New IE activeX issue: did you charge your clients to make the switch?

Question

Hi all
I am going to update all my sites containing Flash content
and use one of these javascript functions
to generate the embed code, so that Flash plays normally in
IE.
I am wondering if I should notify my clients and charge them
for the change, or if this should be a
"free maintenance" thing.
Did you charge for it? Did you do it free?
seb ( [email protected])
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Answer 1

LMF817 wrote:
> I am at a total loss here...I have no clue how to
implement this fix, it's way
> above my head. The person who developed the flash menus
on my website is not
> available to help me, and I'm pretty much a novice. So
keep that in mind when
> I ask, is there an incredibly simple way to explain how
I can do this?
> Thanks for any help, if there is, lol,
> Lisa
>
as simple as it gets:
First, go there:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
click on download
in the downloaded folder, find: swfobject.js
that's the only file you need.
Copy this file to your site folder.
Second, in the head of your web pages that contain Flash,
link to the script:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
src="swfobject.js"></script>
Third, in the same pages, replace any Flash embed code,
typically something like this:
<object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
width="810" height="570">
<param name="movie" value="movie.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<embed src="movie.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="810"
height="570"></embed>
</object>
with this:
<div id="flashcontent"><script
type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var fo = new FlashObject("movie.swf", "", "305", "269", "6",
"#FFFFFF");
fo.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
fo.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script></div>
Fourth, replace the values with the ones you need for your
particular flash movie, in this line:
var fo = new FlashObject("movie.swf", "", "305", "269", "6",
"#FFFFFF");
movie.swf = path to your swf file
305 = width of the swf
269 = height
6 = targeted flash player version (latest is 8)
#FFFFFF = background color
Last, if this is a drop-down flash menu or any flash content
that might go OVER or UNDER some html
content, you will want to add one parameter:
fo.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
just before
fo.write("flashcontent");
Voil�
seb ( [email protected])
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design
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