Flash in a portlet

Question

I have an html portlet with a flash file embeded in the html, but when I try to load the portlet it looks for the flash file in the http:\\portalserver\portal\ directory instead of on the portlet server. The swf file and html file are in the same directory on the portlet server. Anybody have any ideas?
Berney

Answer 1

// This exact code works in both ALUI 6.1 (.net 1) and 6.5 (.net 2) w/ no changes necessary
using System;
using com.plumtree.openfoundation.util;
using com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags;
using com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags.metadata;
using com.plumtree.server;
using com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.constants;
using com.plumtree.xpshared.htmlelements;
using com.plumtree.openlog;
using com.plumtree.openkernel.config;     // PortalObjectsFactory - GetAdminSession()
using com.plumtree.xpshared.config;          // ConfigPathResolver     - GetAdminSession()
using com.plumtree.openkernel.factory; // OKConfigFactory          - GetAdminSession()
using com.plumtree.openfoundation.web; // IXPRequest
using System.Text;
using com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace; // ActivitySpace
using com.plumtree.portalpages.common.uiparts;          // NavigationModel
using ConfigHelper = com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.statichelpers.ConfigHelper;
namespace FooCustomTags.src.com.Foo.taglib
public class FlashTag : ATag
public FlashTag() : base()
public static readonly ITagMetaData TAG;
public static readonly RequiredTagAttribute FILENAME;
public static readonly RequiredTagAttribute ISRVRPATH;
public static readonly RequiredTagAttribute HEIGHT;
public static readonly RequiredTagAttribute WIDTH;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute RESTRICTTOCOMMID;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute PLAY;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute LOOP;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute QUALITY;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute WMODE;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute SCALE;
public static readonly OptionalTagAttribute BGCOLOR;
private static OpenLogger log = OpenLogService.GetLogger("FooCustomTags","FlashTag");
static FlashTag()
TAG = new TagMetaData("flashtag", "This tag displays EOD properties for the current user.");
FILENAME = new RequiredTagAttribute("filename", "filename.swf",AttributeType.STRING);
ISRVRPATH = new RequiredTagAttribute("isrvrpath", "everything after isrvr.com/is/ and before /myfile.swf; e.g. CustomImages/FOO",AttributeType.STRING);
HEIGHT = new RequiredTagAttribute("height", "movie height",AttributeType.INT);
WIDTH = new RequiredTagAttribute("width", "movie width",AttributeType.INT);
RESTRICTTOCOMMID = new OptionalTagAttribute("restricttocommid","render tag only on this community; great for single header optimazation when only need flash on home page", AttributeType.INT, "0");
PLAY = new OptionalTagAttribute("play","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "True");
LOOP = new OptionalTagAttribute("loop","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "False");
QUALITY = new OptionalTagAttribute("quality","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "autohigh");
WMODE = new OptionalTagAttribute("wmode","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "opaque");
SCALE = new OptionalTagAttribute("scale","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "");
BGCOLOR = new OptionalTagAttribute("bgcolor","swf param attribute", AttributeType.STRING, "#");
/// <seealso cref="com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags.ATag#DisplayTag()"></seealso>
public override HTMLElement DisplayTag()
string fileName = GetTagAttributeAsString(FILENAME);
string isrvrPath = GetTagAttributeAsString(ISRVRPATH);
int height = GetTagAttributeAsInt(HEIGHT);
int width = GetTagAttributeAsInt(WIDTH);
int restrictToCommId = GetTagAttributeAsInt(RESTRICTTOCOMMID);
string strShowThis = string.Empty;
string swfPLAY = GetTagAttributeAsString(PLAY);
string swfLOOP = GetTagAttributeAsString(LOOP);
string swfQUALITY = GetTagAttributeAsString(QUALITY);
string swfWMODE = GetTagAttributeAsString(WMODE);
string swfSCALE = GetTagAttributeAsString(SCALE);
string swfBGCOLOR = GetTagAttributeAsString(BGCOLOR);
AActivitySpace m_asOwner = (AActivitySpace) this.GetEnvironment();
NavigationModel navModel = (NavigationModel) m_asOwner.GetModel(NavigationModel.STR_MVC_CLASS_NAME);
if(restrictToCommId == 0 || restrictToCommId == navModel.GetCurCommunityID())
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string[] httpFix = ConfigHelper.GetImageServerBaseURL(m_asOwner).Split('/');
log.Debug(httpFix[0] + ", " + isrvrPath + "/" + fileName + "; " + height + "x" + width);
string imgUrl = ConfigHelper.GetImageServerBaseURL(m_asOwner).Replace("plumtree",isrvrPath);
sb.Append("<object CLASSID=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" ");
sb.Append("WIDTH=\"" + width + "\" ");
sb.Append("HEIGHT=\"" + height + "\" ");
sb.Append("codebase=\"");
sb.Append(httpFix[0] + "//active.macromedia.com/flash3/cabs/swflash.cab#version=3,0,0,0\" id=\"ShockwaveFlash1\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"MOVIE\" ");
sb.Append("value=\"" + imgUrl + fileName + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"PLAY\" value=\"" + swfPLAY + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"BGCOLOR\" value=\"" + swfBGCOLOR + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"LOOP\" value=\"" + swfLOOP + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"QUALITY\" value=\"" + swfQUALITY + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"SCALE\" value=\"" + swfSCALE + "\">");
sb.Append("<param name=\"WMODE\" value=\"" + swfWMODE + "\">");
sb.Append("<embed SRC=\"" + imgUrl + fileName + "\" ");
sb.Append("WIDTH=\"" + width + "\" ");
sb.Append("HEIGHT=\"" + height + "\" ");
sb.Append("PLAY=\"" + swfPLAY + "\" ");
sb.Append("BGCOLOR=\"" + swfBGCOLOR + "\" ");
sb.Append("PLUGINSPAGE=\"" + httpFix[0] + "//www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi? P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">");
sb.Append("</object>");
strShowThis = sb.ToString();
HTMLElementCollection result = new HTMLElementCollection();
result.AddInnerHTMLString(strShowThis);
return result;
#region interface stubs
/// <seealso cref="com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags.ATag#GetTagType()"></seealso>
public override TagType GetTagType()
// This tag does not display any of the HTML inside the tag,
// and must be used as a singleton tag.
return TagType.NO_BODY;
/// <seealso cref="com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags.ATag#SupportsAccessStyle(AccessStyles)"></seealso>
public override bool SupportsAccessStyle(AccessStyles _style)
// This tag does not display any JavaScript, and therefore
// supports all access styles.
return true;
/// <seealso cref="com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.tags.ATag#Create()"></seealso>
public override ATag Create()
return new FlashTag();
#endregion
Edited by: tjannotta on Nov 17, 2009 8:58 AM
I replaced our company namespace info, etc. w/ 'foo'. Replace or strip out as you see fit!
Check out my post higher up on this page for attribute instructions and example implementation