NEWBIE: Inserting FLASH. Problem:(

Greetings. I was wondering if anyone could steer me in the
right direction. I inserted a flash file (swf) into a dreamweaver
page. I then previewed the page and the Flash piece played fine.
I then put the html page on my server, and put the flash file
in my images folder (also tried putting it in it's own folder &
with the html pages) but when I try and view the page containing
the Flash piece it never loads, I just get a big white box where
the piece should be.
I'm just trying to find out what I'm doing wrong. I've done
the same thing with Flash banners I've created and had no problems
(granted they were smaller than the file in question)
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
ACE:)

If you inserted the file using DW8.02 then you also need to
load the scripts
folder to the server
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Ace612" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:erdmgl$rr4$[email protected]..
> Greetings. I was wondering if anyone could steer me in
the right
> direction. I
> inserted a flash file (swf) into a dreamweaver page. I
then previewed the
> page
> and the Flash piece played fine.
>
> I then put the html page on my server, and put the flash
file in my images
> folder (also tried putting it in it's own folder &
with the html pages)
> but
> when I try and view the page containing the Flash piece
it never loads, I
> just
> get a big white box where the piece should be.
>
> I'm just trying to find out what I'm doing wrong. I've
done the same thing
> with Flash banners I've created and had no problems
(granted they were
> smaller
> than the file in question)
>
> Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
>
> ACE:)
>

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> I know this question has been asked before, but I've
tried all the
> solutions
> offered and none worked.
>
> I am using the command "Insert -->Flash Video" to
insert a video on a web
> page
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> why
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>
> Any suggestions would be very appreciated. I'm ready to
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>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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"Ehd24" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am using CS3 and trying to insert a .flv file that is
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>
> /Scripts/ - error occurred - Unable to create remote
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> denied. The file may not exist, or there could be a
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>
> The file exists and I have permission to access it. I
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why
> because I can upload the .mp3 files that are in the same
folder as the
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>
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>
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>
codebase="
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> <param name="scale" value="noscale" />
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>
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=media/Introdu
ctio
> n&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false" />
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>
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>
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rsio
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>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>

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