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Flash not showing up on page but works through direct link

Aug 13, 2012 6:54 PM

So I just inserted a flash object into my dreamweaver page. 

The flash works fine the direct link here works: http://www.abbottsports.com/tennis/flash/tennismenu.swf

But when you visit the page: http://abbottsports.com/tennis/adulttennis.php

it's just blank space.

 

Here is my flash code:

<object id="FlashID2" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="597" height="115">

        <param name="movie" value="flash/tennismenu.swf" />

        <param name="quality" value="high" />

        <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />

        <param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />

        <!-- This param tag prompts users with Flash Player 6.0 r65 and higher to download the latest version of Flash Player. Delete it if you don’t want users to see the prompt. -->

        <param name="expressinstall" value="/htdocs/Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />

        <!-- Next object tag is for non-IE browsers. So hide it from IE using IECC. -->

        <!--[if !IE]>-->

        <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/tennismenu.swf" width="597" height="115">

          <!--<![endif]-->

          <param name="quality" value="high" />

          <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />

          <param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />

          <param name="expressinstall" value="/htdocs/Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />

          <!-- The browser displays the following alternative content for users with Flash Player 6.0 and older. -->

          <div>

            <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>

            <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.g if" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>

          </div>

          <!--[if !IE]>-->

        </object>

        <!--<![endif]-->

      </object>

 
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    Aug 13, 2012 7:45 PM   in reply to ajrademacher

    Lots of conflicting info here.

    The page you linked to is using a different .swf:

    <param name="movie" value="flash/topslideshowtennis.swf" />

    which calls for swfversion (actually this means which Flash version to use)

    <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />

    which is a really, really old version.. not sure if that even works.... change to version 10.

    Since you have the .swf in a different folder than the HTML Web page, there could very well be pathing problems if the Flash uses any external files ... like images or .xml files. Are there any other Flash related files besides the .swf? What else is in the "flash" folder?

    Your code posted above probably won't work either

    <param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />

    There is no Flash player version 15 (yet)... change that to version 10 also.

    Then there is the matter of coding errors on the page... of which there are many!

    Validate your code here:

    http://validator.w3.org/

    Best wishes,

    Adninjastrator

     
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    Aug 13, 2012 7:49 PM   in reply to ajrademacher

    Looks like the /Scripts folder was not uploaded.  I'm getting a file not found error on the expressInstall.swf file that is included in that folder.

     
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