Problem Getting Flash/Director Animation To Load In Internet Explorer [renamed]

[F8] Odd Flash Load Behavior In Internet Explorer
Have any of you seen this behavior? In firefox it works fine but in Internet explorer the flash images does not load until you move the mouse over the flash. I tested it with and without the javascript wrapped around. It is most likely related to my actionscript.

here is the website

http://www.death-by-design.net/product.aspx?c=tshirts

thanks for any tips,

-matt

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Animation Crashes Internet Explorer :(
Hello everyone,

Im working on an animation and when it jumps between scenes it crashes internet explorer.

You can see it at:

http://home.comcast.net/~wolbrys/index.htm

When you click on a glowing blue button(the only one that leads to the bug, but they will all have to do this) and then click the grid-shaped back button, it jumps scenes to one with a transitional movie on it. When that movie finishes it is supposed to go back to the main screen(the one with the four buttons).

Are there any bugs in flash that cause this scene jumping to crash flash? When I run it in the flash player in flash mx it looks like its running the animation properly(buttons are glowing) but you cant click on any buttons and the animation appears to be going at a half a frame a second. I put a trace on the first frame to see whether or not it was even running any scripts on that frame but it didnt return anything.

Please any help would be greatly appreciated I am so close to finishing but am at the end of my rope trying to understand this error.

thanks in advance

will

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Scene Won't Load In Internet Explorer, Only In The .swf
Hey everyone:

I'm in a bit of a bind here. My site performs drastically different when it is run in Test Movie (.swf) and when it is run through Internet Explorer.

It has 3 scenes in the following order and no externally loaded .swfs:

Scene 2 (Preloader)
Scene 3 (Intro)
Scene 1 (Content - I originally began with this one but later added the Preloader & Intro)

When I test the movie from Flash CS3 or run the exported .swf, it runs through with no problems. However, as soon as I export it and run it in Internet explorer through .html file, it will only load the preloader, which then transitions to the intro, and then I get a white screen for Scene 3. I cannot get the main content scene to play at all.

It seems the problem starts with the code to embed the .swf into the .html page. If I run the .swf through internet explorer, it is fine, but then it expands to fill the whole page. I think it wouldn't be wise to run just the .swf online.

I would greatly appreciate any help in this manner!

Thank you,
Adam


*** Solution listed below

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Monitoring Load Movie In Internet Explorer ...
Hi,
Does anyone know if you can monitor .swf's that are loaded into a .swf in internet explorer?
E.g. you can see the status bar loading the main flash interface, but if another .swf is loaded into the interface using load movie, can you monitor its download progress in IE?
Any ideas would be great
Thanks
Tim

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Load Movie Not Working In Internet Explorer
Strange, the movie works fine in flash but when I test it in the html page made in dreamweaver the load movie button doesn't work at all

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Jpegs Wont Load With Internet Explorer
Hi, I am currently programing my portfolio site and I have tried a couple different ways of loading Jpegs from an images folder into an empty movie clip. Both worked sucessfully everywhere but PCs, which I hear are kind of important. First I tried the basic LoadMovie ("jpegmane.jpg", movieclip_mc) and that was unsuccessful. Next I tried the following code:

ink_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
mask_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
ink_mc.setMask("mask_mc");



var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var listener:Object = new Object();

listener.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip) {
trace("LOAD COMPLETE");
target._parent.load_text._alpha = 0;
//target._parent.play();
}

listener.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip, bL:Number, bT:Number) {
trace("PROGRESS: " + (bL / bT) * 100);
}

loader.addListener(listener);

print_btns.print1.onRelease = function() {
loader.loadClip("images/print_philroy.jpg", content_mc);
_root.ink_mc._alpha = 0;
_root.gotoAndStop("print");
}


I haven't had any problems like this before with PCs. Any suggestions out there?

THanks in advance.

Brandon

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Internet Explorer And Flash - Freakin Explorer Bar
Okay, I'm pretty new at with Flash, and the whole actionscript/xml/xhtml stuff. When I upload my .swf to the web, I always get that explorer bar dropping bombs everytime I open the page. And I get it on just about every computer. Is there a special embed tag or some trick I'm missing to make that thing go away. Also, why do some sites automatically focus and others not. How do I do that?

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Flash In Internet Explorer
I am having trouble getting flash mx to quit breaking up when I put it in the internet explorer and use the scroll slider. The internet explorer is a 10.2.8 mac version. Any advice?

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Flash MX And Internet Explorer
Hi , I have come across something weired.I'm developing a web site in Flash MX and for every button on the Main Movie,a second movie is loaded.Everything runs fine when I test the movie in Flash MX software.But when I upload the movie and access it through IE some of the movies do not fully load e.g some of the images will be missing.And if I press the button once again that is supposed to load the movie then the movie loads.Now if I exit IE and then load IE and access the site again, I dont have the problem.But then if I delete temp internet files before exiting IE and then load IE again,I get the same problem again.Please help,thanks

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Flash And Internet Explorer
hey everyone,
I know this has popped up so many times and im sure there is a simple solution, I have searched everywhere, but the answer im looking for just isnt around.

If you have a second to glance at www.tbadventure.com/play in internet explorer (i dont think this happens in the latest internet explorer though)

If you login as a guest, all will be ok. Say you logout (press refresh) note that the login screen appears straight away without the intro. In addition, when you press login it no longer works! Whats more, open up a new internet explorer window and - the same thing happens!!

Is there any way around this. maybe non cacheing? any help much appreciated.

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Internet Explorer 7 And Flash
Why won't IE7 let me install flash player? I keep clicking 'allow active x' but it doesn't allow the installation. Help

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Flash And Internet Explorer (PC)
Hi peoples,

Im in desprate need of help here! I just finished a full flash site and placed for your comments in the showcase forum www.jamcat.co.uk Some people using PC's with an operating system earlier than XP are complaining that the buttons dont work. I originally thought this was down to the flash object embed problem with Internet Explorer but Im not too sure. Can anyone shed some light on this problem and offer a solution.

Many Thanks
Mr Bling

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Flash And Internet Explorer
Hey everybody,

I have a flash movie on a website. It works fine in Firefox, but it doesn't even load in IE. I used <object> to embed it instead of <embed> because <embed> does not validate. Is there a way to make a video play in IE and still make it validate?

Thanks

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Flash And Internet Explorer...HELP
Hi, I'm a newbie in Flash. Having problems with IE.
What is that annoying frame that is around all my flash animations on IE (says "click to activate and use this control") that visitors have to click before they can access the actual flash buttons? How do I remedy this. My friend is starting to get disappointed in the site I made. HEEELLLLPPPP!!!!

Here is a link that you can open on Internet explorer to see what I mean.

www.skellypc.com

Thanks in advance!
colr4life

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Flash Forms And Internet Explorer 6
I have a Flash form (working with CGI)that used to work in Internet Explorer 5.5. It still does work with Netscape 4.7, Netscape 6 and Opera, but not IE 6.
Have anyone had similar problem?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

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? Works In FLASH But NOT In Internet Explorer ?
Check out the code below. SUPER simple. Just make a dynamic text field on a blank screen and apply the label "DisplayPop" to it. Enter this script:


Code:
startPop = 6224997360;
oldTimeCode = 1021684527875;

myDate = new Date();
myTimeCode = myDate.getTime();

timePassed = myTimeCode-oldTimeCode;
newPeople = timePassed*0.00243;
population = math.round(startPop+newPeople);
popcomma = String(population);

a = length(popcomma);

s1 = popcomma.substring(a, a-3);
s2 = popcomma.substring(a-3, a-6);
s3 = popcomma.substring(a-6, a-9);
s4 = popcomma.substring(a-9, a-10);

DisplayPop = "World Population: " + (s4+","+s3+","+s2+","+s1);


BIZARRE! It works if you CTRL-ENTER in flash, but in Internet Explorer, it cuts off the last 3 digits.

What gives?

I have 3 computers and it worked in IE on only 1! (all three have same version/same sub version of IE)

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Internet Explorer Windows And Flash
Hello to everyone. Scenario: I have a flash movie in a window that uses Javascript to resize and remove the scrollbars and menu etc...
Question: If I have a link in my flash movie to a URL, how can I get that URL link to open in a NEW Internet Explorer window with all the bells and whistles. As it is right now, the URL opens in the child window and is confined to the Javascript settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Internet Explorer Flash Plugin
Hi, I have noticed a strange thing about the flash plugin in internet explorer.. the flash movies I've made in Flash MX is running really slow in IE but runs perfectly in the stand alone flash player and the plugin for netscape on my computer, but they also run fine in IE on some other machines I,ve tested it on.. Some flash content on other internet sites seem to run good in IE on my machine too though.. I run Windows XP but have noticed this problem on a Win 2000 platform as well.. Any ideas why..?

pleease, help me!

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Changes To How Internet Explorer Displays Flash
Microsoft are changing the way embedded content (like flash movies) works in internet explorer. In order to keep your pages displaying as they do now you need to change how you embed the flash movie into a page. Check this thread for details...

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=497062

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Using Flash And Internet Explorer Icons
Hi Peeps!

Just a quick question.

When using the logos for Flash and Internet Explorer on the front of a website (to show people what software the site is built in, or that they will need to view it), do we have to ask permssion from Macromedia and Microsoft, or do we just use screen dumps of the logos from our desktop?

Or is there a way of getting hold of the logos from within the program files?

Please advise

Thanks Deadhands

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Get Data Into Flash In Internet Explorer
Hi all;

Im new here. And I use Flash MX 6.0.
I have a memory-game with a highscore. In this game I have a couple of variables, which are send to my mysql database via PHP.
All likewise via PHP to get the score into my highscore. All this works fine in Mozilla/firefox, but not in Internet Explorer.

First of all I send my varibles like this:
loadVariables("./save_score.php?p=" + _root.gamePoints + "&n=" + escape(txtPlayersName) + "&e=" + escape(txtPlayersEmail) + "&d=" + escape(strDate) + "&l=" + _root.gameLevel + "&t=" + _root.secondsCounter/ 1000 + "&a=" + _root.attemptsCounter,"", "GET");

And get them like this:
oadVariables("get_score1.php?count=5&" + _root.phpCounter++, "", "GET");

My get_score1.php looks like this:

<?php
// Add spaces to string
function formatString($var, $length) {
$ret = $var;
if(strlen($ret) > $length) {
$ret = substr($ret, 0, $length);
}
$n = strlen($ret);
for($i = 0; $i < strlen($ret); $i++) {
if(ord(substr($ret, $i, 1)) > 192) {
$n--; // UNICODE, count only 1x
$i++;
}
}
$n = $length - $n;
if($n > 0) {
$ret = $var.str_repeat("%20", $n);
}
return $ret;
}

// Sort function used by usort
function sortfunc($val1, $val2) {
return ($val1["p"] < $val2["p"]);
}

// Count of highscore entries
$count = 5;
if(isset($*_GET['count'])) {
$count = $_GET['count'];
}

// Header
$s1 = formatString("Points", 8);
$s2 = formatString("Navn", 27);
$s3 = formatString("E-mail", 30);
$s4 = formatString("Dato", 13);
$s5 = formatString("Tid/S", 8);
$s6 = formatString("Level", 7);
$s7 = formatString("Forsoeg", 8);
$score = $s1.$s2.$s3.$s4.$s5.$s6.$s7.chr(10);

$databaseuser = "atj";
$databasepassword = "anders";
$databasename = "memory";
$databaseserver = "localhost";

//Connect to db
$dblink = mysql_connect($databaseserver,$databaseuser,$datab asepassword)
or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($databasename)
or die(mysql_error());

$sql = "SELECT * FROM highscore ORDER BY point DESC;";
$result =mysql_query ($sql) or die ("Fejl i select");
$i=0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$arrarr{$i} = array("p" => $row['point'], "n" => $row['navn'], "e" => $row['email'], "d" => $row['dato'], "l" => $row['level'], "t" => $row['tid'], "a" => $row['forsog']);
$i++;
}

// Sort the array
usort($arrarr, "sortfunc");

// Print the array
$i = 1;
while(list($id, $val) = each($arrarr)) {
if($i > $count) {
break;
}
$s1 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"p"}, 8);
$s2 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"n"}, 27);
$s3 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"e"}, 30);
$s4 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"d"}, 13);
$s5 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"t"}, 8);
$s6 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"l"}, 7);
$s7 = formatString($arrarr{$id}{"a"}, 8);
$score = $score.$s1.$s2.$s3.$s4.$s5.$s6.$s7.chr(10);
$i++;
}
echo "&txtScore="."$score"; // Flash variable, attached to the highscore textfield
?>

I still really wonder why this doesn't work in explorer? Because both browsers recieves flash variables likewise right? I hop somebody can help me.

Hav a nice day...

I have attached the get_score1.php and save_score.php

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Flash, SP2, F12 And Internet Explorer... Arghhhh
This is the kind of thing that really piss me off.

I stayed very relutant to install Service Pack 2 in my Windows, but I finally have to, otherwise I couldnt run Visual Studio 2005. As it should be expected, with the SP2 came some side effects together.

The one that is really irritating me is that, since the installation everytime I press F12 to test my Flash compiling in browser, it stops with that ridiculous yellow bar in the top with a message about "to protect my security and bla bla bla". Well, after to try all possible ways to disable this (and do not get success), I went to Google, and finally I found a tech note in Macromedia reporting this case.

Well, I need to let you know that I get very frustrated when I readed in this tech note that it always will happen anytime you run a Flash application in browser locally directly from hour hard drive, what means to me the same as "F12 never more, unless you dont mind the stupid yellow bar".

For whose wants to read the tech note, can check it at:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...fm?id=tn_19534

Fortunatelly, I found a solution: I installed Firefox in my PC and made it as my default browser.

This is my modest way to protest against Microsoft arbitrarinesses. Why they keep doing things like that, and ignoring everyting else that exists around them?

PS: If someone find a Internet Explorer workaround to this problem, I really would like to know. Maybe I back to use IE again.

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Flash Problem With Internet Explorer
I made a website completely in Flash, the .swf file runs fine in Flash itself. Now that I have it loaded on the server some people are complaining that the site looks incomplete. I can see the full site on my computer in both firefox and IE but the people that are seeing the problems are all using IE. Is their a problem with my .swf? or is it a IE problem? Here is the url for the site http://www.lividsounds.com/

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XML In Flash Issue With Internet Explorer 7
After the various work arounds to get flash to appear without the "click to activate box" in IE 6, I updgraded to IE 7 and now half the xml feeds into my flash movies don't work. They work in IE 6, Firefox etc., but not IE 7. anyone have any idea why that is?

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Internet Explorer For PC Has Box Over Flash File
I've noticed when using internet explorer to view a site created in flash that there is an invisible box so to speak around the flash file that you have to click once to get rid of before you can actually navigate the site....does anyone know why this is? ...and also how to get around it if you are designing a flash site. If I am not explaning myself enough or your not sure what I'm talking about please ask me to elaborate.....

thanks in advance for any help......

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Internet Explorer Flash Problem HELP
My website is 100% Flash. Since the latest Internet Explorer update, no one using Internet Explorer from a PC can enter into my website (past the Splash page). The loading says DONE in the feft bottom corner and the site is blank. I need help with the neccesary code to correct this issue and make the site work. Does anyone know how to help????
Thank you so much! I have been working on this without luck for days!
~Willa

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Flash / Internet Explorer Issues
Hi guys,

Internet Explorer is starting to really get on my nerves. I'm using IE 7, running a 20 sec movie that's 80kb. The html file - I created in Dreamweaver and inserted my flash movie in the center of the html page.

When I view the movie in IE, it frames out the movie with the message 'click to activate plugin'. Suppose you inserted 4 small movies into an html document, wouldn't that get annoying to the user? Firefox does not do this.

Also, IE seems to get off to a slow start, whereas Firefox plays it much smoother in the early part of the movie. IE causes the visual elements and audio to be out of sync in the beginning until it catches up. It's ridiculous because obviously we have to design mainly with IE users in mind.

Any advice would be great how to get around these obstacles!!
Thanks!!
Casper

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Flash + Internet Explorer Problem
I'm having an problem with Flash movies playing in IE6 & IE7 and wondered if you guys could help.

I have an html page created with Dreamweaver with links to my swf movies with targe set to _blank. When I view them, a separate browser window okay and the movie plays. Everything works fine except when it closes. I get a popup message window that says:

"The window you are viewing is trying to close the window. Do you want to close the window?" with a Yes/No button.

Some users have IE6 and other have IE7. Some do not get the pop-up window, the movie/browser window just closes. Others experienced it with either IE6 or IE7, but it's mostly the IE7 users. Any ideas? Please help!

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[F8] Flash Using Diferent Fps In Internet Explorer
Hi! I am currently making a flash game that is running at 30fps. It runs perfeclty and smoothly. But when i try viewing it on a internet page, the framrate drops dramaticly. I tried this with other games i had and they did the same thing as long as the fps was high.
I tried seeing some other games on the net, and played them on the web page then tried saving em to my computer and playing them, and they played the same. So i guess there is a way to solve this...
Is there?
I would apreciate any help.

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Flash Has Gap Around It In Firefox But Not Internet Explorer 6/7
With an image in the top left corner, this page displays the same in IE6/7 and FF:

http://www.simobile.com/hansen/hansen.html

but when Flash of identical dimensions replaces the image, it works in IE6/7 but I get a gap around Flash in FF:

http://www.simobile.com/hansen/hansen-bad-flash.html

I've tested on Windows XP/Vista, and I'm using Flash CS3 to generate AS2 content for Flash Player 9.

I've searched over an hour across the web for a solution, and done all sorts of fiddling with CSS properties and removing whitespace but no joy.

Does anybody have any advice?



Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>My Hansen</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--



object {
display:inline;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#header img
{
display:inline;
}



body {
font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #666666;
margin: 0px; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
padding: 0px;
text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
color: #000000;
background-image: url(bg_img.jpg);
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #container {
width: 720px;
margin: 20px auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
border: 1px;
text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
border-style: solid;
background-color: #FFCC00;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #header {
background: #DDDDDD;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #header h1 {
margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 {
float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
width: 200px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #FFFFCC;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 200px; /* the left margin on this div element creates the column down the left side of the page - no matter how much content the sidebar1 div contains, the column space will remain. You can remove this margin if you want the #mainContent div's text to fill the #sidebar1 space when the content in #sidebar1 ends. */
padding: 0px 30px 0px 30px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
background-color: #acc4e8;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer {
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
background:#DDDDDD;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer p {
margin: 0px; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
padding: 0px; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
float: right;
margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
float: left;
margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
clear:both;
height:0;
font-size: 1px;
line-height: 0px;
}
-->
</style><!--[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { width: 230px; }
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 0px; }
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent { zoom: 0; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]-->
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="twoColFixLtHdr">

<div id="container"><div id="header">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','200','height','120','title','flashstuff','src','header','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','header' ); //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=9,0,28,0" width="200" height="120" title="flashstuff">
<param name="movie" value="header.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="header.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200" height="120"></embed>
</object>
</noscript><img src="slogan_anim.gif" alt="slogan" width="320" height="120" hspace="0" vspace="0"><img src="top_right.jpg" alt="topright" width="200" height="120" hspace="0" vspace="0"><!-- h1>Header</h1 --><!-- end #header --></div>
<div id="sidebar1">sidebar-start<h3>Sidebar1 Content</h3><p>The background color on this div will only show for the length of the content. If you'd like a dividing line instead, place a border on the left side of the #mainContent div if it will always contain more content. </p>sidebar-end<!-- end #sidebar1 --></div><div id="mainContent">maincontent-start<h1> Main Content </h1><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent aliquam, justo convallis luctus rutrum, erat nulla fermentum diam, at nonummy quam ante ac quam. Maecenas urna purus, fermentum id, molestie in, commodo porttitor, felis. Nam blandit quam ut lacus. Quisque ornare risus quis ligula. Phasellus tristique purus a augue condimentum adipiscing. Aenean sagittis. Etiam leo pede, rhoncus venenatis, tristique in, vulputate at, odio. Donec et ipsum et sapien vehicula nonummy. Suspendisse potenti. Fusce varius urna id quam. Sed neque mi, varius eget, tincidunt nec, suscipit id, libero.</p>maincontent-end<!-- end #mainContent --></div><!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --><br class="clearfloat" />
<div id="footer"><img src="bottom_left.jpg" alt="bottomleft" width="200" height="120"><img src="bottom_wide.jpg" alt="bottomwide" width="520" height="120"><!-- end #footer --></div>
<!-- end #container --></div>
</body>
</html>

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NEW Bug In Internet Explorer With Flash Sites
ONLY in Internet Explorer...... (PC platform, Not MAC)

EVERY 100% flash site or Flash embedded in Dreamweaver, has this NEW invisible box with a grey line around the Flash stage appearing on mouse over with the finger appearing with this yellow message "click here to activate this control"

This BUG started around mid April when my client called me, but I thought it may have been an active-X issue or his security being set way high.

Now it is a problem with all PC's no matter what PC windows version (Home, XP or 98) that Internet Explorer 6 is on, that I have tested.

I called Microsoft yesterday and they wanted me to PAY them $35.00 to report this bug!!!! HA!

This is a MAJOR issue of which we need to remedy...quickly!

I am asking any Flash Guru to help us....
or
I would LOVE!!! for us designers to FLOOD Microsoft with calls and letters to have THEM fix this QUICKLY, since in my opinion WE should not have to go back and fix our files due to their browser failing.

If you feel inclined....here is the information

1-800-MICROSOFT (1-800-642-7676)

Development Group
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399

Thank you for reading this, my desire is to have this fixed within this month of May.

Lavender

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New Flash / Internet Explorer Problem
I recently went to my website where I post my swf flash files. I clicked on them and none of them work. It says error on page. I had it set up where you click on the jpeg and then window pops up the size of the flash and plays. I haven't changed anything on the site. The only thing I did is update to the new version ofwindows explorer. I noticed if a swf file is on an html page it will play. But the swf won't play on its own. Any information on this would be appreciated.

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Is FLASH Part Of Internet Explorer?
I am trying to persuade our IT department to allow Flash to be used on our internal network system and I am being told that FLASH is not installed on over 50% or our desktop PC's and that it too big a job to update them. Am I correct in saying that FLASH has been a part of I.E. browser for quite some time? If this is true my argument is going to be that the I.E. installed on those PC's have to be a very old version installed and therfore should be up-dated due to security reasons.
Can anyone help me with this argument?

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Flash Not Active In Internet Explorer
Hello there,

I have designed a few Flash websites now and for some reason with Internet Explorer's update awhile back with Active content the user now has to click to start using and interacting with the embedded flash. I have designed 3 sites. Two of which have this problem in Internet Explorer. One of which works fine. I don't under stand why? The one that doesn't work is here (www.bourdodesigns.com). The one that does work is here (www.scotbarchitects.com). I haven't done anything that is specific to this problem on the one that works.

I have been to Adobes help page and tried installing the .js active content update and the flash extension but that didn't work. I might be doing it wrong. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much,

Lorne17

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Cannot See Flash Site In Internet Explorer
Hey Flashers-

I recently published my flash website, and it runs great in Firefox and Safari. However, I am finding out that people who are using Internet Explorer 6/7 are not seeing the site - it just comes up as a blank white page. Any ideas?

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Flash Issues With Internet Explorer
I have an SWF in a website, i used SWFObject to embed it.

When buttons are pressed in the swf it connects to my server and plays correctly the first time through, but then wont play again unless i close internet explorer and reopen it, a refresh doesnt even kick it back in. I know the flash is correct as firefox works perfectly so i can only assume that IE has some kind of security block on it, has anyone experienced this before or just know how to bypass this?

thanks in advance

Greg

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Using Flash Files On Internet Explorer
I have created a web site in Flash MX2004. My .swf files are embedded in Dreamweaver and then uploaded to the web. The site works great on Safari, Mozilla, Firefox, but none of the buttons, roll overs will work unless you click on the browser. There is a response that comes up that says "Click to activate and use this control"

Why won't Internet Explorer 7 just allow the site to work without clicking on the site to make it work. I have read articles about IEv7 disabling flash - but there are thousands of sites out there that work - Can Flash 8 enable IE version 7 to read my .swf files like .htm files?

Thank You

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Internet Explorer Flash Prob.
i have a movie which loads xml links into flash and to the buttons in flash. When the swf file is loaded it works fine, it also works fine if embedded in a html page and used in firefox the links load new window with the Http://www.bla.com webpage, but as so as IE loads teh html page the links go now where????

any help would be great.

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Flash Problem With Internet Explorer,
Hey all.

I recently made a website that contians a flash header. The problem is that when it is viewed in internet explorer the flash header is kind of highlighted around the perimiter by a line when the mouse pointer is over it. It does go away however when the header is clicked. Its been annoying me for a while as I dont know how to prevent it. Any help is much appreciated.

Heres the link to the website itself if you want to see what im talking about:

http://www.sme-training.co.uk

Thankyou

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Flash Has Gap Around It In Firefox But Not Internet Explorer 6/7
With an image in the top left corner, this page displays the same in IE6/7 and FF:

http://www.simobile.com/hansen/hansen.html

but when Flash of identical dimensions replaces the image, it works in IE6/7 but I get a gap around Flash in FF:

http://www.simobile.com/hansen/hansen-bad-flash.html

I've tested on Windows XP/Vista, and I'm using Flash CS3 to generate AS2 content for Flash Player 9.

I've searched over an hour across the web for a solution, and done all sorts of fiddling with CSS properties and removing whitespace but no joy.

Does anybody have any advice?



Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>My Hansen</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--



object {
display:inline;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#header img
{
display:inline;
}



body {
font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #666666;
margin: 0px; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
padding: 0px;
text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
color: #000000;
background-image: url(bg_img.jpg);
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #container {
width: 720px;
margin: 20px auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
border: 1px;
text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
border-style: solid;
background-color: #FFCC00;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #header {
background: #DDDDDD;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #header h1 {
margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 {
float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
width: 200px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #FFFFCC;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 200px; /* the left margin on this div element creates the column down the left side of the page - no matter how much content the sidebar1 div contains, the column space will remain. You can remove this margin if you want the #mainContent div's text to fill the #sidebar1 space when the content in #sidebar1 ends. */
padding: 0px 30px 0px 30px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
background-color: #acc4e8;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer {
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
background:#DDDDDD;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer p {
margin: 0px; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
padding: 0px; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
float: right;
margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
float: left;
margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
clear:both;
height:0;
font-size: 1px;
line-height: 0px;
}
-->
</style><!--[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { width: 230px; }
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 0px; }
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent { zoom: 0; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]-->
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="twoColFixLtHdr">

<div id="container"><div id="header">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','200','height','120','title','flashstuff','src','header','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','header' ); //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=9,0,28,0" width="200" height="120" title="flashstuff">
<param name="movie" value="header.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="header.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200" height="120"></embed>
</object>
</noscript><img src="slogan_anim.gif" alt="slogan" width="320" height="120" hspace="0" vspace="0"><img src="top_right.jpg" alt="topright" width="200" height="120" hspace="0" vspace="0"><!-- h1>Header</h1 --><!-- end #header --></div>
<div id="sidebar1">sidebar-start<h3>Sidebar1 Content</h3><p>The background color on this div will only show for the length of the content. If you'd like a dividing line instead, place a border on the left side of the #mainContent div if it will always contain more content. </p>sidebar-end<!-- end #sidebar1 --></div><div id="mainContent">maincontent-start<h1> Main Content </h1><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent aliquam, justo convallis luctus rutrum, erat nulla fermentum diam, at nonummy quam ante ac quam. Maecenas urna purus, fermentum id, molestie in, commodo porttitor, felis. Nam blandit quam ut lacus. Quisque ornare risus quis ligula. Phasellus tristique purus a augue condimentum adipiscing. Aenean sagittis. Etiam leo pede, rhoncus venenatis, tristique in, vulputate at, odio. Donec et ipsum et sapien vehicula nonummy. Suspendisse potenti. Fusce varius urna id quam. Sed neque mi, varius eget, tincidunt nec, suscipit id, libero.</p>maincontent-end<!-- end #mainContent --></div><!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --><br class="clearfloat" />
<div id="footer"><img src="bottom_left.jpg" alt="bottomleft" width="200" height="120"><img src="bottom_wide.jpg" alt="bottomwide" width="520" height="120"><!-- end #footer --></div>
<!-- end #container --></div>
</body>
</html>

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Can't View Flash In Internet Explorer
I've tried to find answers on microsoft's site.  For some reason, my new computer can't view flash files or view the source of a web page. I've deleted cookies, temp files, history.  Still no luck.  I'm a web designer so I need to get this fixed.  Anyone know why this would be a problem?  I downloaded IE 7 but had the same result.

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Can't See Flash In Internet Explorer? [html?]
hi, i've created a web using dreamweaver and i've put a swf file on the 1st page. everything looks fine when i view it on a Mac using Safari.

but when i use window's Internet Explorer to view that site, it wont display my flash. it just shows a blank white space where the swf suppose to show.

please help me.

here's the link:
http://www.pluc.org.my

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Internet Explorer In Flash Player
hi everyone
recently, i am working with flash project which run in a kiosk. i wonder i can open a internet explorer in flash player, and customize all the buttons of internet explorer by flash????

pls help! thank so much

peace
dm

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Why Won’t Flash Work For Internet Explorer
hi,

If you click here: http://www.rabidlemming.com/test2/SHOUTBOX-R.html

Post a message and it should go though a loading scene then go back to the beginning and display the new message

Now it works fine in Mozzila or Netscape but not Internet Explorer?

In Internet Explorer you have to close the page down and open it up again (refresh don’t work)

But in Mozzial and Netscape it works just fine. My question is how can that be?

The code is the same the swf is the same how can it not work for Internet Explorer?

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers
Rabid Lemming

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Calling JavaScript From Flash In Internet Explorer 4.5
In flash, when you click on a button I'm trying to get a popup window to come up. It's working in every browser except for Internet Explorer 4.5 on the Mac (haven't tried PC)... where nothing happens at all when I click the button.

Here's the code:

On (Release)
Get URL ("javascript:window.open('../search/search_questions.cfm','searchQuestions','width=300 ,height=400'); void(0);")
End On

Do you have any clue whatsoever what is wrong? To debug I tried doing a simple alert box just to see if I could get JavaScript working at all from Flash and IE 4.5. I tried this (which didn't work):

On (Release)
Get URL ("javascript:alert('hi');")
End On

Is there an issue with IE 4.5 where you can't call JavaScript from Flash?

Any suggestions would be appreciated

Janet

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Internet Explorer For Mac, Flash Disappears After Scrolling?
Example: http://www.thunder1045.com/2003

It's intermittent too, it doesn't always happen. The nav bar is flash. And sometimes disappears if you scroll down the page. There is also a flash button in the top nav "Thunderworkforce" that is fine.

I have noticed Flash elements disappearing on a PC's before (this example only happens in Internet Explorer for mac). It doesn't happen on Netscape for Mac.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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Internet Explorer - Keeps Asking If I Want To Install Flash Player
Can someone PLEASE tell me why Internet Explorer keeps asking over and over and over if I want to install Flash Player 6 everytime I reboot and start my pc and cruise the internet and come to a page that has a flash file on it??

I have to click YES....every time....

I have installed it of course.....

thanks

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Flash Acts Funny On Internet Explorer 6....
Before I installed IE 6.0, the music on my webpage, http://www.scaryman.com worked perfect. Now that I have IE 6, it won't even load the movie, can someone view my site if you have IE 6 and see if the music shows up? I need to know whether to change the movie, the html file or just find me another server....

Oh and if you think you know what's wrong, hit me up.

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Flash Frame Rate In Internet Explorer
Is there any way of manipulating the frame rate of a flash movie as a parameter within the embed or object symbols in Internet Explorer?

Or alternatively another way?...

The published frame rate of the movie itself just isn't being met by the browser's portrayal. It appears to be running consistantly @ around 12 or maybe 15 fps. Is it the capability of the browser itself or just a matter of scripting definition?

Or, Is a Pentium IV processor (2.0GHz) not capable of running flash @ 20 fps in Internet Explorer?...

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