Flash to Dreamweaver 8 question

Ok, so my question to all you geniuses is pretty simple. If
you notice here on Adobes website, the text that they use is
amazingly clean. The anti-aliasing is near perfect so I can only
assume they're using some type of flash based software to produce
this effect.
I use flash 8 and when I produce text on it it's near
perfect, just like the text on this website, but I can't seem to
have it editable on Dreamweaver 8 when I transfer it over. I can't
highlight the text to link it to external or internal files. All I
can do is play it as a video. Although the quality looks awsome,
just like it did on Flash but again I can't edit it so that I can
have the text link to files. Like how adobe uses there text as
links to other pages, that is what I want to do with Flash text but
using Dreamweaver to develop the website.
The problem with Dreamweaver and Fireworks is that the text
don't come out looking as clean, no matter how high I set the
anti-aliasing settings. In-fact on Dreamweaver, I couldn't even
find a settings to increase anti-aliasing. On Fireworks I managed
to find a custome setting and blasted it to the max, but
comparisons side by side didn't look good. The flash based text was
still cleaner, especially when I blew up the size of the text.
Now obviously since flash is flash based and Dreamweaver
probably uses a different type of engine to produce anti-aliasing
how is it that adobe.com managed to make their website so clean
looking. Everything from there text to boxes, to graphics to well
you get my point.
Anyhow, my main concern is my text. If anyone can help me
with my text issue please give me your pointers. I know adobe is
using flash but how are they making there text individualy
linkable?
Thanks a million!!!

You can't edit a flash document using Dreamweaver. Can you
provide an example of your issue? What part of adobe.com are you
referring to? A link would be helpful.

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Flash and Dreamweaver question? Please help :)

Okay, how do I make it so that if I import a .swf file, that will act as an index with buttons to the other pages of the website, into my dreamweaver project and make it so that when I click the buttons on the .swf file, it will take me to the pages I make?
Sorry if this should've been in the Flash forum

It is a flash question, but still answerable... There are two options I could suggest:
1. You can set up your links to be "absolute"... for instance, if your site is named http://www.mysite.com and you have a button named "About Me" that you'd like to link to a page named "aboutme.html", simply set up the link to go to "http://www.mysite.com/aboutme.html". *Note that this method won't allow you to test the link locally - it will only work after you've uploaded the "aboutme.html" page to your webserver.
2. Second option is: You can link to the pages locally, but be sure all of your pages are set up in the directory correctly so that links aren't broken. For instance, if you have your "index.html" with your flash navigation embedded on the page, I would recommend NOT placing the .swf file into a subfolder like "images" or something like that - keep it on the same level of your directory as your index page. Also be careful about pointing to all subsequent pages - it's easiest if all of those are also on the same level, but if you have a large site and want to organize it, be sure your navigation links reflect the directory structure. e.g., if you're going to link to "aboutme.html", and it's in a subfolder named "generalstuff", the link would look like this: "generalstuff/aboutme.html".
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Insert Flash with Dreamweaver CS3 Question

So I have been building websites for awhile and have always relied on the built in insert flash object that came with dreamweaver as I have never had issues with it.
However as I finished a site recently the client had a friend look at it and brought up the red flag that the site was not w3 compliant. So I go and look at the little tool they have and the only error that comes up is related to the insertion of flash on the page.
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Right you are!
I tend to spot check pages and haven't done a W3C check on a flash embed in my websites (apparently). Just did one pursuant to your question. The page is 100% compliant without the Flash video. has 51 errors, 35 warnings with it. Lots of those errors are Adobe-generated Javascript that handles the flash video insert, skins it and so on.
Here is where Adobe may not be compliant with the W3C.

Integrating a little Flash in Dreamweaver

Hello All,
I am a newbie and just finished a Flash class. However we
didn't hardly talk at all about integrating Flash with Dreamweaver.
What I want to do is create an intro page that has Flash and
then you have to click on a Button to go into the main site. I
understand a little of Behaviors and Actionscripting so thought
that I would do the GetURL Behavior (going off memory here) to get
me from the Intro page to the main Dreamweaver site.
Question is... do I export an SWF file, put that in a
index.html page for the Intro page and then link to the main
Dreamweaver site but have the main site not an "Index" file but
another name...maybe main.html.
Is this what people do? Or do they take the generated .html
file from Flash (its published) and just use that as their intro.
Naming it index.html. And then linking to another *.html created
with Dreamweaver but that is not saved as index.html.
Also, how often are people doing a PURE Flash website and not
mixing the Flash and Dreamweaver together? Just curious.
Thanks for clarifying.
Computerkitten

It's the new IE functionality (introduced in the April 2006
patch update for
IE6 and made compulsory by the June 2006 patch update) to
comply with a
ruling against Microsoft's patent infringement.
It's triggered by the <object>, <embed> and
<applet> tags on a page. Flash
is normally imported into a page via the <embed> tag
hence it's affected by
the change. Content imported into a webpage by these methods
is known as
Active Content and now requires an extra click to activate it
and interact
with it.
The workaround ultimately rests with website designers who
are now advised
by Microsoft and Adobe etc to implement the controls for
Active Content in
their sites indirectly via Javascript rather than direct HTML
tags.
If you have DW8, the 8.0.2 updater will insert Flash with
Adobe's
recommended Active Content fix already included in the code.
With any other
version of DW, you'll have to do it manually.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945/en-us
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/
http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Technology/microsoft-ie-activex-update
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
Some background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
Regards
John Waller

Flash or Dreamweaver? (Either?)

Here is today's softball/dumb question. In an effort to create my own website I have been spending a considerable amount of time learning the essentials of many Adobe programs through Lynda.com and with Adobe's CS5 Master Suite of software. Most recently I have been going through Flash tutorials. When it comes to creating a website through Adobe software I thought Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, etc were the foundation, (i.e., framework), of ALL website creation and that all other programs, Ps, Ai, Fc, etc....AND Flash where used in SUPPORT of that goal. That is they created the graphics and other animation files used within the Dreamweaver website foundational framework...but Dreamweaver was essential (using Adobe software).
The more I learn about Flash and applications such as After Effects the more confused I am becoming because, though I am unsure, it seems that Flash can be used as a foundation for a website all by itself and Dreamweaver cut out of the process all together. So my basic/fundamental/dumb question is is that correct? Though an answer to that question requires only a simple yes or no answer, and a simple yes or no answer is welcome and appreciated, any elaboration on the basic structural use of these various Adobe programs in pursuit of the goal of creating a website would be appreciated as well.

Sounds like you are well on your way this your project and I wish you the best!
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So I don't think it's a question on using Flash or Dreamweaver to build your site... most likely you will need both, Flash for the content, DW (or some other editor) for the page structure as well as any PHP for server side scripting you may need.
As for building your own shopping cart, I suggest you start at your bank and work back from there to your Web site, NOT the other way around. Banks are very strict about which "Gateways" they use and the Gateway company is very strict about which shopping cart they will allow to connect to there services.
If you are expecting to collect payments via credit cards, you'll most like need a Merchant Account at your bank. Check and see what it takes to get yours set up. That's the account that your Gateway service will connect to... for background info..here are a couple used by local banks here:
http://www.authorize.net/
and
http://www.firstdata.com/en_us/home
But get with your banker before going too far. Make sure that you don't have to undo some of the efforts and development because they did not meet bank or gateway specs.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

Integrating Flash into Dreamweaver

Hello All,
I am a newbie and just finished a Flash class. However we
didn't hardly talk at all about integrating Flash with Dreamweaver.
What I want to do is create an intro page that has Flash and
then you have to click on a Button to go into the main site. I
understand a little of Behaviors and Actionscripting so thought
that I would do the GetURL Behavior (going off memory here) to get
me from the Intro page to the main Dreamweaver site.
Question is... do I export an SWF file, put that in a
index.html page for the Intro page and then link to the main
Dreamweaver site but have the main site not an "Index" file but
another name...maybe main.html.
Is this what people do? Or do they take the generated .html
file from Flash (its published) and just use that as their intro.
Naming it index.html. And then linking to another *.html created
with Dreamweaver but that is not saved as index.html.
Also, how often are people doing a PURE Flash website and not
mixing the Flash and Dreamweaver together? Just curious.
Thanks for clarifying.
Computerkitten

Hmm... looks ok to me. You should be able to place it in a
folder without
problem. I'd try using SWFObject to put the Flash on the page
though - that
_might_ fix your problem. Odd one.
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
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Netboot will not working, getting globe, then flashing folder with question mark.

I just created a netboot image which went off without any problems. I copied the two .nbi folders to my NetBootSP0 folder, and enabled them within netboot. My OS X server which is my netboot server and dhcp server. When I boot using N or Option N, I get the flashing globe for several seconds, the request goes through to the server and gets ACK {SELECT} however a few more seconds after, I get the flashing folder and question mark before it does a normal boot. I have read the other posts about DHCP and Subnets. My server and and clients are all 255.255.0.0. Any suggestions would be very helpful as I need this to work for several buildings.

This might work for some:
I had the same problem of the netboot image not mounting/opening, spinning globe then booting back to the Mac HD on the client and it was only when I remembered that we had manually experimented with jumbo frame rates and the MTU settings for our 32TB RAID in the Hardware settings for Ethernet ports on our servers. I turned the settings back to "Automatic" and 1000baseT on, then the whole NetInstall and Neboot was working perfectly again.

Flash in Dreamweaver???

I have uploaded and displayed flash in dreamweaver before but
for some reason i cannot get it to work now. Does this have
anything to do with CSS? The file is succesfully on the server as
you can see at www.zcarpentry.com/dropmenZCI.swf but when going to
www.zcarpentry.com the blank space on the left is where the menu
should be. PLEASE HELP!!! I am self taught and think i may be
overlooking something here is my source code:
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0"
width="182" height="460" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="../../Z
Carpentry/htdocs/dropmenZCI.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="../../Z Carpentry/htdocs/dropmenZCI.swf"
width="182" height="460" align="middle" quality="high"
pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object>

Self taught developers usually don't get some of the finer
usability points.
If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
In your case, the most profound problem is #2 - since you
have an all-Flash
page, you will not find much love from the search engines.
And even though
Google is saying it now scans Flash links, I am skeptical.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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>I have uploaded and displayed flash in dreamweaver before
but for some
>reason i
> cannot get it to work now. Does this have anything to do
with CSS? The
> file is
> succesfully on the server as you can see at
> www.zcarpentry.com/dropmenZCI.swf
> but when going to www.zcarpentry.com the blank space on
the left is where
> the
> menu should be. PLEASE HELP!!! I am self taught and
think i may be
> overlooking
> something here is my source code:
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=9,0,28,0" width="182" height="460"
align="middle">
> <param name="movie" value="../../Z
Carpentry/htdocs/dropmenZCI.swf"
> />
> <param name="quality" value="high" />
> <embed src="../../Z Carpentry/htdocs/dropmenZCI.swf"
width="182"
> height="460" align="middle" quality="high"
> pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Versio
> n=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
> </object>
>
>

Flashing folder with question mark at Startup

Here is what I know so far.
- The computer was powered off by pushing the power button without shutting down.
- The computer was then restarted and it was coming into the white screen with the Apple logo in the middle, but i noticed that it was skewed slightly (like someone took a 4:3 ratio screen and stretched it to a 16:9) and then it would show a circle slash icon and then the flashing folder with a question mark on it.
- It would not come up in single user mode (Command + S) and it said that there was an error loading kernel 'mach_kernel'
- It would not come up in safe mode (Shift)(The flashing folder came up again)
- I reset the PRAM (Command + Option + p + r) and it seemed to fix the problem with the stretched screen but did not help the boot situation (still got flashing folder)
- I did the start up where you can select the hard drive to boot with, it owed the HD and i selected it, but then i got the flashing folder with question mark.
- It would not come up in Verbose Mode (Command V) Error loading Kernel again.
- I bought a FireWire cable and hooked it to another MacBook Pro, and booted the faulty Mac into Target Disk Mode, the FireWire logo came up on the screen and bounced around like all forums said that it would, but the drive would not show up on my host. I checked the System Profiler on the host and it did acknowledge the Target Disk Mode was there, but the drive of the target would not show up on the host. I restarted the host, nothing. I checked all of the connections, nothing. I replugged all of the connections, nothing. I even reversed the FireWire cable, nothing.
- I have DiskWarrior 4 if i can get the drive to show up in TDM, but nothing so far.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys. I managed to get the computer started by holding down C at the Start Up with the Install Disc 1 in the computer. The disc was really kindof unnecessary, as the newest version of Mac OS X (10.4.10) became available via the hard drive.
I then found out that the battery was not installed, so I reset the management system by removing the A/C power, the battery and pushing the power button for 5 seconds, and then reconnecting everything. It did not help, the battery is bad i guess, so I am going to call AppleCare and get a new battery.
Thanks for your help.

Flash Backwards Compatibility Question

Hi,
About a year ago I created a project using the Adobe Flash 5.5 Demo.
I need to edit the Flash 5.5 file but my employer only has Adobe Flash 5 so I am not able to edit the 5.5 project using Flash 5.
Question - Can the Flash 6 Demo open a Flash 5.5 file and re-save it as a Flash 5 document?
If I download the latest Adobe Flash 6 Demo will I be able to open the Flash 5.5 file and then save it back as a Flash 5 file so I can edit it using my employers Flash 5 version?

Yes, you can open the file with Flash CS6, and then Save it in format Flash CS5
FLASH Proffesional CS6 ( Flash Professional 11)

Flash vs dreamweaver

bijour tout le monde!!!
je souhaite donc crée un site web!
je ne connais que le flash et j'aimerais savoir lequel de
flash ou dreamweaver est le meilleur dans ce domaine
quelles sont leurs difference et tout le reste quoi?!
merci!!

lol
e-S-tampida
http://development.bbri.be/elearning2
(pre-release version V2.3.2)
A tous ceux qui ne lisent pas la documentation (livre ou F1)
http://development.bbri.be/ictp/flash/rtdfm.jpg
"Kalimbra" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e2smfb$qbb$[email protected]..
> touy wrote:
>> bijour tout le monde!!!
>>
>> je souhaite donc cr?e un site web!
>> je ne connais que le flash et j'aimerais savoir
lequel de flash ou
>> dreamweaver est le meilleur dans ce domaine
>> quelles sont leurs difference et tout le reste
quoi?!
>>
>> merci!!
>>
>
>
http://www.macromedia.com/fr/software/dreamweaver/
>
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http://www.macromedia.com/fr/software/flash/flashpro/

HT1366 How to fix Flashing Folder with Question Mark on Mac

How to fix Flashing Folder with Question Mark on Mac

RichardEL is probably correct. I’ll go through your questions.
> there is no Mac OS partition, I assume it would be directly underneath the HD on the left?
I have not seen this particular condition where the hardware disk icon appears but the system volume that is supposed to be below it does not. The System Disk partition would be below the HD icon indented to the right. It is usually called “Macintosh HD” unless you renamed it.
> when I go into disk utility my HD appears on the left, but I can repair or verify it
Odd. It appears but you cannot manipulate it with Disk Utility.
> The S.M.A.R.T status reads verified
If it did not say Verified then it would indicate a problem. Saying Verified does not rule out problems but I think it indicates it is still breathing.
> Is the HD deceased?
If you booted the Recovery Partition (Boot, Command-R), which it sounds like you did, then at least part of the disk is still breathing. If it took a long time to boot then that may have been a Network Recovery boot which would indicate the disk is very sick or dead.
> [If I] restore from time machine [will] everything will be back as it was before?
Yes. That is the beauty of Time Machine. All your data, applications, and system preferences will be as they were as of the last backup.
> I was thinking of erasing the HD, would this be of any help or do I just need a new one?
Given what you reported from the Disk Utility steps you took it is unclear to me if there will be a way to repair the current volume, if you can erase and install from scratch or if you need a new disk. Before proceeding it may be useful to have an expert at an Apple store look at it for you. They may be able to revive it without a clean install or new disk.
As was the case above, it could be a good disk with a bad cable in which case a new disk is not going to help. To test this you can purchase an inexpensive external enclosure, remove the internal disk, place it in the enclosure, plug it in and then use Boot-Option to attempt to boot from the now external disk. Here are links to the screwdrivers and enclosure you would need.
$5 Toolkit: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TOOLKITMHD/
$22 USB 3.0 enclosure: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ES2.5BU3W/
If you attempt a clean install, use the Partition tab to repartition the disk, selecting one partition and with “Options…” electing a GUID partition. Then use the Erase tab, select “Security Options…” and set it to write a single pass of zeros. This will write to every sector to map out bad blocks. (If you have an SSD do not write a pass of zeros.)
If you do need to replace it I recommend an new inexpensive (~$100) and super-fast hybrid SSHD drive that has an 8 GB SSD cache that makes the data fly. Google “Seagate 1 TB hybrid SSHD”.

Inserting FLASH into Dreamweaver cs3

I am trying to build a VERY basic website in Dreamweaver. Using their single fixed column, centered,template, i would like to ad 2 flash items, a menu and small movie, in to he top of the column. (Both flash items are larger than the column with, if that matters,i was going to resizxe them nce i got this part of the cose correct)
For some reason the flash movie shows in my Dreamweaver preview, but not when i load it live online @ www.srg-buffalo.com.
The address i have used for the flash movie is: http://www.srg-buffalo.com/flash/header_v8.swf
The website is hosted at www.swq-buffalo.com, if you want to check out the source code.
I have no idea what I am doing wrong, i thought it was pretty simple, there is no flash block via my go daddy host.
How i inserted it via dreamweaver cs3:
Insert> Media> Flash.
URL= http://www.srg-buffalo.com/flash/header_v8.swf
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks for any help.

Thank you,
That rung a bell.
I uploaded both saved .SWF documents to the Scripts directory.
There was also a Scripts dirrectory saved with index.html, in this directory was the AC_RunActiveContent.js file,any thoughts on that?
i uploaded it to scripts,along witht he others, and the space dedicatd to the flash events is there, but they are not showing.
http://www.srg-buffalo.com/
D. Jude Bulera
Buffalo, NY
[email protected]
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:45:32 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Inserting FLASH into Dreamweaver cs3
When you insert the SWF, you shouldn't have to actual type anything - it's a browse and select process and will automatically enter the correct path to the SWF. Then you have to upload the page and the SWF file. This next part I think has changed in later versions of DW, but in CS3 I'm pretty sure the process will also create a folder named Scripts. This folder along with it's contents also need to be uploaded.
>

Inserting Flash into Dreamweaver

I don't know if the solution is in Flash or Dreamweaver, so excuse me if this is the wrong location. I created a Flash Photo Gallery (swf file) and want to add it on my site. It's a fairly large file, so I also created a preloader to let viewers know that it's installing. The problem is my Flash file won't start playing until the whole thing is loaded, therefore you won't see the preloader until the whole thing is ready to play and so you don't need a preloader by that point. I can't get this Flash file any smaller and all I need to know is how you force Dreamweaver to start playing an SWF file before it's fully loaded. What I'm doing now is Insert > Media > SWF and then I find my file. From there, I can't find any option or code to tell it to start playing as it downloads. It's seems like it should be so simple, and I feel like the only person who can't figure this out!

If there is a nextg time, simply post a link to the live page (http://www.myproblempage.com) and people can peek under the hood.
Glad you got it solved.
Gary

Build in Flash or Dreamweaver for Video Site

Hello... I'm new to Dreamweaver and Flash.
I need to build my website that will feature my portfolio of videos that I've created. If I have around 20 videos for viewing, is it best to create the site in Flash or Dreamweaver?
Thank you

Hi Gorka:
I’m finally able to focus on your suggestions and
hopefully finally finish my site. Just to make sure I’m clear
on your advice using a scene called “paintings” as an
example, I discard my earlier code such as <PARAM name =
“FlashVars” value = “jodysite_paintings.swf =
paintings”>, and replace it with the code you suggest that
would look like this once completed (below)?
<PARAM name = “FlashVars” value =
“jodysite_paintings.swf =<?php echo $_GET[' paintings
'];?>”>
<EMBED FlashVars = "jodysite_paintings.swf=<?php echo
$_GET['paintings'];?>"></EMBED>
And in the Actions window for the button that would open a
new browser window upon release for the “paintings”
scene, the Actionscript for that button would read:
getURL("javascript:window.open('
http://www.jodywidelitz.com?scene=paintings','Paintings',
toolbar = no, menubar = no, scrollbars = yes, location = no,
fullscreen=yes, width=1024,height=768); void(0); "_blank", "GET");
if(paintings != undefined){
gotoAndStop(paintings, 1); 1 is for frame 1
This is the way I have the code now, but I developed a glitch
as soon as I changed the code. My preloader stays caught up in a
continual load that won’t finish, and won’t advance to
the next scene. It was working before I entered any FlashVars
coding. So the Flash movie embedded in Dreamweaver stays blank.
Also, I am using the original Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX from
2002-2003. By some chance, does this earlier version of Flash MX
not recognize FlashVars? I do have the DOCTYPE as <!DOCTYPE HTML
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> to allow any
deprecated code, etc.
Thanks again,
Jody

Controlling Flash in Dreamweaver

Hello all,
Thanks in advance to anyone who can solve this problem!
I am building a page in Dreamweaver 4.0 and adding a large
Flash movie (using Flash 5.0) which I want to start by clicking or
mousing over a smaller image elsewhere on the page. However when
viewing in Firefox, the movie starts off as soon as I load the
page, rather than when I mouse over the image that is being used to
start the big movie. It works in IE 7 but not in Firefox. Is there
a piece of code I need for Firefox.
I have followed the directions for Controlling Shockwave or
Flash within (Dreamweaver as follows:
1 Choose Insert > Media > Shockwave or Insert >
Media > Flash to insert a Shockwave or Flash movie,
respectively.
2 Choose Window > Properties and enter a name for the
movie in the upper leftmost field (next to the Shockwave or Flash
icon). You must name the movie to control it with the Control
Shockwave or Flash action.
3 Select the item you want to use to control the Shockwave or
Flash movie. For example, if you have an image of a "Play" button
that will be used to make the movie play, select that image.
4 Open the Behaviors panel (Window > Behaviors).
5 Click the Plus (+) button and choose Control Shockwave or
Flash from the Actions pop-up menu.
A parameters dialog box appears.
6 Choose a movie from the Movie pop-up menu.
Dreamweaver automatically lists the names of all Shockwave
and Flash movies in the current document. (Specifically,
Dreamweaver lists movies with file names ending in .dcr, .dir,
.swf, or .spl that are in object or embed tags.)
7 Choose to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in the
movie. The Play option plays the movie starting from the frame
where the action occurs.
8 Click OK.
9 Check that the default event is the one you want.
If it isn't, choose another event from the pop-up menu. If
the events you want are not listed, change the target browser in
the Show Events For submenu of the Events pop-up menu.
I have followed all these directions, but the big movie
starts playing as soon as I load the page, rather than waiting
until I mouse over/click on the small jpg below. I have even added
the <param name=play value=false> to the big movie code to no
avail. I am viewing the site on Firefox.
Here is my code for the large movie:
<td width="380" height="280" valign="top"><object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
width="380" height="280" name="metal">
<param name=movie
value="images/fabrication/fab_movie_large.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<param name=play value=false>
<embed src="images/fabrication/fab_movie_large.swf"
quality=high pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="280"
name="metal" swliveconnect="true">
</embed>
</object></td>
and here is the code for the jpg I am wanting to mouse over
or click on to make the movie play:
<td width="130" valign="top"><a href="javascript:;"
onMouseOver="MM_controlShockwave('metal','','Play')"><img
src="images/fabrication/Metal%20shop-s.jpg" width="130" height="87"
border="0"></a></td>
I'd appreciate any answers!
Thanks!
Pam
aka Horgycat)

Hello all,
Thanks in advance to anyone who can solve this problem!
I am building a page in Dreamweaver 4.0 and adding a large
Flash movie (using Flash 5.0) which I want to start by clicking or
mousing over a smaller image elsewhere on the page. However when
viewing in Firefox, the movie starts off as soon as I load the
page, rather than when I mouse over the image that is being used to
start the big movie. It works in IE 7 but not in Firefox. Is there
a piece of code I need for Firefox.
I have followed the directions for Controlling Shockwave or
Flash within (Dreamweaver as follows:
1 Choose Insert > Media > Shockwave or Insert >
Media > Flash to insert a Shockwave or Flash movie,
respectively.
2 Choose Window > Properties and enter a name for the
movie in the upper leftmost field (next to the Shockwave or Flash
icon). You must name the movie to control it with the Control
Shockwave or Flash action.
3 Select the item you want to use to control the Shockwave or
Flash movie. For example, if you have an image of a "Play" button
that will be used to make the movie play, select that image.
4 Open the Behaviors panel (Window > Behaviors).
5 Click the Plus (+) button and choose Control Shockwave or
Flash from the Actions pop-up menu.
A parameters dialog box appears.
6 Choose a movie from the Movie pop-up menu.
Dreamweaver automatically lists the names of all Shockwave
and Flash movies in the current document. (Specifically,
Dreamweaver lists movies with file names ending in .dcr, .dir,
.swf, or .spl that are in object or embed tags.)
7 Choose to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in the
movie. The Play option plays the movie starting from the frame
where the action occurs.
8 Click OK.
9 Check that the default event is the one you want.
If it isn't, choose another event from the pop-up menu. If
the events you want are not listed, change the target browser in
the Show Events For submenu of the Events pop-up menu.
I have followed all these directions, but the big movie
starts playing as soon as I load the page, rather than waiting
until I mouse over/click on the small jpg below. I have even added
the <param name=play value=false> to the big movie code to no
avail. I am viewing the site on Firefox.
Here is my code for the large movie:
<td width="380" height="280" valign="top"><object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
width="380" height="280" name="metal">
<param name=movie
value="images/fabrication/fab_movie_large.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<param name=play value=false>
<embed src="images/fabrication/fab_movie_large.swf"
quality=high pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="280"
name="metal" swliveconnect="true">
</embed>
</object></td>
and here is the code for the jpg I am wanting to mouse over
or click on to make the movie play:
<td width="130" valign="top"><a href="javascript:;"
onMouseOver="MM_controlShockwave('metal','','Play')"><img
src="images/fabrication/Metal%20shop-s.jpg" width="130" height="87"
border="0"></a></td>
I'd appreciate any answers!
Thanks!
Pam
aka Horgycat)

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