IWeb and Flash Content

What is the best way to imbed Macromedia Flash 8 Proffesional content onto an iWeb site? It is a flash created coloring game.
PowerBook G4 Double Layer 1 Gb 100 Gb Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Simple answer?
iWeb only uses the QuickTime browser plug-in for any content and your files must be "Published" as version 5, or lower for the plug-in to display the .swf file.
To use other export versions you'll need to hand edit (a pain) the published html file and javascript (.js) to point to your .swf file.
Last point to bring up is that QT version 7.1.3 has "disabled" Flash Media (default settings) and each visitor must use their Sys Prefs (Mac) or Control Panel (PC) to enable Flash media via QuickTime.
This change was done for security issues in Flash Media via QuickTime.

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Problem with Left Click (mighty mouse) and flash content

Hi, first sorry for my bad english...
Well I have an issue with the left click (i have mighty mouse) and flash content in Firefox:
if i'm using Firefox and then change to any other app, when i get back to firefox i have no left click anymore...
So i have to open the mouse setting panel and everything works fine again...
I don't want to open the mouse panel over and over again to fix that, so what i can do?
THANKS in advance =)
I uploaded a video to show the issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWSod5fUjk
Mighty mouse Settings:
Left Click + Right Click
Firefox ver: 3.5.5
Snow Leopard: 10.6.2
iMac 24" (iMac9,1)
Message was edited by: MaLk Gopher

Hi, Guys!!
And you have some right cosmic_hippo , Why?
Well think that the real problem it's something between Firefox and Flash content...
because if i use Safari and i try make what i describe in the first post, i don't have any problem with the mouse settings.
Only Happens when i use Firefox...
Cheers.
Well the issue is still there...

MetaStream 3.0.15.12 Plugin is disabled and Flash content does not play.

''Duplicate post, continue here - [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/791811]''
MetaStream 3.0.15.12 Plugin is disabled and Flash content does not play.

Recent crashes of certain multimedia contents (this includes Youtube videos, certain flash games and other applications) in conjunction with Firefox are most probably caused by a recent Flash update and/or a malfunctioning browser plugin such as Real Player.
In order to remedy the problem, please perform the steps mentioned in these Knowledge Base articles:
* [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
* [[Flash 11.3 crashes]]
* [[Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox]]
Other, more technical information about these issues can be found under these Links:
* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0
* http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
Please report back soon.

Flash eight viewer and flash content in PDF

Has the issue been resolved with flash 8 viewer and flash content in acrobat. I have a document that is due on March 13 and I need to know that if I submit with flash content in pdf that if they have flash 8 viewer installed they will not get caught in buffering mode when they access the files?

Jeff,
This may be a better question for the Acrobat User-to-User forum. This is the Acrobat 3D User-to-User forum.

New Images and Flash Content won't display

Working in Dreamweaver MX.
Updating some content to existing pages with flash swf files
and jpegs in them. All of the old content works fine, but when I
replace old swf files with new, or add any new jpg files. I get a
broken link image in the browser, or nothing at all. All of the
file paths appear to be correct. The flash swf files test fine in
the browser before I add them to the page in Dreamweaver. New text
content and the layout are updating fine, the jpegs and swf files
are just not showing up, its as if the files did not exist in the
site.
I have been struggling with this for several days and tried
many different ways of finding the problem, but no success this is
turrning into a nightmare.
Please help- anyone.

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>
> Working in Dreamweaver MX.
> Updating some content to existing pages with flash swf
files and jpegs in
> them. All of the old content works fine, but when I
replace old swf files
> with
> new, or add any new jpg files. I get a broken link image
in the browser,
> or
> nothing at all. All of the file paths appear to be
correct. The flash swf
> files
> test fine in the browser before I add them to the page
in Dreamweaver. New
> text
> content and the layout are updating fine, the jpegs and
swf files are just
> not
> showing up, its as if the files did not exist in the
site.
> I have been struggling with this for several days and
tried many different
> ways of finding the problem, but no success this is
turrning into a
> nightmare.
> Please help- anyone.
>

Iweb and flash effects

Is there another way to add flash effects to an iWeb site other than using keynote

You would need to be more specific about the type of effect you want. Flash is not so popular nowadays since its not supported on a lot of portable devices.
Here's an example using Sencha and one using jQuery and CSS transitions.
Another interesting way of controlling animation, images, text etc is popcorn.js
Apps like Hype and Sench Animation are not cheap nor particularly easy to get to grips with!

Iweb and flash

Hi,
I am trying to help someone who posted a question at flashkit and I am not familiar with iweb
He has a structure like this
skip-up.html
service.html
sub directory skip-up_files contains a file "widget1_markup.html"
the widget file seems to contain the reference to his menu swf file.
<param name="movie"
value="http://www.skip-up.com/flash/head.swf" />
this swf is supposed to load a new page when a menu item is clicked.
if you just put this swf in a page alone it launches the links in a new browser window.
So it seems the links work.
The problem seems to be that it is in this widget html file not the actual skip-up.html page.
In the flash menu FLA it says (using AS2)
getURL("service.html");
it does not work. How should the FLA actionscript look so that the flash file in the widget html loads the new page into the browser.

Sure. You aren't creating a menu per se, but a presentation slide. Using Keynote you add the various graphic elements and then assign animations to them (drop, dissolve, etc.) and then assign the proper order. Keynote works a lot like iWeb - same inspector and same interface.
Then I add hyperlinks to the menu items and save as a Keynote presentation. Then from the export menu, select Flash. The flash format preserves hyperlinks and allows for interactivity. It also makes really small file sizes (120k for this movie - the same QT file was over 600k). Then take that flash movie (.swf extension) and drop in on your iWeb page. iWeb tries to resize the movie to smaller dimensions (650 x 420 or so), but I resized it in the Inspector back to 800x600.
Then I uploaded the site to .Mac

Why is my flash content not working on my dreamweaver created html site?

This is a problem that's happening on my website I'm creating. I created a quick test website to show you the problem on the fourm. It's the same problem, and if you can provide the solution to this test website I can apply it to my main website.
Test website on server:
test331754952.net23.net
What I did:
-launched flash
-typed "test" and made it spin 360 degrees
-published swf
-launched dreamweaver
-created a site
-moved swf to site folder
-saved a html file to the site folder
-in dreamweaver, went to insert, media, swf, then selected the swf I made
-it inserted the swf, creating a gray placeholder for it
-re-saved the html document, at which point dreamweaver created a folder named script and 2 files, an swf, and a javascript file
Site Directory:
Scripts Sub-Directory:
What happens:
-when I launch the swf on my machine, it plays fine
-when I open the swf directly on the test website on the server, it plays fine
-when I open the html with the embended swf on the test website on the server, it shows a gray box, then goes white
-In dreamweaver, when I go to preview in browser and choose internet explorer, it tells me I don't have new flashplayer(I do: flashplayer 11)
Ie also pokes up a box at the bottom that says its not allowing content. When I click allow content, it creates a gray box
-In dreamweaver, when I go to preview in borwser and choose google chrome, it tells me flash player has stopped a potentionally unsafe operation. When I close this dialog box, it gives me a gray box where my swf should be embeded.
-I've tried changing global flash secuirty setting and it does nothing
-I've tried visiting the test website on multiple computers in my household to no avail
-I've tried having friends visit the site on their computer at their house to no avail
-I did't touch the code on this test website-the code is exactly what dreamweaver generated
Html Document Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="550" height="400" id="FlashID" title="test">
<param name="movie" value="test.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />

<param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />


<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="test.swf" width="550" height="400">
    
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
    <param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />
    <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
    
    <div>
      <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
      <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
    </div>
    
</object>

</object>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Javascript file code(the one dreamweaver made when I inserted swf):
/*! SWFObject v2.0 <http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/>
Copyright (c) 2007 Geoff Stearns, Michael Williams, and Bobby van der Sluis
This software is released under the MIT License <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
var swfobject = function() {
var UNDEF = "undefined",
OBJECT = "object",
SHOCKWAVE_FLASH = "Shockwave Flash",
SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX = "ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash",
FLASH_MIME_TYPE = "application/x-shockwave-flash",
EXPRESS_INSTALL_ID = "SWFObjectExprInst",
win = window,
doc = document,
nav = navigator,
domLoadFnArr = [],
regObjArr = [],
timer = null,
storedAltContent = null,
storedAltContentId = null,
isDomLoaded = false,
isExpressInstallActive = false;
/* Centralized function for browser feature detection
- Proprietary feature detection (conditional compiling) is used to detect Internet Explorer's features
- User agent string detection is only used when no alternative is possible
- Is executed directly for optimal performance
var ua = function() {
var w3cdom = typeof doc.getElementById != UNDEF && typeof doc.getElementsByTagName != UNDEF && typeof doc.createElement != UNDEF && typeof doc.appendChild != UNDEF && typeof doc.replaceChild != UNDEF && typeof doc.removeChild != UNDEF && typeof doc.cloneNode != UNDEF,
   playerVersion = [0,0,0],
   d = null;
if (typeof nav.plugins != UNDEF && typeof nav.plugins[SHOCKWAVE_FLASH] == OBJECT) {
   d = nav.plugins[SHOCKWAVE_FLASH].description;
   if (d) {
    d = d.replace(/^.*\s+(\S+\s+\S+$)/, "$1");
    playerVersion[0] = parseInt(d.replace(/^(.*)\..*$/, "$1"), 10);
    playerVersion[1] = parseInt(d.replace(/^.*\.(.*)\s.*$/, "$1"), 10);
    playerVersion[2] = /r/.test(d) ? parseInt(d.replace(/^.*r(.*)$/, "$1"), 10) : 0;
else if (typeof win.ActiveXObject != UNDEF) {
   var a = null, fp6Crash = false;
   try {
    a = new ActiveXObject(SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX + ".7");
   catch(e) {
    try {
     a = new ActiveXObject(SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX + ".6");
     playerVersion = [6,0,21];
     a.AllowScriptAccess = "always"; // Introduced in fp6.0.47
    catch(e) {
     if (playerVersion[0] == 6) {
      fp6Crash = true;
    if (!fp6Crash) {
     try {
      a = new ActiveXObject(SHOCKWAVE_FLASH_AX);
     catch(e) {}
   if (!fp6Crash && a) { // a will return null when ActiveX is disabled
    try {
     d = a.GetVariable("$version"); // Will crash fp6.0.21/23/29
     if (d) {
      d = d.split(" ")[1].split(",");
      playerVersion = [parseInt(d[0], 10), parseInt(d[1], 10), parseInt(d[2], 10)];
    catch(e) {}
var u = nav.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
   p = nav.platform.toLowerCase(),
   webkit = /webkit/.test(u) ? parseFloat(u.replace(/^.*webkit\/(\d+(\.\d+)?).*$/, "$1")) : false, // returns either the webkit version or false if not webkit
   ie = false,
   windows = p ? /win/.test(p) : /win/.test(u),
   mac = p ? /mac/.test(p) : /mac/.test(u);
/*@cc_on
   ie = true;
   @if (@_win32)
    windows = true;
   @elif (@_mac)
    mac = true;
   @end
return { w3cdom:w3cdom, pv:playerVersion, webkit:webkit, ie:ie, win:windows, mac:mac };
/* Cross-browser onDomLoad
- Based on Dean Edwards' solution: http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2006/06/again/
- Will fire an event as soon as the DOM of a page is loaded (supported by Gecko based browsers - like Firefox -, IE, Opera9+, Safari)
var onDomLoad = function() {
if (!ua.w3cdom) {
   return;
addDomLoadEvent(main);
if (ua.ie && ua.win) {
   try { // Avoid a possible Operation Aborted error
    doc.write("<scr" + "ipt id=__ie_ondomload defer=true src=//:></scr" + "ipt>"); // String is split into pieces to avoid Norton AV to add code that can cause errors
    var s = getElementById("__ie_ondomload");
    if (s) {
     s.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (this.readyState == "complete") {
       this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
       callDomLoadFunctions();
   catch(e) {}
if (ua.webkit && typeof doc.readyState != UNDEF) {
   timer = setInterval(function() { if (/loaded|complete/.test(doc.readyState)) { callDomLoadFunctions(); }}, 10);
if (typeof doc.addEventListener != UNDEF) {
   doc.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", callDomLoadFunctions, null);
addLoadEvent(callDomLoadFunctions);
function callDomLoadFunctions() {
if (isDomLoaded) {
   return;
if (ua.ie && ua.win) { // Test if we can really add elements to the DOM; we don't want to fire it too early
   var s = createElement("span");
   try { // Avoid a possible Operation Aborted error
    var t = doc.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(s);
    t.parentNode.removeChild(t);
   catch (e) {
    return;
isDomLoaded = true;
if (timer) {
   clearInterval(timer);
   timer = null;
var dl = domLoadFnArr.length;
for (var i = 0; i < dl; i++) {
   domLoadFnArr[i]();
function addDomLoadEvent(fn) {
if (isDomLoaded) {
   fn();
else {
   domLoadFnArr[domLoadFnArr.length] = fn; // Array.push() is only available in IE5.5+
/* Cross-browser onload
- Based on James Edwards' solution: http://brothercake.com/site/resources/scripts/onload/
- Will fire an event as soon as a web page including all of its assets are loaded
function addLoadEvent(fn) {
if (typeof win.addEventListener != UNDEF) {
   win.addEventListener("load", fn, false);
else if (typeof doc.addEventListener != UNDEF) {
   doc.addEventListener("load", fn, false);
else if (typeof win.attachEvent != UNDEF) {
   win.attachEvent("onload", fn);
else if (typeof win.onload == "function") {
   var fnOld = win.onload;
   win.onload = function() {
    fnOld();
    fn();
else {
   win.onload = fn;
/* Main function
- Will preferably execute onDomLoad, otherwise onload (as a fallback)
function main() { // Static publishing only
var rl = regObjArr.length;
for (var i = 0; i < rl; i++) { // For each registered object element
   var id = regObjArr[i].id;
   if (ua.pv[0] > 0) {
    var obj = getElementById(id);
    if (obj) {
     regObjArr[i].width = obj.getAttribute("width") ? obj.getAttribute("width") : "0";
     regObjArr[i].height = obj.getAttribute("height") ? obj.getAttribute("height") : "0";
     if (hasPlayerVersion(regObjArr[i].swfVersion)) { // Flash plug-in version >= Flash content version: Houston, we have a match!
      if (ua.webkit && ua.webkit < 312) { // Older webkit engines ignore the object element's nested param elements
       fixParams(obj);
      setVisibility(id, true);
     else if (regObjArr[i].expressInstall && !isExpressInstallActive && hasPlayerVersion("6.0.65") && (ua.win || ua.mac)) { // Show the Adobe Express Install dialog if set by the web page author and if supported (fp6.0.65+ on Win/Mac OS only)
      showExpressInstall(regObjArr[i]);
     else { // Flash plug-in and Flash content version mismatch: display alternative content instead of Flash content
      displayAltContent(obj);
   else { // If no fp is installed, we let the object element do its job (show alternative content)
    setVisibility(id, true);
/* Fix nested param elements, which are ignored by older webkit engines
- This includes Safari up to and including version 1.2.2 on Mac OS 10.3
- Fall back to the proprietary embed element
function fixParams(obj) {
var nestedObj = obj.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
if (nestedObj) {
   var e = createElement("embed"), a = nestedObj.attributes;
   if (a) {
    var al = a.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < al; i++) {
     if (a[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "data") {
      e.setAttribute("src", a[i].nodeValue);
     else {
      e.setAttribute(a[i].nodeName, a[i].nodeValue);
   var c = nestedObj.childNodes;
   if (c) {
    var cl = c.length;
    for (var j = 0; j < cl; j++) {
     if (c[j].nodeType == 1 && c[j].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param") {
      e.setAttribute(c[j].getAttribute("name"), c[j].getAttribute("value"));
   obj.parentNode.replaceChild(e, obj);
/* Fix hanging audio/video threads and force open sockets and NetConnections to disconnect
- Occurs when unloading a web page in IE using fp8+ and innerHTML/outerHTML
- Dynamic publishing only
function fixObjectLeaks(id) {
if (ua.ie && ua.win && hasPlayerVersion("8.0.0")) {
   win.attachEvent("onunload", function () {
    var obj = getElementById(id);
    if (obj) {
     for (var i in obj) {
      if (typeof obj[i] == "function") {
       obj[i] = function() {};
     obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj);
/* Show the Adobe Express Install dialog
- Reference: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=6a253b75
function showExpressInstall(regObj) {
isExpressInstallActive = true;
var obj = getElementById(regObj.id);
if (obj) {
   if (regObj.altContentId) {
    var ac = getElementById(regObj.altContentId);
    if (ac) {
     storedAltContent = ac;
     storedAltContentId = regObj.altContentId;
   else {
    storedAltContent = abstractAltContent(obj);
   if (!(/%$/.test(regObj.width)) && parseInt(regObj.width, 10) < 310) {
    regObj.width = "310";
   if (!(/%$/.test(regObj.height)) && parseInt(regObj.height, 10) < 137) {
    regObj.height = "137";
   doc.title = doc.title.slice(0, 47) + " - Flash Player Installation";
   var pt = ua.ie && ua.win ? "ActiveX" : "PlugIn",
    dt = doc.title,
    fv = "MMredirectURL=" + win.location + "&MMplayerType=" + pt + "&MMdoctitle=" + dt,
    replaceId = regObj.id;
   // For IE when a SWF is loading (AND: not available in cache) wait for the onload event to fire to remove the original object element
   // In IE you cannot properly cancel a loading SWF file without breaking browser load references, also obj.onreadystatechange doesn't work
   if (ua.ie && ua.win && obj.readyState != 4) {
    var newObj = createElement("div");
    replaceId += "SWFObjectNew";
    newObj.setAttribute("id", replaceId);
    obj.parentNode.insertBefore(newObj, obj); // Insert placeholder div that will be replaced by the object element that loads expressinstall.swf
    obj.style.display = "none";
    win.attachEvent("onload", function() { obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj); });
   createSWF({ data:regObj.expressInstall, id:EXPRESS_INSTALL_ID, width:regObj.width, height:regObj.height }, { flashvars:fv }, replaceId);
/* Functions to abstract and display alternative content
function displayAltContent(obj) {
if (ua.ie && ua.win && obj.readyState != 4) {
   // For IE when a SWF is loading (AND: not available in cache) wait for the onload event to fire to remove the original object element
   // In IE you cannot properly cancel a loading SWF file without breaking browser load references, also obj.onreadystatechange doesn't work
   var el = createElement("div");
   obj.parentNode.insertBefore(el, obj); // Insert placeholder div that will be replaced by the alternative content
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), el);
   obj.style.display = "none";
   win.attachEvent("onload", function() { obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj); });
else {
   obj.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), obj);
function abstractAltContent(obj) {
var ac = createElement("div");
if (ua.win && ua.ie) {
   ac.innerHTML = obj.innerHTML;
else {
   var nestedObj = obj.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
   if (nestedObj) {
    var c = nestedObj.childNodes;
    if (c) {
     var cl = c.length;
     for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
      if (!(c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param") && !(c[i].nodeType == 8)) {
       ac.appendChild(c[i].cloneNode(true));
return ac;
/* Cross-browser dynamic SWF creation
function createSWF(attObj, parObj, id) {
var r, el = getElementById(id);
if (typeof attObj.id == UNDEF) { // if no 'id' is defined for the object element, it will inherit the 'id' from the alternative content
   attObj.id = id;
if (ua.ie && ua.win) { // IE, the object element and W3C DOM methods do not combine: fall back to outerHTML
   var att = "";
   for (var i in attObj) {
    if (attObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries, like Object.prototype.toJSONString = function() {}
     if (i == "data") {
      parObj.movie = attObj[i];
     else if (i.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      att += ' class=" + attObj[i] + "';
     else if (i != "classid") {
      att += ' ' + i + '="' + attObj[i] + '"';
   var par = "";
   for (var j in parObj) {
    if (parObj[j] != Object.prototype[j]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     par += '<param name="' + j + '" value="' + parObj[j] + '" />';
   el.outerHTML = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"' + att + '>' + par + '</object>';
   fixObjectLeaks(attObj.id); // This bug affects dynamic publishing only
   r = getElementById(attObj.id);
else if (ua.webkit && ua.webkit < 312) { // Older webkit engines ignore the object element's nested param elements: fall back to the proprietary embed element
   var e = createElement("embed");
   e.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var k in attObj) {
    if (attObj[k] != Object.prototype[k]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (k == "data") {
      e.setAttribute("src", attObj[k]);
     else if (k.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      e.setAttribute("class", attObj[k]);
     else if (k != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      e.setAttribute(k, attObj[k]);
   for (var l in parObj) {
    if (parObj[l] != Object.prototype[l]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (l != "movie") { // Filter out IE specific param element
      e.setAttribute(l, parObj[l]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(e, el);
   r = e;
else { // Well-behaving browsers
   var o = createElement(OBJECT);
   o.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var m in attObj) {
    if (attObj[m] != Object.prototype[m]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (m.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      o.setAttribute("class", attObj[m]);
     else if (m != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      o.setAttribute(m, attObj[m]);
   for (var n in parObj) {
    if (parObj[n] != Object.prototype[n] && n != "movie") { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries and IE specific param element
     createObjParam(o, n, parObj[n]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(o, el);
   r = o;
return r;
function createObjParam(el, pName, pValue) {
var p = createElement("param");
p.setAttribute("name", pName);
p.setAttribute("value", pValue);
el.appendChild(p);
function getElementById(id) {
return doc.getElementById(id);
function createElement(el) {
return doc.createElement(el);
function hasPlayerVersion(rv) {
var pv = ua.pv, v = rv.split(".");
v[0] = parseInt(v[0], 10);
v[1] = parseInt(v[1], 10);
v[2] = parseInt(v[2], 10);
return (pv[0] > v[0] || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] > v[1]) || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] == v[1] && pv[2] >= v[2])) ? true : false;
/* Cross-browser dynamic CSS creation
- Based on Bobby van der Sluis' solution: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/dynamicCSS.php
function createCSS(sel, decl) {
if (ua.ie && ua.mac) {
   return;
var h = doc.getElementsByTagName("head")[0], s = createElement("style");
s.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
s.setAttribute("media", "screen");
if (!(ua.ie && ua.win) && typeof doc.createTextNode != UNDEF) {
   s.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(sel + " {" + decl + "}"));
h.appendChild(s);
if (ua.ie && ua.win && typeof doc.styleSheets != UNDEF && doc.styleSheets.length > 0) {
   var ls = doc.styleSheets[doc.styleSheets.length - 1];
   if (typeof ls.addRule == OBJECT) {
    ls.addRule(sel, decl);
function setVisibility(id, isVisible) {
var v = isVisible ? "inherit" : "hidden";
if (isDomLoaded) {
   getElementById(id).style.visibility = v;
else {
   createCSS("#" + id, "visibility:" + v);
function getTargetVersion(obj) {
     if (!obj)
         return 0;
var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "swfversion") {
      return c[i].getAttribute("value");
return 0;
function getExpressInstall(obj) {
     if (!obj)
         return "";
var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "expressinstall") {
       return c[i].getAttribute("value");
return "";
return {
/* Public API
   - Reference: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/SWFObject_2_0_documentation
registerObject: function(objectIdStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr) {
   if (!ua.w3cdom || !objectIdStr) {
    return;
   var obj = document.getElementById(objectIdStr);
   var xi = getExpressInstall(obj);
   var regObj = {};
   regObj.id = objectIdStr;
   regObj.swfVersion = swfVersionStr ? swfVersionStr : getTargetVersion(obj);
   regObj.expressInstall = xiSwfUrlStr ? xiSwfUrlStr : ((xi != "") ? xi : false);
   regObjArr[regObjArr.length] = regObj;
   setVisibility(objectIdStr, false);
getObjectById: function(objectIdStr) {
   var r = null;
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    var o = getElementById(objectIdStr);
    if (o) {
     var n = o.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
     if (!n || (n && typeof o.SetVariable != UNDEF)) {
         r = o;
     else if (typeof n.SetVariable != UNDEF) {
      r = n;
   return r;
embedSWF: function(swfUrlStr, replaceElemIdStr, widthStr, heightStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr, flashvarsObj, parObj, attObj) {
   if (!ua.w3cdom || !swfUrlStr || !replaceElemIdStr || !widthStr || !heightStr || !swfVersionStr) {
    return;
   widthStr += ""; // Auto-convert to string to make it idiot proof
   heightStr += "";
   if (hasPlayerVersion(swfVersionStr)) {
    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    var att = (typeof attObj == OBJECT) ? attObj : {};
    att.data = swfUrlStr;
    att.width = widthStr;
    att.height = heightStr;
    var par = (typeof parObj == OBJECT) ? parObj : {};
    if (typeof flashvarsObj == OBJECT) {
     for (var i in flashvarsObj) {
      if (flashvarsObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
       if (typeof par.flashvars != UNDEF) {
        par.flashvars += "&" + i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
       else {
        par.flashvars = i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     createSWF(att, par, replaceElemIdStr);
     if (att.id == replaceElemIdStr) {
      setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, true);
   else if (xiSwfUrlStr && !isExpressInstallActive && hasPlayerVersion("6.0.65") && (ua.win || ua.mac)) {
    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     var regObj = {};
     regObj.id = regObj.altContentId = replaceElemIdStr;
     regObj.width = widthStr;
     regObj.height = heightStr;
     regObj.expressInstall = xiSwfUrlStr;
     showExpressInstall(regObj);
getFlashPlayerVersion: function() {
   return { major:ua.pv[0], minor:ua.pv[1], release:ua.pv[2] };
hasFlashPlayerVersion:hasPlayerVersion,
createSWF: function(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr) {
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    return createSWF(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr);
   else {
    return undefined;
createCSS: function(sel, decl) {
   if (ua.w3cdom) {
    createCSS(sel, decl);
addDomLoadEvent:addDomLoadEvent,
addLoadEvent:addLoadEvent,
getQueryParamValue: function(param) {
   var q = doc.location.search || doc.location.hash;
   if (param == null) {
    return q;
    if(q) {
    var pairs = q.substring(1).split("&");
    for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
     if (pairs[i].substring(0, pairs[i].indexOf("=")) == param) {
      return pairs[i].substring((pairs[i].indexOf("=") + 1));
   return "";
// For internal usage only
expressInstallCallback: function() {
   if (isExpressInstallActive && storedAltContent) {
    var obj = getElementById(EXPRESS_INSTALL_ID);
    if (obj) {
     obj.parentNode.replaceChild(storedAltContent, obj);
     if (storedAltContentId) {
      setVisibility(storedAltContentId, true);
      if (ua.ie && ua.win) {
       storedAltContent.style.display = "block";
     storedAltContent = null;
     storedAltContentId = null;
     isExpressInstallActive = false;
Can someone please help! I've looked and tried prety much everything. If you can provide a solution I would GREATLY apreciate it!

There is no Flash player version 15... as in your code:
<param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />
For some reason Adobe thought it would be a good idea to target a Flash player version (15) as default.....which may be out a couple years in the future. Go figure!!!
If you don't like player version 9, change to 10 or 11.... just not 15 (yet).
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

IE8 Error when opening Pop-up with Flash Content

I am running into a problem creating a webpage. I am very new to AS3 and not quite a novice at Dw CS3. I have audio files and flash content that is downloadable from my page. The audio is made available by clicking on a flash button that links to an mp3 or wav file. The player then opens and plays the file. I also created some flash animations that are accessed by flash buttons I also created and put on my webpage. I added scripting (AS3) for those buttons that defines a pop-up window size and points to an html page to put into the pop-up window. I'm really not sure if this script is the most efficient. It probably isn't. The script is below: (Note: I could not paste it in so I retyped it. Don't know why, but the script works even though there might be syntax errors below.)
      //define variable "jscommand" that has URL to open and pop-up window parameters
var jscommand:String="window.open('Multiplication.html,'miniwindow','height=440,width=605,toolbar=yes,scrollbar=no');";
      //define variable "openflashURL" which runs "jscommand"
var openflashURL:URLRequest("javascript"+jscommand+"void(0);");
      //define function "openflashdown" that initiates URL request
function openflashdown(Event:MouseEvent):void{
NavigateToURL(openflashURL,"_self"};
      //define button listener
Mult_FlashPlayer_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,openflashdown);
The problem is as follows: When I click on the flash buttons that use the above script, I get a pop-up window with the .swf in it and everything runs fine. Next, when I click on an audio button, the mp3 file downloads and the player (Real) begins to play it. But if I try to open up the flash animation again I get this error message from IE8 "Unspecified Error Internet Explorer cannot download".
I tried to find anwsers on-line and I found another person with a similar problem. Their solution was to take the javascript code out of the flash button coding and put it in the html page directly. I took the first line on code in the above and put it in the html code. Dw did not recognize it as code but as text. I don't know where to go from here. Does anyone know what to do? I'm a beginner so please be as clear as you can be.

Try uninstalling your sound card driver in Device Manager and reboot your PC.

Cannot access flash content in adobe reader

Opening flash content in Adobe reader causes Adobe reader to advise me that "flash player" is required.
I have cleaned and reinstalled the latest flash and adobe reader multiple times.
I have reset the internet options and checked the plugins
I have installed shockwave
I have verified flash works fine in internet explorer
I have tried the "repair installation" in Adobe Reader.
I have manually scanned the registry and cleaned it of all adobe registry entries then reinstalled all adobe applications (they all acted as if it was their first time and functioned properly).
ANY help would be appreciated.

Adobe and Flash content wrote:
What is the difference between that file and the one that ends with "AX" from the adobe web site.
Further from what TSN has already explained: Internet Explorer uses a technology called ActiveX for browser add-ons; that's what the "AX" stands for. All other browsers use the "plugin" technology (NPAPI) originally developed by Netscape.
I have for years tried to convince Adobe to provide a single installer for Windows that installs all Flash Player components, instead of two different installers (https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2945082). Unfortunately this seems to be a lost cause. But you can go to the bugbase link in the previous sentence, and cast a vote to implement it.

Flash content disappears - HELP

I have just gotten back to working on my XP machine and flash
content disappears after about 1 to 2 seconds. Even on the
Macromedia home page, the entire top of their page shows up and
goes away. I have read about the xp sp2 problems and I did recently
upgrade. I have read the fixes about there (i.e. pop up blocking
level, puting  in
the htm file...none of this works. Firefox works fine, IE doesn't.
When I publish with preview in the Flash IDE - no luck either.
Do my problems sound like they are related to XP sp2? If any
one out there has seen this type of behavior and has
suggests...many thanks in advance.
- Richard

I found the problem...it was my firewall software...it was
blocking popup ads...
Thanks....

Flash content does not play in Firefox

PROBLEM:
Videos and Flash content hang in Firefox. The screen is grey and the twirling circle is frozen. This is a recent problem; this behavior is new and it is unclear what has changed in my system.
1. The problem does not occur with I.E.
2. Win8 , Firefox, and Flash plug-in are current.
3. Running Firefox in safe mode does not help.
4. I have removed and reinstalled Firefox , Flash, and RealPlayer
5. Java is working.
''temporary'' SOLUTION:
Deleted RealPlayer
''edited by a moderator''

Recent crashes of certain multimedia contents (this includes Youtube videos, certain flash games and other applications) in conjunction with Firefox are most probably caused by a recent Flash update and/or a malfunctioning browser plugin such as Real Player.
In order to remedy the problem, please perform the steps mentioned in these Knowledge Base articles:
* [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
* [[Flash 11.3 crashes]]
* [[Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox]]
Other, more technical information about these issues can be found under these Links:
* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0
* http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
Please report back soon.

Iweb mp3 flash, media path problem

Hi all,
So I've spent several days trying to understand how to get iweb and any mp3 flash player to work together. I really think I have things put together correctly cept it still says 'file not found' when I press play on the media player.
So this is what I've been doing.
I copy over the html code, paste it in to an html snippet, put the .swf player on the page. Now depending on what player I'm using, sometimes they ask for a media path and some not. I'll explain the different methods I've tried in a sec.
But here is where I think where the problem is. So I publish to mobile me, go to idisk>Web>Sites>MyWebPage and have put the mp3 in various different places after this point and nothing seems to work. I've tried
idisk>Web>Sites>MyWebPage>song.mp3
idisk>Web>Sites>song.mp3
idisk>Web>Sites>MyWebPage>Media_files>song.mp3
idisk>Web>Sites>MyWebPage>ThePage_Files>song.mp3
And I do this all after I've published to mobile me of course, but silly me I also have done before, republished and of course the mp3 isn't there anymore.
Now also depending on the player I'm trying I mess with the file path of the html code. trying both relative path:
options.mediaPath = "song.mp3"
and absolute path
options.mediaPath = "https://public.me.com/mysite.com/song.mp3"
And I'm pretty sure I've tried all the combinations of all this different methods.
Any ideas? I've spent a lot of time really trying to solve this on my own but I do admit I'm still a newbie at iweb and flash, obviously.....
Thanks guys and gals!

From the browser perspective an URL to any file on MobileMe starts with :
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/
So following your samples these are :
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/MyWebPage/song.mp3
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/song.mp3
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/MyWebPage/Media_files/song.mp3
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/MyWebPage/ThePage_Files/song.mp3
If you're using a Flash player, keep all your stuff OUTSIDE the folder iWeb creates and INSIDE the folder with your Flashplayer.
The URL will be :
http://web.me.com/MMeUsername/FlashplayerFolder/etcetera....
Then make it work. Once it does, display your player in a HTML Snippet with an <iframe>
<iframe src="http://url.to.file.html" frameborder="0" width="500" height="500" scrolling="no" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>

Flash Content on Safari Stutters Badly...

I am trying to troubleshoot for my sister who has an iMac G4 800mhz; 768mb RAM; 64mb VRAM; running 10.4.10
Quicktime trailers play fine for her in Safari, (or on her desktop), but with Flash content, like at Youtube, or Comedy Central, the video playback stutters badly. I define stutter, as unwatchable jumpy video, and audio that plays back better than the video, but also drops out occasionally.
I've upgraded her to the the latest version of Flash, and that did nothing. I also downloaded Firefox, just to check another browser, and Flash content stutters there to.
My next idea, as a test, was to download a flash file to her desktop, and see if it stutters there without using Safari, and it's flash plugin, as the player.
So I downloaded a flash file from youtube, (by doubleclicking it in the activity window, which automatically downloads a file called, "get video," with no file extension, and a generic icon.)
I then added a .flv on the end of the file name, and the icon turned into a flash icon.
Now, I want to note, on my computers, when I add a .flv on the end of the name of one of these files I've downloaded from Youtube, when I highlight it in a finder window under column view, I see a preview of the movie, which I can play there. I can also ctrl click, and choose, open with other, (because flash player will not open an flv file), and choose Quicktime as the app, it opens and plays.
On her computer, when I highlight the same file in column view in her finder window, there is no preview visible, just a large flash icon, and the file will not open with her Quicktime app either.
Now, I could care less whether she can play the darn things on her desktop, though I am perplexed that I cannot. (I was just troubleshooting.) Btw, we are both using the same versions of OSX 10.4.10; Safari 2.0.4; Quicktime 7.2; and Flashplayer 9.0
All I want is for her to be able to play Flash content on Safari without the stutter.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for your reply.
I've been hearing nothing but crickets!
I guess it's just the old machine that's the problem. Thanks for the confirmation, -that you have had the same experience.
No wonder the "five bar," pros that work these boards have had no solutions to offer. They're usually, on the money.
I am aware of downloading the flv files and converting them with iSquint. I've told her she can do that, and while that would be fine for me, (though I don't have this problem), it's not a solution she is happy with. I use my activity window to find and download flash files all the time, that don't have a download link readily available. I suppose if she wants the vid badly enough, she will call me and I'll walk her through it.
She has been talking about upgrading her system, for some time now, so this will just be one more reason for her to do so.
Thanks again!

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About ReportMill Software, Inc.
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and PDF and Flash content delivery for Java web applications. Founded in 1997,
ReportMill has been the darling of the Apple WebObjects community, providing professional
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Morgan Stanley, Fannie Mae, Verizon, WorldCom, NTT Communications, America Online,
EDS, KPMG, AIG, Toyota and more. Now available to all web application servers,
ReportMill will soon be a fixture in all web application development.
Contact
ReportMill Software, Inc.
214.513.1636
[email protected]

REPORTMILL 5 BRINGS PDF AND FLASH TO JAVA WEB APPLICATIONS
Dallas, TX - February 25, 2002 - ReportMill Software, Inc. today announced the
general availability of ReportMill 5 - the only developer tool in the world providing
dynamic PDF and Flash web pages and reports for web applications. The new version
is written entirely in Java and runs on all major platforms with support for all
Java based web application servers, including those from BEA, IBM, Oracle, Sun
and Apple.
ReportMill rescues web developers from the crude look and feel that HTML-only
solutions provide. By complimenting systems like Java Server Pages (JSP) from
Sun, ReportMill brings a new level of professionalism and functionality to web
applications.
"Most web sites today offer much of their content in PDF and Flash, however, web
applications are still limited to less-expressive HTML. Our customers deliver
professionally formatted pages, such as invoices, catalogs, financial statements
and itineraries in the paginated and printable Adobe PDF format. They offer content
navigation that is interactive and portable in Macromedia Flash," says Jeff Martin,
ReportMill CEO. "Only ReportMill seamlessly provides both with an integrated page
layout application and an intuitive developer library."
Availability and Pricing
Available now. A fully functional evaluation version of the product is also available
as a direct launch from your browser at http://reportmill.com/webstart.
List pricing for ReportMill 5 starts at $495 (US) per developer and $4,995 (US)
for a single processor deployment license. Volume pricing does apply. For specific
pricing details, please see http://reportmill.com/pricing.html.
About ReportMill Software, Inc.
ReportMill Software, Inc. is the leader in web application "Object Reporting"
and PDF and Flash content delivery for Java web applications. Founded in 1997,
ReportMill has been the darling of the Apple WebObjects community, providing professional
content solutions for dozens of fortune 500 corporations such as Merrill Lynch,
Morgan Stanley, Fannie Mae, Verizon, WorldCom, NTT Communications, America Online,
EDS, KPMG, AIG, Toyota and more. Now available to all web application servers,
ReportMill will soon be a fixture in all web application development.
Contact
ReportMill Software, Inc.
214.513.1636
[email protected]

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