SWF only plays when 'play' is clicked, not auto...

[kodyjones]

Hi Guys,

I have constructed an intro movie sequence, just as a place holder and to do some test etc. that has a preloader that graphically displays the download progress percentage. The trouble is from the web server nothing actually plays until you click 'play' in the Flash controls. Previewed on my local machine things are somewhat different as it works every other time (but not the first) when I click 'simulate download' in bandwidth profiler.

Does anyone know why this might be happening?
I'd be very gratefull for your words of advice!

 

[oldnewbie]

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

To embed your movie...

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[kodyjones]

Fantastic, thanks very much for the swift response.

I'm not a Javascript writer so the method I used to embedd my SWF was to import it into a Dreamweaver HTML doc and save that.

I was assuming this would embedd things ok.
I can post this code if it would help the diagnosis, though I have a feeling the problem lies elsewhere...


K

 

[kodyjones]

Flash embedds your movie, doesn't it? and there are no perameters in this SWFObject for setting autoplay, so this isn't the nature of the problem.
I must not have explained myself accuratly, appologies all

K

 

[kodyjones]

I had left a stop action uncommented out from an older piece of AS at the very beggining of the level 0.
5 hours trawling through the script thinkin it was something altogether more enigmatic, and its a bloody stop action!!

School boy error.

Sorry old newbie !

K