Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control - eolas

For those of you who havn't been keeping up with this microsoft IE update due to the lawsuite with EOLAS -- you prob got a smack in the face this weekend like me. Microsoft latest automatic update implmented a new tooltip to activate flash content. See this article:

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March 10, 2006
Click to activate and use this control
You may have started seeing tooltip text that reads 'Click to activate and use this control' or 'Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control' whenever you open a Flash web page. Worse still, the Flash page will not work until you actually click the Flash content. This makes many (all?) Flash sites appear broken...

You will see this new 'feature' if you have Windows update enabled and you use Internet Explorer. Microsoft have added this feature after losing a legal battle with Eolas.

The feature actually has no practical use (its not a security measure) and has occurred purely because of a legal issue.

The background issue revolves around the use of plugins on a webpage, which Eolas claim patents on. Any content that is included within a web page via the applet, object or embed tags will be affected, and this includes Flash. It is important that you fix this issue for any Flash sites you are maintaining because the user cannot disable this new operation through their browser. You have been warned!

There is a fix for this issue here. http://www.pixelmill.com/support/kb101593.htm


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So if your like me and wondering why your setfocus commands and everything else stopped working - read up!.. Thought i would post this so everyone else that searches for "'Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control" knows what its all about!

there is also another fix here: http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15...-flash-plugin/

-SM

Hmmm, I tried it and it works. Wonder what you'll need to do if you run multiple swf's on a page.

whew my Explorer is asking me that in the morning, lucky I refused.

yah too bad all our clients customers aren't going to be as informed :(

I did the fix and it works for me. Thankz Smenshik. But its gonna be bad specially if its just a banner-ad made in flash.

Go with FSR, its streamlined and well worth the 5 bones. The existing hacks and fixes are just that, hacks. FSR works in IE 7 as well.

-s

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Originally Posted by stayingtuned

Go with FSR, its streamlined and well worth the 5 bones. The existing hacks and fixes are just that, hacks. FSR works in IE 7 as well.

-s

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Have you tried this with anything but flash movies? Like these others?

Adobe Reader
Apple QuickTime Player
Macromedia Flash Player
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Real Networks RealPlayer
Sun Java Virtual Machine

Not but I'm sure I'll be trying it out for the acro reader and/or QT soon.

-s

Well, let me know. I just ordered it myself, for DW8. I use the original PixelMill workaround, which is good, and the ones from Adobe, for the QT mov files, which also worked, but it's time consuming, and I'd like to find a faster way. Got too many client sites to update the slow but sure way. ;)

If this works, I'll add the link to a sticky in Newbies and General forums.

Nice, yeah I was in the same boat. At the agency I work at we're constantly getting calls from clients "our flash is broke" haha. We buzz through the site in less than 20 minutes and charge them our 1 hour minimum plus come out as heroes haha.

FSR drops creates/drops the external .js file and sets up link relativity automatically. Its pretty dope plus clean.

-s

The other day, I started using the new extension for F8 and published the new pages with that. It works fine, but it still makes a lot of extra copy paste work to do a couple hundred pages. This seems to be just the fix I've been looking for. I knew it would happen though. It's too easy for someone who knows how to make extensions and javascript to not get in on this. I predicted it on the first day of the IE updates. ;)

: o ) I'm good in JS but I wouldn't know where to start with an extension. Historically I've avoided them but yeah it is a great idea. My other thread got locked because it was a double post so if you come across "EVPohovich" tell him I apologize. I just started doing searches and responding to posts with a link to the extension. Then I figured I'd just start a new thread but it got locked heh.

Yeah, double posts are taboo, and if they think someone is spamming the forums with their own product, it's instant ban. But I can add the link in the sticky with the other fixes, as it will really help stop all these posts for the same problem.

Now, it's just getting everyone to read the sticky's instead of just posting new threads for the same old.... :)

Haha true.

Stayingtuned, do you remember how long it took to get the link for download? I'm still waiting. :(

Yeah, like a day. I dont think he has any type of automated process in place. I got an email from him with the extensions a day later. You can email him directly at m i k e @ f i g i t d o t c o m hehe.

-s

Yeah, just sent him a mail. It's only been about 24 hours though. I guess I'm caught up in the internet instant gratification thing. :D

Actually, I was more afraid that SpamBully got it and I didn't catch it. LOL

I dunknow whats gonna happen.........// Its gonna suck

Hmmm...I sent $5 about a day and a half ago....Haven't heard anything yet. I'll let you know whether I've been hosed or not.

Yeah, I did mine on Thursday, and nothing. Even sent him a mail asking about it.

I'll give it till Tuesday, then I'm contacting PayPal about fraud.

I followed the directions for the IE update, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. When I go to my webpage nothing but the background loads. When I right-click the page it says "movie not loaded". So obviously it is not loading my SWF file.

Does anyone know what I am missing or how to fix this problem?

Link?

Link

You closed off the div tag before adding the new flash object, change it to this;

Code:

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<div id="movie">
You are not running JavaScript.  In order to view this site you need to be running Javascript.
      <script language="JavaScript">
  var fo = new FlashObject("harvest2.swf", "movie", "1000", "900", "6", "#000000");
  fo.addParam("quality", "high");
  fo.write("movie");
      </script></div>

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well I am sure that was part of it... but it still is not loading. Any other possiblities?

Yiou sure you uploaded flashobject.js to the same folder?

Yup. Everything is on the index folder called "httpdocs"

I'm out of ideas. I never had any trouble with it myself. Are you using the one from Macromedia?

I am using the JS file that I got from http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/

Try the one from Macromedia. I never had any trouble with either though.

could you copy and paste a copy of the one that you are using? I can't find the macromedia file.

Put your working movie page back up so I can get the source.

I put up a new file. Go Here

Thanks for all your help.

Make a new folder in root named scripts. Download the attachment, put the two js files in it and change your harvest page to what is in the txt file.

WOW! That fixed it!

What was I doing wrong? I don't understand why it wouldn't work the other way.

Thanks so much! I am thankful for all of your help!

Not sure what you were doing with the other one, but this one always works.

I got a letter from him this morning...he has been out of town and will return home on Wednesday. He does have a verified account at PayPal. So far, I'm not too worried, especially since it's only 5 bucks.

I got the same mail.

I've also gotten the old Nigerian mail too. :D

Wish I had kept one of those, for laughs.

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Originally Posted by Ask The Geezer

Hmmm, I tried it and it works. Wonder what you'll need to do if you run multiple swf's on a page.

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Hi...

Is there a solution for running multiple swf's on a page? I'm having trouble with this.

Thanks..

-jason

Read post #34 above. That works.