Links missing in SWF file

For some reason our linked areas don't appear in our swf
flash file when viewed with computers that don't have the JAVA
update. When these computers are updated, the linked areas
suddently appear. Anyone know why? Is there a way to avoid this?
I was assuming that Flash files only need flash plugins to be
viewed in a browser.

I think you need to add your local foloder to trust location of adobe security panel, try following steps:
1. Open the swf.
2. Right click and select Settings... and Adobe Flash Player Settings pops up.
3. Click Advanced... and a new IE page opens (Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Global Security Settings Panel). Close the swf.
4. On the left of the Adobe page, select Globel Security Settings Panel to open the panel.
5. In the panel at right of page, select Always allow and add your local foloder which stores the swf file to the location box below.
6. Close the page.
7. re-open the swf and refresh the QaaWS connections.
Now the BOE login dialog should be poped up.

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Hi,
I'm currently working on an animated skype button (swf-file) which I included into my website and I'd like to attach the following command to it:
Callto://myskypeid
It would be perfect, if - when hovering on it - it shows that it contains an active link (showing the "hand") and when clicking on it, it calls the user's skype app. to phone me on skype
So, in the adobe tutorials I found the following code for inserting a "hyperlink" to a button.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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I customised the code:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
function openskype(event:MouseEvent):void
   var Skype:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Callto://myskypeId");
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linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openskype);
But the problem is that there occur "linkbutton not defined property or method" errors when running the code.
My swf or rsp. my fla file contains 10 movieclips which run one after another on the timescale, all in different layouts so that the colour changes during the "run".
I tried it with the first movieclip - layer1 - and named its instance "linkButton".
Didnt work.
Then I tried to insert another layer and attached another picture with alpha=0, converted it into a button and gave its Instance the name "LinkButton", but also didnt work.
Can someone please help me here? I suppose its just a "small" mistake and I couldn't be "so far away" from succeeding...
That would be great! Thanks for the help in advance!!

Hi Ned and all the others,
ok ...the problem isn't really fixed so far.
But the first step is done! :-) with the following code:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
function openskype(event:MouseEvent):void
   var Skype:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Callto://myskypeId");
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linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openskype);
I replaced the "Callto://myskypeId" with "skype:myskypeId?call" as the first syntax shows a wrong Skypname resp. the name will be shown with a "/" in the end.
But now i'm faced with the problem, that
1st: there's no "hand" shown, when hovering the button on the website.
2nd: I have to doubleclick on it to open the skype application.
3rd: after i doubleclicked on the button there opens up always an additional blank page shown in the browser. And now I try to fix that - I tried it with navigateToURL(Skype, "_self"); or "_parent" and so on...but didnt work.
Meanwhile I think the because of not all of the pictures - MCs - are attached to the instance of "linkButton" that there's the missing "hand" when hovering with the mouse the button. On testing i found out that some of the pics are still bitmaps although i converted them all in the beginning to MCs (??dont know what i did there...).
Think the "missing hand" problem will be fixed more easily.
The bigger problem is, how to avoid the additional blank page in the browser when clicking on the swf on the website?
It seems to me, that on the one hand, I'd like to have an "active" link on that swf (or button) that shows the "hand" in the mousepointer - but on the other hand, it's not really a website which I'd like to open up then but just an application. So maybe here's the main problem.
Alternatively I thought about replacing the sequence with the URL request in the code by something rather appropriate for lauching applications e.g. FS Command or something like that. (read that somewhere).
If someone knows/had similar problems/could help me again - or at least to the next step that would be perfect!
Thanks again, Ned for your helping advice (I learned something!!!) - maybe you could help me with the above probs?
Best regards
steff

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Hi, can you please help? I post this problem a while ago.
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>I don't know how this is happening then. Search engine
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I won't be providing lessons, but here's the basics... to load the other swf file using AS3 you will use code like the following in the main timeline...
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VIDEO GALLERY --
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JW Player --
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FlowPlayer --
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I feel so stupid. I uploaded both files to my server, and they are
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Thank you soooooooo much it worked smoothly and the way I
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Cheers

not sure of the total scope of what you are trying to do or
have done so
far...
instead of linking to the .swf file, link to an html page
with the .swf
placed IN it.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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I'm using the latest Flash CS3.
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Created the FLA file, imported the quicktime movie into it
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I have embeded the SWF file in a web page, but when I click
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Can't get my head around this!
When I go to the FLA file, then publish preview > flash,
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I placed a client's .swf file in my web page and I am unable to hyper-link it back to her site.
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> I use Flash so I build my links within the SWF file.
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2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will not be spidered
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I need to make this site like presentation for my next exam. I found a good template for a slide show. The presentation will be structured like this:
MAIN PAGE with sidebar which links to:
slide one with slideshow 1
slide two with slideshow 2
slide three with slideshow 3
slide four with slideshow 4
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Kizat727 posted in macromedia.dreamweaver:
> and the link is
>
> www.micromediapubs2.com/dyers/portfolio.html
That page is very different from the code you posted and I
know nothing
about Geoff Stearns' FlashObject code.
For the above link, I see nothing in the source code that
attempts to
load a .swf file. However, it is linking to
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Referer:
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correct.
Most likely, change this:
<script src="assets/flash/pages/AC_RunActiveContent.js"
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HELP PLEASE.....I have created a Fla and exported a swf file
from Flash 8 and Export (Flash 6). I can preview the page in
Dreamweaver just fine, but when i upload it and the html file, it
isn't showing up. It leaves a blank spot on the page. It is just a
simple banner with graphic clips and motion tween text, with image
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I have tried:
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2. Removed drop-shodows in swf file
3. convert to Flash mx 2004 file
4. Exported to higher Flash version to see if the flash
player was an issue.
5. Exported with no dashes in name
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current html doc, same result.
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THANKS FOR ANY ADVISE.
Test
Page Link

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separate files. So if the HTML calls CWABanner.swf, but the FTP
upload has forced a rename to lower case to cwabanner.swf, the HTML
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