root folder is C:\my documents\abc\index.htm with http://www.abc.com
    I just want to be able to create html stationery with flash on it as my email html which people can recieve and see the flash. Could you give me an easy solution.
    Thank's alot

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    Hi,

    can you see the movie in the html pages on your server? If so, would you mind to tell me your real url?

    Musicman

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