Flash Movie not showing on Internet explorer

[CharlotteL]

I had a problem that my drop down menu's were hidden behind my flash movie.

I had to change the way the flash was embedded to sort this out.

Following this change, the flash movie does not appear on my website, it is empty.

This is the change I made was:


<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="xxx.swf" height="150"
width="764">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
<param name="quality" value="best">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<param name="movie" value="xxx.swf" />
</object>

from

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"

width="764" height="150" id="xxx-banner" align="top">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="bbpp.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="xxx.swf"
quality="high" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="764"
height="150" name="xxx-banner" align="top"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="

http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

/>
</object>

A great solution for anyone else facing this problem. It works fine on firefox, but as I say the movie does not show at all on I.E.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[CharlotteL]

I found the solution - for anyone with the same problem - the first solution worked for me.

Q: I have inserted the SWF file into my website, but why can't I see it?
This problem sometimes occurs when you are using the HTML code as provided by our application but haven't put the SWF file in the same folder. Our HTML code includes a link to the SWF file, using a path that assumes the SWF file is in the same directory as your HTML file.

<param name=movie value="your-swf-file.swf">

However, if you put your SWF file in another directory, for instance one called 'animations', you should update the path within the link to reflect this.

Another reason for not being able to see the SWF file might be that you have copied the application's HTML code to the clipboard before you actually saved the SWF file. In this case, you will see the following line of HTML code in your HTML page:

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="#SAVE AS SWF FILE FIRST#">

If this is the case, you can easily resolve this by replacing #SAVE AS SWF FILE FIRST# with the correct file name (and make sure you use the correct path as well).

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="#your-SWF-file.swf#">