Flash Buttons don't autostart 1

[hovercraft]

Sorry if the question doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm really really new to Flash.

I'm using IE 6 and 7 (2 different pc's) to test on.

If I view a swf file that has animation it starts as soon as the page loads however, if I load a swf with a button on it (like one with a hover effect) I can not get it to start unless I click on the control first and then hover over it.

When I hover over the button the tooltip says, "Click to activate and use this control"

So I have to click on the control and then it works, but animations do not require this action. They start up as soon as the page loads.

Is there a setting or something in IE or in flash itself that I should have enabled to allow the buttons or menu to autostart as soon as the page loads?

Thanks, and again sorry if this doesn't make sense.
-Dave

 

[oldnewbie]

Yeah! Only on IE, EOLAS problem...

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

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[hovercraft]

You're kidding? So in Firefox and others it works without having to have a javascript work-around?
Ya know, for being the "leader", Microsoft is sure far behind.

Thanks for the info and link.

Now I just hope that my visitors have javascript enabled.

-Dave

 

[oldnewbie]

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[LittleNFiesty]

I used the swfobject, and it worked wonderfully...But.

There is a security issue with Flash player 9 that doesn't allow the links in the flash object to work.

Reference: Links from SWF in HTML page no longer functional

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=50c1cf38

I need to add the allowScriptAccess code to the js file for the swfobject. Where and how do I do this???

 

[oldnewbie]

I'm not on Player 9, but have you tried passing the extra param, through...

A simple example adding a few extra parameters...

...On this page...

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

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