Insert animated gif or flash files (.swf) in Form?

How can i insert animated gif or flash files (.swf) or another type of animated files in Form?

If you are web deployed you can put an animated gif as the image to an iconic button.
Image items cannot display animated gifs.
Anything else you can do through a JavaBean if you need to.

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    Hi there, I am using the ad rotator to host 3rd party advertising. I have been supplied with a flash file (swf) and also a gif version of the ad. I want to be able to point to the gif file if the swf file is not able to be played by the browser/device. Is this possible within the ad rotator to have a fall-back gif file?
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    This functionality isn't native to BC but I've done this before for a client.  Just beware that using an .swf (flash) file embed for the ad won't let you track the BC Ad Rotator links.  Typical, image-only ads in the AdRotator can be tracked in BC's reporting but using a .swf file doesn't work and you have to embed the link in the actual .swf file itself.  Before we get you working with a flash fallback solution, if you have access to the .swf file or can tell your client what URL to use in the flash ad then you should use the AdRotator trackign URL if you can.  Do do that, setup an image-only ad rotator item first in one of your ad rotators.  Add that rotator to a demo page to get the URL of the ad rotator (it contains the unique id of your ad for tracking). Once you have that URL you can update your flash file to use that URL to take advantage of tracking on BC or give it to your customer to update the flash file themselves before sending you the flash file.
    Once you've taken care of the link in the flash ad or if you don't care about not tracking flash ad clicks in BC's reporting system, let's move on to building a flash fallback ad solution. We'll be using SWFObject which is the correct way to embed flash with fallback content.  The hardest part of this whole scenario is we have to get the ID of the ad rotator item (not the ad rotator ID) below.
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    Download the SWFObject project and unzip it locally.
    Upload the whole "swfobject" folder to the root of your website.
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    Download my custom javascript function and upload it somewhere on your website. For this example we'll assume you are placing it in the "js" folder in the root of your site.
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    Once you've got your ID of the item, head back to the Ad Rotator Item you just created in the BC Admin.
    You'll want to add some javascript after your image markup in the "Item HTML" box
    Before we had: <img src="/images/demoad.gif" width="125" height="125" />
    and it becomes:<img src="/images/demoad.gif" width="125" height="125" />
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    Replace the bolded items above with the ID of your ad rotator item we pulled from the URL before and the URL to the flash file we uploaded to the site before.  In our case, I uploaded "demoad.swf" to the root of the website. Also, the '125' and '125' above are the width and height, respectively for your flash file. For instance if your flash movie is 300 pixels wide and 100 pixels in height then calling our functions with those dimensions would look like:<script>adRotatorFlashFallback('32711','/demoad.swf', '300', '100');</script>
    Make sure the ad rotator item is enabled and you're all set.
    You can see a demo of it working at http://www.chrismatthias.com/demos/swf-fallback-ad-rotator
    After your initial setup of downloading the javascripts and referencing them in your page or template, the hardest thing about creating new ad rotator items with fallback is getting the ID of the ad rotator item from the URL in steps 12-14, but it's the only way I know of to get the ID of the ad rotator item. I can't find it in the BC Admin anywhere.

  • Quality problem with animated gif through flash

    i got a problem with making animated gif through flash.
    on html/swf publication it looks clear.
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    it looks better when you open it in a browser.
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    Change your gif export setting under publish...
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              Playback             : Animated
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              Options               : Optimize colors
                                        : Smooth
              Transparent         : Opaque
              Dither                 : None
              Palette Type       : Adaptive
              Max colors         : 99999

  • Are there any tutorials on making animated gifs in flash, from a video?

    I have an avi video file that i'd like to make into an animated gif in flash. How do I go about doing this? I know there is an option in photoshop where you can import the video frames onto layers. Is there something similar in flash?

    [http://wetpixel.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t16884.html]
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  • I am a Flash developer. When I change a Flash file (SWF) and try to test it, Firefox displays the previous version even though I have cleared the cache. Clearing the cache obviously doesn't clear everything. Why?

    I developed a Flash file (SWF) with a light blue start button, placed it on a web server then went to the URL using Firefox (3.6.8). Later I updated the SWF (changed the button to dark blue), replaced the SWF on the web server, opened Firefox and used Tools/Clear Recent History... to clear the cache. Then when I went to the URL to test the replaced SWF it clearly opened the previous version (light blue button). How can that happen if the previous version no longer exists on the web server? Firefox can only be opening the file from its cache, so why is the file still there if I just cleared the cache?

    Your not alone!
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    A virtual macOS on the same machine didn't have a problem, windows iTunes didnt have a problem. Just a glitch with ICU on windows
    I tried everything you did and the only thing that fixed it was to change the appID or app name (I forget which I did).
    I don't know where that old app data is stored on the machine, but I deleted all apps, uninstalled/reinstalled ICU and it still would populate and install the old ipa.
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  • Could not generate the flash file(SWF)

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    I am working with a Dashboard having a GMap plugin and it was working fine on BO server.
    But now the plugin has been changed from GMap to CMaps plugin. I am able to download the same dashboard from BO Server to my desktop.
    The snapshot of the warning I get while downloading the dashboard has been attached.
    When downloaded from server, in place of displaying map on GMap plugin I get a warning "Invalid request this request is invalid" but when i open its properties the warning goes and the map appears back.
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    Hi,
    In your discussion,you have downloaded the dashboard file from the BO server to your desktop.
    You can export the dashboard to BO Server in SWF format.But how can you download the physical dashboard file from BO server.Is it possible?
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  • Playing Flash File in Oracle Forms 9i

    Hi there,
    I used to Play flash files in Forms using active x controls. But they are no more there.
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    Ali,
    you would need to find a Java Bean environment to play Flash (quasi a flash runtime in java). this then can be added as a Java Bean to Forms.
    Check the Java Media Framework
    http://search.java.sun.com/search/java/index.jsp?qp=&nh=10&qt=MEDIA+FRAMEWORK&col=java&col=wireless
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  • Animated gif from flash

    CS4, AS3.Windows XP SP3.
    I've created a pretty simple flash animation with some text that fades in and moves around a bit. Nothing fancy. It runs just fine both locally and on my client's site. I need to turn it into an animated gif so that non-flash viewers will see the animation. But I can't seem to get it to come out right. It needs to have a transparent background and it needs to run just once. Like I said, all that runs fine as an SWF.
    When I choose the export option in the file menu (export movie as gif), it does export and I can run the gif but the background is definitely not transparent and the thing loops continuously. Yes, I've checked the "transparent" checkbox and also set the repetitions to 1. Neither of those settings do anything.
    I also tried "publishing" the gif. That's even worse. The resultant animation doesn't even resemble my SWF. It's a blocky mess when it runs. It does appear to have a transparent background but it loops over and over and again it's a blocky mess (not sure how else to explain that).
    The whole thing is just about 10 layers of different lines of text that are tweened in various ways to get the effect I need.
    You can see the animation on the right hand side of this page: www.ssrights.com. It's the one that says "FREE! Consultation..."
    Hope someone can help.
    Thanks,
    Keith
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    Look, I appreciate that you are making an effot to help, but I hope you realize that most pages like that are just there to attract advertisers. They are mostly nonsense. Filled with fluff and little that's actually helpful. Often copied verbatim from the help file of some application. Not the least bit beneficial. There are tons of "how to" sites out there that say next to nothing and still use a lot of words. I run into them countless times each day. It's beyond irritating when you're trying to learn how to do something. This paragraph on that page you referred me to is a perfect example:
    Set other options for your animated GIF publication. Optimize the color  of the GIF to remove unused colors so that the image size will be  reduced. Set "Dither Solids" so that the colors will be mixed in the  current existing palette. Other options you have to set up are  Interlace, Smooth, and Remove Gradients. Set all of them very well so  that your animated GIF will be published at its best quality.
    Just look at the grammar in the last sentense. It doesn't even make sense and offeres zero useful information. Probably came out of the entirely useless Adobe help system that's fond of defining a term with the term itself.
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    Again, is there anyone out there that has specifically dealt with this problem and can offer a specific, viable solution?
    Keith

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    I've been asked to create an animated banner which I have
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