Flash :: Flash Blocked By Firewall

Flash Not Communicating Through Coprporate Firewall
Hello,

This is a bit of a general question.
I have a client that can load a swf and view it - however i have a database communication that is not working for them. I can view it and it works fine - so i am confident that it is not the files - i am assuming that something blocking Flash from sending out requests.

The files are sitting on a public server - not behind a corporate firewall.
Flash loads and then sends some SQL to a PHP page that retrives the info from MySQL and returns in XML. - all this is working for me.

My questions is - does anyone have any ideas on where to start to diagnose what is stopping this from working behind a corporate firewall. Flash loads in -so what do i check next???

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

How To Bypass Norton Firewall So You Can See Flash?
Hi all,

Stumbled on a strange problem. Made a simple scrolling .swf put it in a table cell and it isn't showing up on my friends computer.

I notice he has Norton firewall and this source code is being add to my source code

Code:
<script language="JavaScript">



</script>

<script language="JavaScript">



</script>
also my flash source code <object> etc is being extract/not shown??

How can I bypass this problem???

Flash Not Opening With Firewall Turned On
Does anyone know why Flash is not displayed when I am running ZoneAlarm, but works once it is off?

When running in through an HTML file with the <object><embed> tags it's just searching for it, and if I try to load the SWF directly it changes the URL to http://127.0.0.1:1276/swf.cgi?.

Flash Cgi Hit Counter Vs Zone Alarm Firewall
Now heres the prob...

Ive used a modified version of Jerrys' live flash hit counter downloaded from here and it works just fine on every machine Ive tried it on...except my own!

If I turn off my firewall then it works just dandy however this is not really a viable long term solution.

How can I configure Zone alarm pro 3 to allow the cgi script to access and update the counter in the flash movie ...

Anyone...anyone...class ...anyone...the answer is ...

site it is used on is

http://www.apneaevent.com

see if it works for you

cheers

ptol

Remove Double Click In XP For Flash & Show Flash In Firewall Protected Environment
Remove Double click in XP for flash & show flash inside firewall protected environment

Here is some code that will disable the annoying double click feature for flash when using XP. This code also enables all viewers to see your flash. For example some firewalls block flash (SO STUPID) but with this code instead of using the embed tags and object tags allows those users behind firewall environments to see your hard worked flash masterpiece.

Okay here is how you do it.
Inside your main file that is calling the flash .swf.
Remove the code that you currently have there and replace it with the code that is inside the putInsideIndex.html (see attachment)
Make sure that you change the name of the movie in that code so that it opens your swf. You might need to change the width and the height too so that you don't have your flash looking like a monster.

Alright then you need to take the other file called RemoveDoubleClick.js
Open it in your editor and change the name to the name of your choosing on line 12. Then post that file (DO NOT RENAME IT) into the same directory as the main file that you edited above. Most cases that would be the index.html or whatever.

So enjoy and start letting EVERYONE see your sites & be more user friendly!
GOOD LUCK!

Blocked Flash
Hello,

a friend of mine, who works as a web developer and has many clients, told me that a lot of big companies block flash movies from being viewed on their corporate computers. So he adviced me not to have any flash on my site if I'm planning on sending it to such organizations... is that true? if so, does anyone know why would that be?

Thanks

Flash Blocked By IE
É have made a small movie in flash and i have imported it in Dremweaver but when i preview it in IE the browser blocks the movie(deu to safety setting of the program).É dont want my viewers to have to change their IE settings to view the movie so what can i do?
Please Help.

Flash Movies Keep Getting Blocked By IE
Is there a snippet of code I need to put in to make my flash open without the Service Pack 2 crap blocking it? I have to enable the flash movie each time and it sucks. Thanks for any help on this.

Flash Movie Blocked By Ie
Hi
When I run my flash movie in firefox it works fine but as soon as I test it in IE it blocks the movie and says that it's doing it for security reasons. Is there a way round this?

Thanx for any reply

Web Design; Flash Blocked In I.E.
I'm new to webdesign and I'm trying to use flash animation on my site. The problem is everytime I load the site the flash is blocked by internet explorer saying it's blocking activex. This doesn't happen when I load other sites with flash animation, how do I set mine up so users who go to the site don't get blocked? Please help!

FLASH BLOCKED BY FIREWALLS?
Hello,

I published my site in Flash but a person in germany told me that my site does'nt load at his office. Is it possible that the SWF is blocked by the firewall ? is there a way to avoid this kind of problems ?

thanks for your help

Flash Emails That Arent Blocked?
I am trying to create a flash email that is not blocked by Norton or Firewall software. I am not embedding the flash file into the email, but loading it into the HTML email while the user is looking at it.. I am fairly sure there is a way to do this.. does anyone know how? I am not a psycho-spammer by the way!!

Popups From Flash Blocked, But Not From Html
We've got an html site that has a portfolio section done in flash. In the flash file there's a 'getURL' action to launch a popup window for viewing larger images. The popup gets blocked by IE and other popup blockers but when we use the same javascript in a standard HTML page, the popup is allowed. Any ideas how to fix this in flash?

Any Idea Why IE Blocked This Flash Contents?
Hello there,
I am a newbie here. Let me make it short. I wanted to put my flash menu online in my index.html page. But somehome IE blocked it as Active contents until i have to allow it by clicking the bar at the top of the window.
However, when i put the highlighted comments (shown below), IE didn't block it anymore. I wanna find out why it is happening and i have been to almost every forum threads here and I didn't find the exact reason here.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Menu</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff">


<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="800" height="80" id="Menu" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="flash/Menu.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="flash/Menu.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="800" height="80" name="Menu" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

My Flash In My HTML Page Gets Blocked
Hello all,

Please helpppp!!!! i'm building a really nice page in HTML and i added flash components to it. The problem is that the flash gets blocked by activeX or any other type of popup blocker.

I've tried inserting the movie manually and also publishing it so flash does the work for me. But it doesn't work. The movie keeps getting blocked!.

Please help.

Dan

Flash Files Blocked By Corporations?
One of the subscribers to our flash based audio player informed us that his company (a large multinational) blocks them from executing flash files at work.

We went with Flash because of its broad "default" installation base across browsers and to avoid being blocked out by security issues (real or perceived) of things like ActiveX.

Anybody else heard of this happening? Is this a new security "trend"?

Flash Content Blocked When Viewing Offline In IE 6
After installing SP2 for Win XP, I get the following message when I try to view a web page offline with Flash content:

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."

I can view pages online with Flash content without problem. I can't find a security setting to solve this. Anyone have any ideas?

HELP Why Is My Published Flash File Causing Cookies To Be Blocked?
Hey guys. I have published a test flash site, and for some reason, even though I only have Medium level Security and Privacy settings, and even though many other flash files work just fine, my movie is causing IE to block cookies (I didnt know I was using any cookies unless flash automatically assigns some. It's just a simple flash site, no application/cookie data)...is there a security setting in the Flash file preferences or the publish settings that I need to disable in order for it to load up without having IE try to block it?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I found this in the generated HTML code...coud it have something to do with it?

<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

All Flash Apps Blocked? A <policy-file-request> Question
I am at my wits end trying to get answer to a question.

According to http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashpla...ity_print.html

Quote:

* A SWF file may no longer make a socket connection to its own domain without a socket policy file. Prior to version 9,0,115,0, a SWF file was permitted to make socket connections to ports 1024 or greater in its own domain without a policy file.
* HTTP policy files may no longer be used to authorize socket connections. Prior to version 9,0,115,0, an HTTP policy file, served from the master location of /crossdomain.xml on port 80, could be used to authorize a socket connection to any port 1024 or greater on the same host.

So with the tighter security measures, a policy file has to be fetched on port 843 or on the same port on which a connection is desired. That leads to another problem. The policy file request made by the player has a simple format: clear text <policy-file-request/> is sent as raw data bytes on the ports.

As most firewalls (specially application firewalls) block such raw data traffic (of unknown protocols) on all the ports, this means that the policy file fetch will almost always fail if the user is behind any firewall.

This will render all SWFs, that do not use ports 80/443/25, unusable. Does anyone know what is the solution to this problem? Is there a way to get the crossdomain file if <policy-file-request /> is blocked?

Flash Popups Blocked In Flash Players 8 And 9?
A client wants popups launched from Flash, usually getURL ("javascript:window.open...)... etc works, but now when I do this, Flash launches a security warning and asks me to change settings. This is kinda no good for users - is there a way around it?

Firewall (again)
Can firewall prevent users from viewing the flash presentation that uses MP3 streaming?

FireWall
IS IT POSIBLE?

I have a flash movie inside a firewall which retrieves info from a filemaker using lasso, this works fine. But when I load this movie (movie.swf) into an empty movie clip inside a movie in another domain the data retrieving does not work any more..

ANY IDEAS?

felipe@mexmags.com

Thanks in advance

Firewall Help
Ok heres the deal, I have my own server, I have a microsoft protection serverice running with it.

It got hacked today.

My server has nothing of any value. None of the other computers on my network have anything of any meaning either.

So my guess, he can't take anything worth taking, so he uninstalls my fav pc's HD's both of them.

Getting it fixed isn't a prob, nothing was formatted, just made hard to get to.

So, now I have a question for those of you who have servers or are admins.

What should I get to keep my network safe??

I'm a student, so my cash flow isn't the mississippi. I'm looking at about a top doller value of 350 - 400.

Can some one give me a hand. Really need some help with this.

LoadMovie Behind Firewall
I'm having trouble getting the loadMovie action to work on projector files behind corporate firewalls. When I embed the SWF file into an HTML page it plays correctly and loads the external movies into the correct layer. When I take the exact same SWF file and convert it to a projector application and try to run it from a computer behind the same firewall it will not load the external movies. If I connect the computer to a dialup connection then everything plays fine.

So what is different from the browser version to the projector version of Flash? Why can I use loadMovie when the SWF is embedded into an HTML page but not when it is saved as a projector from behind standard corporate firewalls?

Mp3 Problem With Firewall?
I have a site where I am calling a mp3 with
onClipEvent (load) {
bgMp3 = new Sound();
bgMp3.loadSound("bg6.mp3", true);
bgMp3.start(0,999)
}
and this works fine as an swf but when online if you have a firewall open (I have Zone alarm) then it will not load the mp3. I have seen some forums on other sites that had discussed this a little but no one had an answer. Why does it do this and/or how do you get around it? Thanks in advance for any help.

Shockwave Through Firewall - Please Help
My company has this site which uses shockwave files (.dcr) as demos. One of our client says he is not able to view it as he has firewall settings in his computer. Can someone please let me know if there is anyway that i can do to bypass the firewall settings?! - i thought of linking the .dcr file inside a 1 pixel swf file and publishing the swf file.

Please let me know if this will work or if there are any other way to overcome this.

Firewall Penetration
for sure many of this guyz here on this forum experienced hacking already.
i am a newbie in network hacking who wants to know the steps and concepts of hacking outside the network through the net..pls,pls,pls..i want to learn.pls help me...
thank you so so so much...

OnDisconnect With Firewall
Hi,
Sometimes my main.asc does not detect the onDisconnect of some of my clients.

It turns out that their firewalls is blocking this.
(you can test by starting the flash application and then enable the windows firewall with no exeptions).

I can't rely on the ping, because most clients keep their computers running.

How can I solve this problem ?
Do I really have to call a client function and test some variable-flag or so, to check if the application is still running ?

Leonos

Firewall Blocks Loadvars
Is it possible for a companies firewall to block Loadvars? I've got the following little script to test it.

Code:
stop();
mySendVars = new LoadVars();
myLoadVars = new LoadVars();
mySendVars.naam = "Rene";
mySendVars.email = "test@gmail.com";
mySendVars.bericht = "bla bla";
mySendVars.sendAndLoad("http://www.testme.nl/testmail.php", myLoadVars);
trace (myLoadvars.naam);

testmail.php is just a simple "echo" to load a variable back.
But when testing the fla, nothing happens, not even an error message. And the trace traces "undefined".

My bigger script at home works perfectly, so I thought, perhaps the firewall at the office which blocks this?

I've also put the published files online, but then it doesn't work at the office either.

If a firewall bloks Loadvars, is it possible to check for this?

Norton Firewall Stopping Pop-up Window
Having a problem using a certain javascript pop-up window with no, URL, Scrollbars, etc. etc. on a machine that has a norton firewall. This firewall is stopping the pop-up window from running.

Site is Waldners.com

Any one have a pop-up window script that works like this one and gets through the Norton Firewall??

Rob
X

Holoscreen - Clock (UTC) + Firewall Settings
I'm using the UTC code and have had it working previously but since beefing up my security it no longer works (online) on my own machine.

Could someone take a look here ...

http://www.apneaevent.com

...and tell me if the second holo-screen is displaying the correct time...

... if it is can someone tell me what I need to do to adjust my firewall to allow such apps to get the local time from my machine...without opening me up to tons of nasty viri.

PS I'm only guessing theat it's the firewall thatt's the problem.

Cheers

Ptol

Finally A Solution To All Your Firewall Problems
I finally have answer to all of you who are seeking this question.

When the Flash Player encounters the connect() method, it attempts to connect to your FCS following a very specific pattern. It first attmpts to connect over port 1935, then port 433, then port 80 and then it automatically attempts to tunnel through by sending rtmp data over http also called RTMPT it turns out the automatic sequence of attempts is fine for many situations however you may find some users can't make a connection (well , the NetConnection can't) because their firewall blocks data from traveling through port 1935. If those users can connect to any website surely they can use port 80 .And even if their setup blocks rtmp surely they can use RTMPT over port 80 because its really just plain http ...you might think the final attempt by flash player RTMPT on port 80 to be failsafe however the problem is that if you are running your webserver on the same machine as FMS then they can't both use port 80 at the same time....a perfectly legitimate solution is to use to computers one for the webserver and one for FMS ......two computers probably means you need to specify the domain in your rtmp (rtmp://mydomain.com/video).

To force the flash player to try to connect through a specific port other than the defaults as specified above.....write rtmp as ....my_nc.connect("rtmp::8500/mydomain.com/video);

FlashMX2004 by Phillip Kerman

Streams Locally But Not Remotely, Firewall?
I have a dedicated FMS (domain1.com). I am trying to stream FLVs off of it from another server (domain2.com). domain1.com and domain2.com are both listed in the allow list of Vhost.xml.

I can stream locally and remotely fine off of domain1.com as that is the dedicated FMS. The problem is when I access a SWF on domain2.com that uses an rtmp address ( looks like: rtmp://domain1.com/video/Example1.flv) to FLVs on domain1.com, it only works locally. If I try to access it remotely through the Internet, the FLVs do not load. I get no errors and it's just blank and hangs up.

Now, this is at a new job I started a couple of weeks ago. It's a pretty large network with quite a few servers, and I don't have access to a lot of things right now. I am thinking that they setup their firewall/router to allow remote connections to 1935 for domain1.com, but they are not allowing connections to that for domain2.com, which is a separate server.

I was also thinking that maybe they added domain2.com to Vhost.xml but never restarted the FMS service. I'm thinking it's that or a firewall/router setting. Also domain1.com is actually a subdomain that is only visible locally and does not resolve over the Internet. Any ideas? What else could cause it to stream fine locally but not remotely?

Edited: 07/18/2007 at 08:41:10 AM by mtg169

Very Good Firewall Connection Solution
For all of you having trouble getting FMS through your router change your hostport adaptor xml setting from

<HostPort name="edge1" ctl_channel=":19350" >${ADAPTOR.HOSTPORT}</HostPort>

to

<HostPort name="edge1" ctl_channel="192.168.1.xxx:19350" >${ADAPTOR.HOSTPORT}</HostPort>
where xxx is your private NAT ip octets.....can be returned with ipconfig at the command line.

This sets your internal ip address and the default port to 1935....then your rtmp adress looks like

"rtmp://myWebServerNameOrIPaddress:1935/mySwfName/myInstancename");

myWebServerName is either the webserver URL or the public IP address assigned to you by your ISP.

Unable To Connect Through RTMPT Behind Firewall
Our client is behind a firewall and they are unable to connect to our fms server. But if they try the port checkers from Jake Hilton and Macromedia they pass rtmpt. Has anyone come across this issue?
Here's the link to the Port Checker

Thanks in Advance.

Html Pop Up Problem - Caused By My Clients Firewall I Think...
This is the code I'm using to get a html popup from a flash page:

on (release) {
getURL("javascript:window.open('gallery.html', '','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=n o,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=480, height=480');void(0);");
}

It works fine from my end, but my client can't get it working - I think they have a super heavy firewall or something.

ANyone got any ideas how to fix this??

Thanks

Problem When Loading Pictures With MovieClipLoader And Firewall
I have a problem loading a picture from internet with moviecliploader.
I have a firewall, and when my swf try to load the picture I refuse to admit it. So the list.onLoadError should be called, but it is not! This is the code

Code:
_level0.createEmptyMovieClip("clip",2)
var mcl:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader()
var list:Object=new Object()
list.onLoadError=function(){traces.go("error")}
mcl.addListener(list)
mcl.loadClip("http://www.photo-illum.com/mont7.jpg",_level0.clip)
Do somebody know how to detect that the picture was not loaded, with onLoadError or other?

Preloading Images (I Found A Problem When Using A Firewall)
Ok, I have found a pretty big issue with preloading Images into Flash Player 8. I am using ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewall. When I try to preload Images with Firefox the bytesTotal==bytesLoaded.. In IE explorer 7,6,5.5 bytesTotal == 0 always. Now when I turn ZoneAlarm Pro off I get the correct values. I have thought of a workaround that would detect if there is a problem with bytes total and I can then display a loading message or a loop instead of the status. I also thought of some other ideas like accessing Images from Flash by accessing a PHP page and returning the actual bytes total from PHP. The only issue with this is it is an extra step and could slow things down alot. Has anyone else seen this issue? Does anyone have a workaround that is affective? Is there a better way to do this? Is this why people tend to not use progress indicators anymore for Jpegs? I thought it was cause the Internet is getting faster and faster and just an indication of loading is usually fine.

Note: I also tested this with PNG's and I get the same results.
Swf files work fine even with ZoneAlarm on.

Also, if anyone has a website where they load jpegs and display progress for those jpegs then please send me a link so I can see if I have the same results on your site.

Main TimeLine code:

import imgtestclasses.*
var loadIMG= new Preloading();

loadIMG.testloadprocess(this);
stop();

Here is the class I created for testing this.

I call testloadprocess(this); from the main timeline.

import imgtestclasses.*;
class imgtestclasses.Preloading {
var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader;
var display:TextField;
function Preloading() {
//constructor does nothing Not really needed.
}

public function testloadprocess(parent:MovieClip) {

//The next line accesses a class that returns a movieclip very simple
var imgHolder = Holder.createHolder("imgHolder", parent, 1);
createText(parent);
trace(imgHolder);
loadIMG("roadhome.jpg", imgHolder);
}

//creates the Text field for the progress display

private function createText(parent:MovieClip) {
display = parent.createTextField("display", _parent.getNextHighestDepth(), 200, 400, 700, 100);
}

//I think this is obvious what it does...
public function loadIMG(url, mc) {
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(this);
image_mcl.loadClip(url, mc);
}

//Nothing at this point
public function onLoadInit(target):Void {
}
public function onLoadStart(target) {
}

//load progress code.

public function onLoadProgress(target:MovieClip, loadedBytes:Number, totalBytes:Number):Void {
var kbsL = Math.round(loadedBytes*0.0009765625);
var kbsT = Math.round(totalBytes*0.0009765625);
var perc = String(Math.round((kbsL/kbsT)*100));
displayprogress(perc, kbsL, kbsT);
}

//displays the progress of the Movie I even added updateAfterEvent HAHA Grasping at //straws you know...

private function displayprogress(percentage, kbsL, kbsT) {
display.text = "My bytes Loaded are: "+kbsL+" & My bytes Total are: "+kbsT+" & My percentage is: "+percentage;

updateAfterEvent();
}
}

SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall And Load
Our website, http://www.engagethoughtware.com uses a 3D tree for navigation, so that when you click on a node of the tree it loads a .swf using the MovieClipLoader class. Once the clip is loaded, it tells the loaded clip to play (opening the panel).

Here’s the problem: If you’re using a router (or similar device?) that has SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) turned on, the loaded clips randomly don’t open – very strange behavior.

1.I am not loading anything cross-domain.
2.If you use https://www.engagethoughtware.com, (with the “s” after http) everything works fine, even with SPI turned on
3.Firefox seems to have more problems than IE7.
4.What panels open and don’t open seems to be random.
5.Found this on the web that may help, as this problem is even more apparent in IE 7 on Windows Vista:

Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, is unable to operate properly with some firewalls that use SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) as found in routers like the D-Link DI-724U, the Netgear WGR614, the Linksys WRT54GS and possibly others.[1] This may be related to previous failures to work properly.

Anyone else seeing this problem with their websites, or on ours?

This is a feature that is defaulted to “on” on my Netgear WPN824 v2 Router, and I’m sure this problem will pop up other places, we’ve already seen it happen on a coffee shop’s wireless network.

What could be causing the SPI Firewall to block my .swfs?

Code below:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

public function startPreLoad(node:Number,showPoint:MovieClip){
trace("Start Pre Load show point:"+showPoint);

/*Display LOADING GRAPHICS*/
var loadingGraphics:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("loader","loader",69);
loadingGraphics._x = 530;
loadingGraphics._y = 300;

loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "loading:";

contentContainer._visible = false;

var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var mclListener:Object = new Object();

mclListener.showPoint = showPoint;

// Create listener object:
mclListener.onLoadError = function(target_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String, status:Number) {
trace("Error loading image: " + errorCode + " [" + status + "]");
};

mclListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc:MovieClip):Void {
trace("onLoadStart: " + target_mc);
target_mc._visible = false;
};

mclListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, numBytesLoaded:Number, numBytesTotal:Number):Void {
var numPercentLoaded:Number = numBytesLoaded / numBytesTotal * 100;
trace("onLoadProgress: " + target_mc + " is " + numPercentLoaded + "% loaded");
loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "loading: "+Math.round(numPercentLoaded)+"%";
};

mclListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip, status:Number):Void {
trace("onLoadCOMPLETE");
this.showPoint.useHandCursor = true;

loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "Click To Enter";
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("loaded");

// Dan's code to get a single click from the outline to open up the panel
if(_root.fromOutline == true){
this.showPoint.useHandCursor = false;
trace("____ REMOVE LOADER ____");
_root.loader.removeMovieClip();
_root.attachMovie("","blank",69);
trace("____ REMOVE LOADER ____");
trace("target_mc: "+target_mc);
target_mc._visible = true;
target_mc.gotoAndPlay("show");
motion.freeze();
_root.Menu.resume.enabled = false;

// hide the side menu
var animate = false;
_global.hideMyMenu(animate);
}
};

my_mcl.addListener(mclListener);

my_mcl.loadClip("wtSlide"+node+".swf",contentContainer);

}
http://www.engagethoughtware.com https://www.engagethoughtware.com

HELP ME Very Silly MP3 Loading Problem. Browser, Player, PC Or Firewall?
Hi,

I have a website with a flash movie that loads an MP3 dynamically. There is one machine that does not play the MP3 - either in IE or in NetScape - despite apparently loading the movie correctly. I have tried:[list=1][*]Checking there are speakers!: There are and they work[*]Reinstalling Flash player for IE: No effect[*]Reinstalling Flash player for NetScape: No effect[*]Checking temporary internet files: The file is downloaded correctly[*]Opening the MP3 directly through the URL: It plays perfectly, the file is present[*]Checking the website on another machine/browser: It plays perfectly on every other machine/browser I have tested[/list=1]

The connection speed is huge and there doesn't appear to be any network problem. So there must be an issue with the PC itself (I hope? )

Has anybody ever come across this before, and more importantly, does anybody know where to start looking in order to fix it?

Gaius

PS: The machine is a PC running Win2000 Pro

SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall And Loaded .swfs
Our website, http://www.engagethoughtware.com uses a 3D tree for navigation, so that when you click on a node of the tree it loads a .swf using the MovieClipLoader class. Once the clip is loaded, it tells the loaded clip to play (opening the panel).

Here’s the problem: If you’re using a router (or similar device?) that has SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) turned on, the loaded clips randomly don’t open – very strange behavior.

1.I am not loading anything cross-domain.
2.If you use https://www.engagethoughtware.com, (with the “s” after http) everything works fine, even with SPI turned on
3.Firefox seems to have more problems than IE7.
4.What panels open and don’t open seems to be random.
5.Found this on the web that may help, as this problem is even more apparent in IE 7 on Windows Vista:

Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, is unable to operate properly with some firewalls that use SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) as found in routers like the D-Link DI-724U, the Netgear WGR614, the Linksys WRT54GS and possibly others.[1] This may be related to previous failures to work properly.

Anyone else seeing this problem with their websites, or on ours?

This is a feature that is defaulted to “on” on my Netgear WPN824 v2 Router, and I’m sure this problem will pop up other places, we’ve already seen it happen on a coffee shop’s wireless network.

What could be causing the SPI Firewall to block my .swfs?

Code below:

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public function startPreLoad(node:Number,showPoint:MovieClip){
trace("Start Pre Load show point:"+showPoint);

/*Display LOADING GRAPHICS*/
var loadingGraphics:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("loader","loader",69);
loadingGraphics._x = 530;
loadingGraphics._y = 300;

loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "loading:";

contentContainer._visible = false;

var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var mclListener:Object = new Object();

mclListener.showPoint = showPoint;

// Create listener object:
mclListener.onLoadError = function(target_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String, status:Number) {
trace("Error loading image: " + errorCode + " [" + status + "]");
};

mclListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc:MovieClip):Void {
trace("onLoadStart: " + target_mc);
target_mc._visible = false;
};

mclListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, numBytesLoaded:Number, numBytesTotal:Number):Void {
var numPercentLoaded:Number = numBytesLoaded / numBytesTotal * 100;
trace("onLoadProgress: " + target_mc + " is " + numPercentLoaded + "% loaded");
loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "loading: "+Math.round(numPercentLoaded)+"%";
};

mclListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip, status:Number):Void {
trace("onLoadCOMPLETE");
this.showPoint.useHandCursor = true;

loadingGraphics.text_txt.text = "Click To Enter";
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("loaded");

// Dan's code to get a single click from the outline to open up the panel
if(_root.fromOutline == true){
this.showPoint.useHandCursor = false;
trace("____ REMOVE LOADER ____");
_root.loader.removeMovieClip();
_root.attachMovie("","blank",69);
trace("____ REMOVE LOADER ____");
trace("target_mc: "+target_mc);
target_mc._visible = true;
target_mc.gotoAndPlay("show");
motion.freeze();
_root.Menu.resume.enabled = false;

// hide the side menu
var animate = false;
_global.hideMyMenu(animate);
}
};

my_mcl.addListener(mclListener);

my_mcl.loadClip("wtSlide"+node+".swf",contentConta iner);

}

.swf Getting Blocked By IE
Hey guys...I am working on a page and wanted to add some flare to it so I made a flash animation around a logo. The problem is that when I show the page, the flash animation is getting blocked. I'm assuming it will do this with anyone who tries to view it...here's how i placed it in my html:

<span style="position:absolute; top:-3;">
<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="225" height="217.5">
<param name="movie" value="AAFCS.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="LOOP" value="true">
<embed src="AAFCS.swf" width="225" height="217.5" loop="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
</embed>
</object>
</span>

I've messed around with flash before, just making stupid little animations and haven't ever implemented any in a page. Is there a way I can do it without it getting blocked everytime?

Thanks Heath