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[SOLVED] Firefox and IE 6 browser difference for flash swf's

1 Mar 29, 2008 00:48    

1 Problem

position: absolute; left: 610px

this is working great on FF 2.0.0.13 however ie totally ignores this code, centers the swf, and also doesnt play the swf..

any ideas ?

2 Dreamweavers failing solution
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When i tried to save with Dreamweaver Cs3 an alert came <object> browser differences etc.. made a JS file putting <noscript> in the beginning of the code, but it was a total failure.. it even screwed up my css

3 Additional information
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additionally, here is the full swf code i am using right now in which has the problems in Section 1:

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
 codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
 WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="198" id="snow_header" ALIGN="">
 <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="snow_header.swf"> <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=salign VALUE=LT> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf" style="position: absolute; left: 610px" menu=false quality=high salign=LT bgcolor=#FFFFFF  WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="198" NAME="snow_header" ALIGN=""
 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

[color=green][/color]

Note: you may have a look at www.tilqi.com but pls , do not mind the messed view, i am trying to adjust the css's with percentages not the pixels in order not to have problem with the resolution changes

Thanks in advance

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2 Mar 29, 2008 01:22

First, why don't you put your swf inside a div and position the div with your CSS instead of the swf.
Also get rid of the embed tags and try using something like the following....

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:300; height:198;" data="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf" /></object>

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3 Mar 29, 2008 01:26

John wrote:

First, why don't you put your swf inside a div and position the div with your CSS instead of the swf.
Also get rid of the embed tags and try using something like the following....

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:300; height:198;" data="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf" /></object>

testing right away, brb with the results

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4 Mar 29, 2008 01:37

<div id="flash" style="position: absolute; left: 610px;">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:300; height:198;" data="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_header.swf" /> menu=false</object>
</div>

i ve created that one, now, it displays in IE and doesnt display in Firefox just the opposite of the 1st situation...
and btw, how to get rid of "click to activate active x content" ?

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7 Mar 29, 2008 05:07

i had it created with mx6.0... Flash cs3 removes all the differences and that annoying "click to activate" while publishing creating an AC_RunActiveContent.js file.. working great now..
in case anyone else has problem with flash browser differences i am pasting the code anyway: 

<div id="flash" style="position: absolute; left: 610px;">
<title>http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs</title>
<script language="javascript">AC_FL_RunContent = 0;</script>
<script src="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<!--url's used in the movie-->
<!--text used in the movie-->
<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -->
<script language="javascript">
	if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
		alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
	} else {
		AC_FL_RunContent(
			'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0',
			'width', '300',
			'height', '200',
			'src', 'http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs',
			'quality', 'high',
			'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
			'align', 'middle',
			'play', 'true',
			'loop', 'true',
			'scale', 'showall',
			'wmode', 'window',
			'devicefont', 'false',
			'id', 'http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs',
			'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
			'name', 'http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs',
			'menu', 'false',
			'allowFullScreen', 'false',
			'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
			'movie', 'http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs',
			'salign', ''
			); //end AC code
	}
</script>
<noscript>
	<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="300" height="200" id="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs" align="middle">
	<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
	<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
	<param name="movie" value="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />	<embed src="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs.swf" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="300" height="200" name="http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
	</object>
</noscript>

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additional info..

the reason why such a warning message exists -which i found searching for a solution, and think it's interesting- (and an additional solution to the problem) can be found here:

http://www.mix-fx.com/flash-prompt.htm

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8 Mar 29, 2008 05:44

You can also do it this way.

<head>
<script src="path_to_script/swfobject.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="flash" style="position: absolute; left: 610px">
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("http://www.tilqi.com/skins/evopress/snow_headercs.swf", "snow_headercs", "300px", "200px", "8", "#FFFFFF");
so.write("flash");
</script>
</div>
</body>

http://ru.b2evo.net/dev/2.html

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9 Mar 29, 2008 06:20

i ve created that one, now, it displays in IE and doesnt display in Firefox just the opposite of the 1st situation...
and btw, how to get rid of "click to activate active x content" ?

The only reason the code I gave you didn't show was because I didn't assume what measure you wanted to use, px or %.

Simply add px to the style="width:300px; height:198px;"

It works fine in Firefox and IE6 without all that other stuff
Example at the bottom of this post. http://wow-factor.com/index.php/flash_plugin_test

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10 Mar 29, 2008 06:28

John wrote:

i ve created that one, now, it displays in IE and doesnt display in Firefox just the opposite of the 1st situation...
and btw, how to get rid of "click to activate active x content" ?

The only reason the code I gave you didn't show was because I didn't assume what measure you wanted to use, px or %.

Simply add px to the style="width:300px; height:198px;"

It works fine in Firefox and IE6 without all that other stuff
Example at the bottom of this post. http://wow-factor.com/index.php/flash_plugin_test

yes it sure does work.. except that active X control prompt thing in IE 6

by the way, as i am not capable of creating a new skin, i am looking for a totally basic customizable skin, like the one "basic" in the skin directory, bu not that basic :).. let me know if you know one, i am searching through the b2evo skins atm..

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11 Mar 29, 2008 06:31

Well, I just used IE6 on the kids old window box and had no Active X prompt at all.

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12 Mar 29, 2008 06:34

John wrote:

Well, I just used IE6 on the kids old window box and had no Active X prompt at all.

if you had ever confirmed it the yellow bar does not show up... but a selected region rectangle covers the movie, -animations etc are played- but some actions does not take effect until you click it .. it is no big deal, but annoying anyway

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13 Oct 02, 2008 21:25

i posted a very boring skin on my blog. if you look at news, it shows the skin without my website.

you can choose to add the am rss widget into post bottom or not. both news and seattlemusic show the am rss widget in action.

http://blog.stellamarie.net/blog5.php

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