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flash doesn't play on explorere 5.5
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I am still in the testing phase of my IIS. The page is a simple HTML with one imported flash. From an NTworkstation the flash plays fine. But nothing from the server or any win98/95. Wird.
I am calling an HTML page. The flash is part of the page.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
I am calling an HTML page. The flash is part of the page.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
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I am on a secure site but here is the code.
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<table width="781" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="781" height="156"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="781" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="781" height="200" valign="top"><object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=" width="807" height="200">
<param name=movie value="peter.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<embed src="peter.swf" quality=high pluginspage=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="807" height="200">
</embed>
</object></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="532" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" mm:layoutgroup="true">
<tr>
<td width="258" height="12"></td>
<td width="274"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="47"></td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>We will miss you
..</b></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="15"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<table width="781" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="781" height="156"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="781" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="781" height="200" valign="top"><object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=" width="807" height="200"><param name=movie value="peter.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<embed src="peter.swf" quality=high pluginspage=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="807" height="200">
</embed>
</object></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="532" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" mm:layoutgroup="true">
<tr>
<td width="258" height="12"></td>
<td width="274"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="47"></td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>We will miss you
..</b></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="15"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
If you are using windows 2000 and do not have administrative rights on your pc yo will not be able to view flash on IE 5.5. Bill in his infinite wisdom set up a security protocol that prohibits the viewing of flash with out administrative or power user rights. The only way I know around this is to use Netscape, or have IT dept. set you up as a power user.
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The funny thing is I log onto the IIS server with admin rights and cannot see the flash. Same happens with all the win98/95 PCs. Works fine from win2000 however, as you said I am logged on with admin rights.
I am inclined to think that the line pointing to the macromedia website should not be there. I believe that the cgi should be loaded locally. The fact that 2000 works makes me think that 98/95 pcs are trying to rezolve the plugins by going out to macromedia site and times out eventually without displaying flash.
I have setup IISes before but never worked with flash. I am very new dreamwaver/ultradev/flahs and looking to get the IIS recognizing all these formats.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
I am inclined to think that the line pointing to the macromedia website should not be there. I believe that the cgi should be loaded locally. The fact that 2000 works makes me think that 98/95 pcs are trying to rezolve the plugins by going out to macromedia site and times out eventually without displaying flash.
I have setup IISes before but never worked with flash. I am very new dreamwaver/ultradev/flahs and looking to get the IIS recognizing all these formats.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Would like to help... But I'm on W98, and your exact html works fine from my server (did change your movie and dimensions for mine!), and on My IE5.5
Only thing I can think of is, outside of a problem with your versions of IE, are you sure your peter.swf is in the main directory, or is it in some other folder?
How about calling the .swf directly, and not through the html, does that work?
Regards,
Only thing I can think of is, outside of a problem with your versions of IE, are you sure your peter.swf is in the main directory, or is it in some other folder?
How about calling the .swf directly, and not through the html, does that work?
Regards,
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Thanks oldnewbie of your help,
I upgraded to IE6 also SP2. If i poing to directly to the .swf works fine. The darn think doesn't want to execute through html.
Is that line pointing to macromedia website suppose to be there? Can't understand why.
Thanks
I upgraded to IE6 also SP2. If i poing to directly to the .swf works fine. The darn think doesn't want to execute through html.
Is that line pointing to macromedia website suppose to be there? Can't understand why.
Thanks
Yeah! That line can be there (as it is in my link), and only automatically directs the user to their download site if Flash is not installed, or if it's an earlier version than Flash 5, player that is.
Although your html works for me, maybe the fact that linking to the .swf directly works fine, points to some problem within it or with IE. Have you tried using the Publish feature of Flash to output a regular html, and then tried that one?
Regards,
Although your html works for me, maybe the fact that linking to the .swf directly works fine, points to some problem within it or with IE. Have you tried using the Publish feature of Flash to output a regular html, and then tried that one?
Regards,
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I did a debug in browser and came up with this warning:
Warning: Attributes and values for the <EMBED> tag vary by plug-in. Please check that all attributes and values are valid.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
It doesn't like the <embed src="peter.swf" .....
However, there is no option to chose Explorer 6. 5 is the highest option.
Warning: Attributes and values for the <EMBED> tag vary by plug-in. Please check that all attributes and values are valid.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
It doesn't like the <embed src="peter.swf" .....
However, there is no option to chose Explorer 6. 5 is the highest option.
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