Flash question on website using Explorer

I have a problem when using Flash on explorer for a
particular website. When I access my website using explorer, I have
to click once to enter the flash area then I can access the flash
sequence. I cannot just click on the flash and go. Is this a
setting problem in dreamweaver or what? Why can I not just point
and click? Why must I point click and then click again before the I
am able to access the flashed button in Ms Explorer? I must add
that this is only in Explorer on Windows XP. This does not happen
using Firefox or Netscape.

<collective sigh from the entire forum>
This has been asked and answered almost everyday - and in
most cases - several times perday for months.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*flash*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
(the google archive of the forum)
Search google for "active content".
Here are URLs that are posted here daily:
http://activecontent.blogspot.com
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
An entire section devoted to this issue.
When you hover over any active content in IE you will see
this:
http://www.mudbubble.com/staging/ac.jpg
See the little tool tip instructing you what to do? If you
google that ("Click to activate and use
this control" or similar), you will find 2,050,000 returns.
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makarios58 wrote:
> I have a problem when using Flash on explorer for a
particular website. When I
> access my website using explorer, I have to click once
to enter the flash area
> then I can access the flash sequence. I cannot just
click on the flash and go.
> Is this a setting problem in dreamweaver or what? Why
can I not just point
> and click? Why must I point click and then click again
before the I am able to
> access the flashed button in Ms Explorer? I must add
that this is only in
> Explorer on Windows XP. This does not happen using
Firefox or Netscape.
>

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