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I do not know if this is my browser or flash problem, recently I notice about my koolmoves made site, everytime i rollover my cursor in any flash object there are lines appear around the flash object and it has a message "click to activate and use this control" I tried to viewed it on other computer and it do the same so Im sure it is not only on my computer, this was happen since last week. Any idea?
It is a new Internet Explorer security thing. The solution seems to involve different html code and 2 extra pages.
http://www.koolmoves.com/activeXcontent.zip
REVOLT!!! GET FIREFOX LOL just when you think MS is finally going to make a WC3 compliant browser.....
To be precise it's not security related but a modification related to the Eolas patent issue.
From the zip file Bob posted only the AC_RunActiveContent.js file is required for a swf file. Besides that you need to update the html page that loads the swf file.
The solution basicly comes down to including an external javascript file that writes the code to the document to load the swf file. This means if you are already using an external javascript to load different swf files based upon a flash player version check you don't have a problem.
Thanks for info. Are you saying I need to upload the js files on my server and update all html pages with swf files? if I have 10 html pages with swf do I need to update all of this? or just the index.html only :rolleyes:
Unfortunately if you don't want users to get the notification to click the swf before interaction can take place the answer is yes, you have to change all html pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by HScott
If your .js file is in the same folder as the html files these are the changes you have to make.
1. insert the following line in the head
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
2. insert the following code before the <object ...> tag and update the values3. insert </noscript> after the </object> tag.Code:<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0','width','730','height','430','src','index','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','index' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript>
That's all. (of course you have to do it 10x ;) )
Edit:
For some reason the forum places extra spaces in the code at point 2. Be aware of that and remove them.
thought this Eloas issue had gone away..... It's really stupid as all we are doing now is using javascript and "loading" the HTML tags for embedding the object into the page. So Basically MS has us working around the issue of the suit. They had threatened to do this a year or two ago and we had prepared to rework All the sites we;ve built as this affects anything that is emedded into a pages like QT, SWF, just about anything and frankly the suit is a joke the Eloas guys claim to have patented the "IDEA" of embedding an object into the page. Grrrrr Watch Firefox get a big bump out of this one. Or at least don't update your IE
Thank you wilbert,
I am paying 20 bucks for every page of update, I guess I will do it by myself I can save about $200. I will just try to do it I hope it wont mess up. lol
THANKS!
I cant make it work :confused:
can you please post a working html file. THANKS
did you put the .js files from the zip he provided onto the server?
If you wish you can view the html source of the index page of my websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by HScott
http://www.waterlijn.info/km/index.html
It's a KoolMoves generated html file with the modifications I mentioned before.
Hi Wilbert,
there seems to be a typo in the boxed code portion you posted, which might be the reason why cutting and pasting that section doesn't work for some people: there are extra spaces in your 'pluginspage' parameter: 'pluginspag e'.
All the best,
Stephan
Hi again,
there seem to be more problems, I'm no JS expert though, so I can't be sure...
What happens is that if, for 'src' and 'movie', you pass the name of your swf file plus parameters, the code chokes. For instance, the following doesn't work for me:
..., 'movie','./flash/mymovie_v2.swf?path=./&lang=d', ...
Any ideas?
All the best,
Stephan
Hum, wonderful :), turns out that AC_FL_RunContent expects the reference to the swf file without the .swf extension, even if you add parameters.
Of course, the 'movie' parameters in <embed> and <object> do expect the full name of the flash file, including the .swf extension.
Brilliant, why make life easy :)
All the best,
Stephan
Thank you once again wilbert, I made it works I copied your html code but I have another problem my swf objects are in transparent background and now it has white background do I need to add some code on it? Thank you for your help! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by w.brants
You have to add ,'wmode','transparent' to the list of parameters for the AC_FL_RunContent function to make the background of the movie transparent.
Finally I did the 1st page perfectly, now i will the rest THANK YOU so much Wilbert! You're the man!Quote:
Originally Posted by w.brants
Oh my word!!! This is very annoying, I tried it out and it scaled my page down a size.. hmmm... I think Im just gonna leave it :D It doesnt seem to be a huge problem, I just have to click on the page before I can use it is all :) This won't start getting to the stage where it'll block the page in the future will it?
I am having the same problems too, but when I used brants site for an example, it didn't come up. Do I have to redo my swf in some way?
When I run that html, it looks like it is loading by showing the bars below. But it takes a long time and I have yet to see it come up.
Sorry about that guys, I got it working. There were more ref to my swf file than I was expecting.
Ok, I might have a question after all. It is to do with a map flash that I have been using. It of course does the same thing. How would I set this up. The top script part is where I am having my problems. How would I set that up to get it work with the both emb object?
<head>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Koolmoves">
</head>
<body BGCOLOR="#000000" text="#ffffff" link="#FF0000">
<center>
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0','width
','700','height','397','src','us.swf?data_file=imc s.xml','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.mac
romedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','us.swf?data_file=imcs.xml ' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="700" height="397" id="zoom_map" align="top">
<param name="movie" value="us.swf?data_file=imcs.xml"/>
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
<embed src="us.swf?data_file=imcs.xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="700" height="397"
name="Clickable U.S. Map" align="top"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object></noscript>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Agreed. Also, Firefox loads links much faster than IE.Quote:
Originally Posted by blanius
Now this IS an issue...
I just spent about two weeks trying to get a javascript to communicate with flash.
I had just finished this project the night IE "auto updated".
Now the thing is broken, big time. Back to the drawing board...
Macromedia's online example still works, cause it has allways been loaded by javascript off of a streaming server. Doh!
I added the AC code to my website. But after all that, found that it messed up the placement of the flash when viewed in Firefox. I figure since the site looks good in Firefox, without the code, I think I will leave it out. Heck with IE's nonsense.
Hi Wilbert,Quote:
Originally Posted by w.brants
Btw., I think the script also doesn't handle the 'loop' property (which I believe KM exports to the html code it generates).
All the best,
Stephan
Btw., I only seem to see this effect on XP. Strangely enough, my IE on Win2000 doesn't show this effect...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Hartzell
All the best,
Stephan
I don't see why loop wouldn't work.
The problem should also occur using IE on other operating systems but only of course if IE is patched / updated. FireFox users aren't affected by this problem :)
You're right, it should probably be picked up by the 'default' branch of the switch statement in function AC_GetArgs ...Quote:
Originally Posted by w.brants
All the best,
Stephan
Hum, I don't understand why it would do that... Can you post the relevant portions of your html file?Quote:
Originally Posted by PROF CHAOS
All the best,
Stephan
Hi all :-)
I wasn't able to apply what has been suggested here. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
The page I'd like to update is http://xylofun.com/software.htm
Thank you!
The src and movie parameters of the AC_FL_RunContent function have to be the name of your swf file witthout the .swf extension instead of index.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr_John
w.brants,
Thank you so much, it works.
YAY
Hi guys,
I'm just wondering: for AC_FL_RunContent there's a parameter pluginspage, whereas the <embed> tag has a parameter called pluginspace. Is this deliberate? A typo? Coincidental?
All the best,
Stephan
Blanius sent me this interesting link --
http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm
Can people confirm that this is a good solution. I am starting to get emails about this problem.
I am waiting for the dust to settle before I modify KoolMoves.
Bob, I've used it on my site, If anyone views my site in IE let me know if you see any issues.
PS while your looking at that link, poke around that site and get a good laugh. That guy is selling really simple flash tools for as much as KM is. Make you appreciate KM and it's price point.
Bob,
Yes, that works 100%. Besides that it's easy to implement and overall an elegant fix.
Thanks for diggin' that up for us :-)
P.S. I appreciate KM more these days as I'm reading 99 books on AS (per hour ;-) .... and that for one week strait! ha ha ha
Can anyone explain why this simple fix works?
Wish I could. Been studying it and can't seem to understand why this would work but it sure seems to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Hartzell
theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++) {
theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
}
The problem I had with the Macromedia fix is that it didn't help with other Active X controls like RealMedia, QT, and Windows Media Player and I have sites out there that use all of them. Searching the Internet for a couple of days looking for fixes for QT and Media player and found none I started to get worried. Found this. I'll be trying out on some QT pages very soon now that I have my main computer back (don't fry your mother board with a bad power supply)
Hi - the code author gives a pretty good explanation about what it does ... I assume you saw this? explanation
If you read all comments on the page Dr_John mentions you also notice that this method has also a few problems. One of them for example that you have to extend the code to do a Mac check since the short version of this code mentioned above seems to crash Internet Explorer on a Mac.
It might be best to wait some more to see what solutions people come up with and then pick the best. Is a solution that won't work on a Mac a real solution ?