Active X fix in Dreamweaver CS3 is breaking...

Question

Hello All-
I have searched until I am blue in the face and most of the
issues around the Dreamweaver fix for "click to activate" issues in
IE revolve around the end user in this case ME not uploading the
scripts to the site...well I am lucky enough to understand that key
step and have left it as Dreamweaver wants to do it, by installing
in the root of the site in the Scripts folder, I have also moved it
to the same level as the index.html and everywhere in between with
no Avail... In IE after adding the automated scripts Dreamweaver
includes I get a big fat Red X...Anyone else having this issue? I
have updated Dreamweaver CS3 and it on the latest and greatest, all
i want to do is embed the youtube video on a page. Any Ideas?
To get to this I did the following: New html file, grab embed
code from any youttube video, paste, save, close, open file again,
allow dreamweaver to add the scripts and change the embed code,
save, upload including the two scripts, open in IE and view a nice
fat red X...
Please see link below for the example...
Here is the broken
code
Thanks in advance.
John

Answer 1

It ain't gonna work. In your case, you are falling afoul of
the script
itself. Here is what you have -
<div><p>Youttube embed</p><script
type="text/javascript">
AC_AX_RunContent(
'width','425','height','355','src','
http://www.youtube.com/v/bkeycliUjSg&rel=1&border=0','type','application/x-shockwave-flash ','wmode','transparent','movie','http://www.youtube.com/v/bkeycliUjSg&rel=1&border=0'
); //end AC code
Note that the FILENAME for the swf file in that line IS
MISSING THE "SWF".
This is because DW assumes that you are not going to be
linking to a file
with URL variables like you have there
(&rel=1&border=0), and it
automatically inserts the SWF there giving you a bogus link,
e.g.,
http://www.youtube.com/v/bkeycliUjSg&rel=1&border=0.swf
See what I mean?
For something like this, use this method -
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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"Web_deverz" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello All-
>
> I have searched until I am blue in the face and most of
the issues
> around
> the Dreamweaver fix for "click to activate" issues in IE
revolve around
> the end
> user in this case ME not uploading the scripts to the
site...well I am
> lucky
> enough to understand that key step and have left it as
Dreamweaver wants
> to do
> it, by installing in the root of the site in the Scripts
folder, I have
> also
> moved it to the same level as the index.html and
everywhere in between
> with no
> Avail... In IE after adding the automated scripts
Dreamweaver includes I
> get a
> big fat Red X...Anyone else having this issue? I have
updated Dreamweaver
> CS3
> and it on the latest and greatest, all i want to do is
embed the youtube
> video
> on a page. Any Ideas?
>
> To get to this I did the following: New html file, grab
embed code from
> any
> youttube video, paste, save, close, open file again,
allow dreamweaver to
> add
> the scripts and change the embed code, save, upload
including the two
> scripts,
> open in IE and view a nice fat red X...
>
> Please see link below for the example...
>
http://client.jfwebdev.com/activex/
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>