The Satay Method Question

[computerpain]

Howdy,
With the following code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="images/homepageflash.swf" 
   width="360" height="276">
   <param name="movie" value="images/homepageflash.swf" />
   <img src="noflash.gif" width="200" height="100" alt="" />
</object>

Can I make the "noflash.gif" link to another webpage if clicked?

Also he mentions:
"Just include one sacrificial movie at the front of your site that has the codebase attribute. "

What would that exact code be?

I see:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="360" height="276">
    <param name="movie" value="images/homepageflash.swf">
    <param name="quality" value="high">
    <embed src="images/homepageflash.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" height="276"></embed>
  </object>

Would I just have to include:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="360" height="276"></object>

?

Thanks,
Computerpain

[e-marine]

computerpain-

You may want to take a look at SWFObject. Included at the site is why SWFObject is better than the Satay method. I used the Satay method for about a year until I came across SWFObject.

[computerpain]

emarine,
Thanks I will look into it!

[computerpain]

Howdy,
I now have my flash element embedded using the following code :

<script type="text/javascript" src="include/swfobject.js"></script>
		
<div id="flashcontent">
  This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
   var so = new SWFObject("images/homepageflash02.swf", "3mindemoteaser", "360", "276", "8", "#FFFFFF");
   so.write("flashcontent");
</script>

This all works great.

I wanted to then add the Express Install feature to my flash element. According to the documentation for SWFObject I just need to add the following line :

so.useExpressInstall('expressinstall.swf');

That seems pretty simple. However, I cant seem to fine the file expressinstall.swf. I see expressinstall.as is part of SWFObject zip when i downloaded it... but where can I find expressinstall.swf and is it really that easy to implement?

Thanks,
computerpain

[e-marine]

Odd. I just downloaded the file and expressinstall.swf was included. Anywho, click the following to download a zip file containing expressinstall.swf.

Expressinstall

And yes... it is that easy to implement. Good luck.