Problems running local swf files

I recently developed problems running local swf files in
Internet Explorer. This was working previously but recently it
stopped working. Any ideas why the local files no longer work and
how I can correct it?

Hi Aquasue and welcome to our community
In addition to the usual suspect fellow Adobe Community
Expert Steve pointed out, the Flash player itself may be to blame.
If you recently upgraded to the latest version (8 I believe) it
imposes security particularly when using .SWFs locally.
Click here to read a
TechNote about it
Cheers... Rick

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Loading local swf files from Application Dir (ios)

Hi Guys,
I would like to load additional local swf files to my ios release build but I am confused a little bit because of the new API changes.
As far as I know at the moment (from Air 3.7 or newer) it is allowed to load local swf files that contains compiled actionscript both from local folder and from a predefined remote host as well.
My assumption based on this article:
http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2013/03/08/external-hosting-of-secondary-swfs-for-air- apps-on-ios/
I created the text file to include all of my local swf file names and created the following node in the application.xml:
<iPhone>
<externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs>
</iPhone>
When I compile the release build (ipa) using command line adt, it converts all of my local swfs into the stripped swfs which is perfect, but even though I include all the swfs in the compiler command, it puts only the SampleSWFInfoFile.txt file into the assets folder in the ipa but not the swf files.
I assume, it thinks I will load these files from an external host, but I would like to include them in the app itself.
I tried to copy the stripped swf files from the externalStrippedSwfs folder and comment the <externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs> node in the application.xml and compile it and this way it puts the swf files into the ipa, but when I try to install and launch the app it crashes and when I test it using Flash Builder it shows an error message
"VerifyError: Error #1042: Not an ABC file."
Do any of you guys know the solution for this problem?
Thank you for your help in advance!

You're publishing in AOT mode as long as you use one of these:
The AIR Developer Tool or ADT has targets that lets you package apps either for the AOT mode or Interpreter mode. The targets for packaging in AOT mode are ipa-app-store, ipa-ad-hoc, ipa-test and ipa-debug.
Flash Pro CS6 and Flash Builder automate this process pretty well so it's invisible but the SWF loads and executes code just fine for me when directly published.
If I take it to command line I can use this to compile successfully (iPad test app):
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc -storetype pkcs12 -keystore my.p12 -provisioning-profile my.mobileprovision NameOfApp.ipa NameOfApp-app.xml NameOfApp.swf iTunesArtwork iTunesArtwork@2x AppIconsForPublish swfs/swfs.txt swfs/GenerateText.swf
I at least include generic icons in there but I made a 'swfs' folder and placed 'swfs.txt' and 'GenerateText.swf' in there. The SWF uses code to randomly generate text and changes every second using a Timer. I load it in using the same code you do with the ApplicationDomain.currentDomain context. I see the SWF appear and text start randomly changing.
As I compile there's a folder generated called 'externalStrippedSwfs' with the stripped SWF in there.
One thing to note is I do not supply <externalSwfs>swfs/swfs.txt</externalSwfs> in my iPhone settings. If I do that it doesn't work. I supply the path to the text file containing the SWF I want to be stripped to adt itself along with the SWFs I want stripped and it takes care of the rest.

[Flex SDK in Linux] Errors running a .swf file

Hi! Trying to set up flash development on my linux machine. Using FDT in Eclipse. The version of Flex sdk I have is 4.6.0.23201-2.
I have in the first place had problems running the project. It gets terminated instantly and I get this output in my terminal:
[Info] Listening to port 7935.
Using Flex SDK 4.5 Debugger Adapter.
[Info] Could not connect to the player, will try to connect for the next 72000 ms
[Info] Listening to port 7935.
[...etc etc...]
[Info] Could not connect to the player, will try to connect for the next 8000 ms
[Info] Listening to port 7935.
[Info] Could not connect to the player, debug session stopped. Maybe you do not have the Debug Flash Player installed.
Does "the Debug Flash Player" here mean Flex?
And this is what happens when I run the .swf file that is compiled by FDT (Using Flex..), in Flex: http://justpaste.it/dlr3
Any idea what could be the problem? Thanks!

Hey Mark,
Thanks for replying. It's a standalone swf. I'm still stuck on this issue. It seems like it would be simple but it's baffling me.

Embedding local .swf file in AIR app

Hi all,
I want to include a small Google Maps .swf file as part of my overall HTML based AIR application and I was wondering whether anyone here has had any success in achieving this. Currently, my set up looks like this:
AIR xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5">
    <id>gmaps</id>
    <filename>gmaps</filename>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <initialWindow>
        <title>gmaps2</title>
        <content>gmaps2.html</content>
        <systemChrome>standard</systemChrome>
        <transparent>false</transparent>
        <visible>true</visible>
        <width>1200</width>
        <height>1000</height>
        <x>20</x>
        <y>20</y>
        <minimizable>true</minimizable>
        <maximizable>true</maximizable>
        <minSize>850 636</minSize>
        <resizable>true</resizable>
    </initialWindow>
My gmaps2.html file:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
        <title>GMAPS</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="map_canvas" name="map_canvas">
            <object
              classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
              codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
              width="800px"
              height="600px">
                  <param name="movie" value="app:/flex/GMapsController.swf">
                  <param name="quality" value="high">
                  <param name="flashVars" value="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CC">
                  <embed
                    width="800px"
                    height="600px"
                    src="app:/flex/GMapsController.swf"
                    quality="high"
                    flashVars="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCC"
                    pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
                    type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
            </object>
          </div>
    </body>
</html>
My GMapsController.mxml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
<maps:Map xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*" id="map" mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" width="100%" height="100%"
    url="http://my.domain.com" key="CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC"/>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import com.google.maps.LatLng;
            import com.google.maps.Map;
            import com.google.maps.MapEvent;
            import com.google.maps.MapType;
            private function onMapReady(event:Event):void {
                this.map.setCenter(new LatLng(40.736072,-73.992062), 14, MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
            public function setLocation(lat:Number, long:Number):void {
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
When I open my air app, I don't get any error messages and it appears that the swf is not loaded at all.
When I switch my AIR .xml file to point to the GMapsController.swf file instead of the gmaps2.html file, it works perfectly - this gives me the impression that there's either:
1. Something wrong with including a WindowedApplication in a HTML file.
2. Something wrong with including a local .swf file in HTML based application.
I've tried referencing the .swf file in the html file from a remote server with the following:
<div id="map_canvas" name="map_canvas">
             <object
               classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
               codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
               width="800px"
               height="600px">
                   <param name="movie" value="app:/flex/GMapsController.swf">
                   <param name="quality" value="high">
                   <param name="flashVars" value="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CC">
                   <embed
                     width="800px"
                     height="600px"
                     src="http://my.server.com/GMapsController.swf"
                     quality="high"
                     flashVars="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCC"
                     pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
                     type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
             </object>
           </div>
but no luck with that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sean

Brandon,
Thanks for the link - I wasn't aware about the HTML Loader class and how it relates to loading Google Maps. I'm not using the HTML loader class though, so I'm not sure how it relates to the issue I'm having.
I'm currently following the advice outlined at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS4B441C24-BAE3-4110-91FD-A4E5EEFB2467.htm l where the SWF object is loaded through JavaScript, but I haven't had any luck with it yet. I'm pretty new to Flex/Flash/AIR applications - I'm starting to think it could be something simple wrong with my .mxml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
<maps:Map xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*" id="map" mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" width="100%" height="100%"
    url="http://my.server.com" key="CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC"/>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import com.google.maps.LatLng;
            import com.google.maps.Map;
            import com.google.maps.MapEvent;
            import com.google.maps.MapType;
            private function onMapReady(event:Event):void {
                this.map.setCenter(new LatLng(40.736072,-73.992062), 14, MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
            public function setLocation(lat:Number, long:Number):void {
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
I've tried creating a different .mxml file from the code outlined http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2007/11/07/air-example-native-drag-and-drop/ (just as an example), just to make sure that the problems I'm having are not related in any way to the Google Maps API for Flash. Even with this second .mxml file, I still haven't had any luck in getting the swf content to load locally from the HTML file. However, if I set the content element in the AIR .xml file to look like this:
<content>DragAndDropExample.swf</content>
... it works as expected.
So, this has started me thinking that you cannot include a .swf file which has a base tag of WindowedApplication in a HTML based application? Can anyone confirm that this thinking is correct?
Has anyone here managed to load .swf content in a HTML based application using the code outlined at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS4B441C24-BAE3-4110-91FD-A4E5EEFB2467.htm l?
Thanks
Sean

Can I run any .swf file on iphone using AIR SDK 2.6?

Hi,
Can I make any .swf file runnable on iphone/ipad using AIR SDK 2.6? If yes then how?
If not then why? And if I can not run each .swf file on apple devices then
what type of .swf file I can run on these devices?
Thanks,
Sampada

I have added my xml file there. Specification of icons is not mandetory. So I didnt specify them.
My .xml file code :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.6">
    <id>R68BU32HLS.helloWorld</id>
    <versionNumber>1.0</versionNumber>
    <filename>helloWorld</filename>
    <description></description>
    
    <name>helloWorld</name>
    
    <copyright></copyright>
    <initialWindow>
        <content>helloWorld.swf</content>
        <systemChrome>standard</systemChrome>
        <transparent>false</transparent>
        <visible>true</visible>
        <fullScreen>true</fullScreen>
        <autoOrients>false</autoOrients>
        <aspectRatio>portrait</aspectRatio>
        <renderMode>auto</renderMode>
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    <customUpdateUI>false</customUpdateUI>
    <allowBrowserInvocation>false</allowBrowserInvocation>
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</application>
You can refer :
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/848449?tstart=0
Same problem I posted b4 2 days.
Ok.tell me one more thing that whatever file I will download from net, its dimentions will
not be the same as iphone (230*480) , so how it's .ipa will directly get run on device?

Problem in playing swf files in IE 6.0

I am facing a big problem in playing swf files in IE 6.0 with
the tags object and embed.
In my current project their is option to upload the swf files
to oracle db and when ever wants to view that swf file, reading
that swf from db and displaying in browser, In win 2000 swf file is
displaying very fine, but not in win 2003 and win xp. and that swf
file, entire application is using asp.net, C#
Can anyone tell the problem behind this situation.
I feel great for any solution.
Thanks in advance

> Yes, I put it in the (2) posts above...
No.. there is no URL in the two posts above .. if there was I
would not have
asked for it again
But now you have, I can have a look (no promises though :))
BTW: These are your posts in their entirety:
>>
Hi,
I'm brand new to programing, so my knowledge is limited. But
I'm having a
similar problem where my swf appears but sits on frame 1. I
have a
preloader
set up on fr2. But it just gets stuck there (fr1). I know the
plugin is
installed but not sure why it won't display my movie. I know
it's
happeneing
only with IE and XP and XPpro. Any ideas?
>>
>>
Sorry, I since realized that it's not getting stuck on fr1.
It's just
displaying the bg color in the html page while it's waiting
for the swf to
load. But the swf never loads. It just sits there. I've tried
using
different embed tags, etc. But no-go.
Here's the first example-
<body>
<table width="100%" height="100%" border="0"
cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><div align="center">
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=6,0,29,0" width="800" height="600">
<param name="movie" value="NINA.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="NINA.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800"
height="600"></embed>
</object>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
>>
>>
Here's another example which is part of the most current
detection scripts
from
Adobe....
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
>>
> One is
http://eliasencpa.com
> The other is...
http://www.eliasencpa.com/TEST_091606.html
>
> thanks a lot.

Differences between the 2 ways to play local swf files in flash player

There are 2 ways to allow the flash player to play local swf files:
Add the directory/file of the swf to the Global Flash Player Trust directory. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9 b90204-7c95.html
Add the directory/file of the swf to the Trusted Location Settings in the Local Settings Manager.http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlayer/LSM/WS6aa5ec234ff3f285139dc56112e3786b68c-7ff0.htm l#WS6aa5ec234ff3f285139dc56112e3786b68c-7fea
Adobe doesn't mentioned in the document what's the differences between these 2 methods, and they look has the same effect. But when I'm doing it on OS X, Safari 6.1, the first method doesn't work (It was working when I was using Safari 6.0). And then I tried method 2, it works…
So I'd like to ask what are the differences between these 2 methods to play local swf files?

For playing local SWF files, Download the Macintosh Flash Player 11.9 Projector
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Help for PowerPoint 2007 crash when running embedded SWF file with latest Flash Player?

I have developed in Xcelsius 2008 SP4 a dashboard with only Excel as the source. I output to PowerPoint and then save it as a PowerPoint 2003 PPS file. On more than a few machines that have PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint crashes when I attempt to run the presentation. This happens only with later versions of Flash Player. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the latest Flash Player but it still crashes. However, when I revert back to Flash Player 10.1.159..., in PP 2007 the presentation runs perfectly.
With regard to the error I receive in PowerPoint 2007, it is as follows:
Error Signature:
AppName: powerpnt.exe AppVer: 12.0.6500.5000 AppStamp:49a68f9d
ModName: flash10u.ocx ModVer: 10.3.181.34 ModStamp:4e011a1d
fDebug: 0 Offset: 003a893c
Of note is that this behavior does not happen in PowerPoint 2003 nor does it happen when the file is saved as a SWF and launched directly in the browser on the problem machines.
I have to assume that this has happened to others so any help you could provide would be VERY appreciated.
Thank you

Hello,
on the first glance I see these: data="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/user/Documents/Website/Working.swf", what means the path to your swf file is pointing to your local hard drive which nobody can see except you. Please replace all thes pathes with the correct ones and load up your file(s) again.
If the problem remains, please send a link to your website in question, no matter how it looks like..
Hans-Günter

Accessing local swf file

I have an odd problem that doesn't seem to be addressed. I have a web site that uses a combination of js and swf files to load and display thumbnails which then uses flash to resize them and flash player to display them. With the latest flash player and Firefox update, everything works fine when live. It also works fine when opened locally in IE8 and Chrome. However, these files won't load locally in Firefox since the updates, although they work fine when live.
Rolling back flash player might work, but I hesitate since everything is working except for this one thing

Just to clarify..the problem occurs only in the flash section of the page. It will not load this section.
I'm using file://protocol and have no problems with anything else. I don't know the number of the firefox version, but this only occurred with the latest update. I allowed both flash and firefox updates at the same time.
I use relative paths which work everywhere else and open the html in the browser locally by either clicking the html file or File>Open File>Page Source
Flash trusted locations is one of the first things I did. Works fine for all other browsers.
I'm wondering if there is some connection to the new protected mode. Flash site says they are not supporting WindowXP with this, but it also says it will allow old security rules if on trusted location. Totally baffled.
The only other possibility I can think of is the coding. I have some problem there that I haven't addressed yet. But in saying that, it does work when live, so that doesn't seem overly likely.

Local SWF File locked after loading.

I have 2 swf files... the main.swf loads the secondary.swf
main.swf is and will run on my local computer in the
standalone flash player.
When main.swf loads secondary.swf all is well except
secondary.swf is locked on my local file system, I cannot rename,
delete, or overwrite it as long as main.swf is running.
I would like main.swf to load secondary.swf and then close
the file, seems simple!! however I have had no luck in
succeeding....
I am using the standard methods for loading URLRequest and
Loader.
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SOLVED
Eventually, I found out the reason of the error. It seems due to security reasons pathes including ".." (up directory) are considered as unsafe!
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/introduction_to_air_security.html
Unfortunately, it's not mentioned explicitly that the usage of such notation causes the security error.
The solution is to process pathes before pass them to URLRequest e.g. by using the following routine:
private function canonicalize_path(fn: String): String
     var f: File = new File(fn);
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Having problems when exporting .swf file as an animated gif

Hi:
I was wondering if anyone has ever had any issues exporting a
flash file as an animated gif? When I do so, the image quality is
very compromised and the animation is distorted. I know this is not
very specific question, but I have never encountered this issue
before, and I am trying to help a co-worker. I don't understand why
it looks exactly the way we want it to look as an swf file, but not
as an animated gif? Can anyone point me in the right direction as
to what to look for as the potential source of this problem? I have
the swf file, although this would not be very helpful as I don't
have access to the flash file (but I can send it to you if that
would help). We tried unchecking the feature to optimize the image,
and changed the color pallete to adaptive, but this didn't solve
the problem. I also tried removing any unnecessary layers prior to
the export. Basically, I'm not sure as to how to proceed and what
may be causing the problem. I also want to mention there is a
placed image on the stage. Could the type of image placed be
causing the problem when exporting to a gif file, but not as a
.swf? If anyone could help, I would really appreciate it! Thanks.
Sara

I also wanted to mention that the swf file uses sound. I am
reading an old book that I have on Flash and it's saying that Flash
and Shockwave Flash enter a special mode when they encounter a
stream sound in which the animation is forced to keep up with the
sound track, if the animation frames can not be drawn quickly
enough, some frames are skipped. I am also reading that the
animated gif format does not support sound. Again, the only
reference I have is for a very old version of flash, and I'm not
sure it applies to CS3. I am now just thinking that the sound may
be the issue.

Problems seeing my swf file after it's loaded on my server

Hello! I loaded a swf file in a dreamweaver cs3 and tested it on a browser and works fine. However, after I uploaded everything on my server.. I don't see the swf anymore.. I loaded the scripts AC_RunActiveContent.js.. Can't find the solution for this! Any help is appreciated it. Thanks in advance.
Here is the link to the page: http://www.salveasi.com.br/index_test2.html

Then there's your problem. IE uses an activeX control and many other non-standard practices to display html content. It looks like you're going to have to change your design to get the look that you want to achieve.

Problem with import SWF file

I am trying to import a SWF file that i have exported from indesign CS5, as i want to create a pdf that has interactive page curl and page turn.
But whenever i reimport the file it is really low resolution.

I agree with Steve, you really should think is it absolutely necessery to try to place your SWF into PDF... you probably will face some problems if you do that.
If you really must, you have to understand some basic rules about working with palced SWF (and videos too) in InDesign.
The pixelated image you see above is not actual SWF. It´s an element called poster. When you place a SWF or video to your layout in InDesign, you may choose a poster for it. It´s kind of placeholder for actual SWF or video and will be shown when actual content is not playing. InDesign uses poster also as an appearance for your SWF/video file while you are working with your layout. InDesign can´t show actual SWF/video content in working area.
You have few options how to define your poster. The most popular one is to grab it from SWF or video file. You can choose any frame to be used as a poster. Except that poster is not that frame itself, it´s a "screenshot" of that frame. Which means of course a risk that it may be pixelated at some point. Resolution you will define in Export SWF window´s Advanced tab effects to posters too. So be careful with lower resolutions if you want to avoid pixelation.
Another, and IMO more professional method is to use good quality image as a poster. You can prepare your poster image in any regular image editing software.

I have a problem running linear SWF's in Dreamweaver

I have about a day to fix a problem I am having.
Basically i created a short story in Flash and linked each SWF file to the next scene via buttons, to make it as quick loading as possible. When previewed in Flash to see if it works, it works fine. When each SWF is previewed in a Browser, it works fine.
Scene1 -> Scene2 -> Scene3, and so on.
It worked fine when i previewed it in Flash, but as soon as i place the SWF in Dreamweaver, it plays the 1st scene automatically, but won't play the linked SWF when i click on the next button (When previewing)..
Any ideas?

Most likely the problem is that the paths to the 2nd, 3rd, etc .swfs is not correct.
This is a very common problem when using .swfs and other Flash assets.
All of the SWF files are in the same folder
whether or not the .swfs are in the same folder is not at all important,
you MUST have all 5 in the same folder
actually you can place the .swf files where ever you want.You could even place them in 5 different folders if you want. The main thing to remember is that when you call or link to each .swf, you link as though the .swf in in the same folder as the Web page... NOT the actual, physical location of the .swf.
When previewed in Flash to see if it works, it works fine. When each SWF is previewed in a Browser, it works fine.
While it may seem counterintuitive, because they work in Flash and the Web browser is an indication that the pathing is WRONG!! as odd as that may seem!
The reason the links work when tested in Flash is that the pathing is assuming that all the .swfs are in the same folder, so then path from one to another is... as you say
Scene1 -> Scene2 -> Scene3, and so on.
but that is NOT the correct pathing relative to using .swfs on a Web page outside the folder the .swf files are in.
it plays the 1st scene automatically, but won't play the linked SWF when i click on the next button
Sure, that's because you know that from the Web paqe the path to the .swf is..."/flash_folder/scene1.swf" (or whatever the actual pathing is).
But the path from "scene1.swf" to "scene2.swf" is NOT as you diagramed above, rather you need to path relative to the Web page, since "scene1.swf" is now (in effect) located on the Web page.
So the correct path from scene1 to scene2 would be ..."/flash_folder/scene2.swf", then from scene2 to scene3 is similarly pathed, etc.
When all is said and done and the navigation is correctly pathed, when testing the .swfs directly in Flash... the links WILL NOT WORK!! Why, that's because the pathing from one scene to another is coded in the .swf as though the .swf is located in the same folder as the Web page.
And just a slight clarification on relative verses absolute addresses.
Relative addresses declare a path reltive to the physical location of the file. So "relative" (or from the location of) the scene1.swf, the path to scene2.swf is simply "scene2". The path relative to (or from the location of) the Web page might be "/flash_folder/scene2.swf"
Absolute addresses on the other hand decribe the physical location of a file on a Web server and include the http://www.mysite.com part of the path.
../secondscene/swf/2.swf' - this is absolute linking
is not really an absoloute address, it's a relative address (which may or may not be root relative)... saying that from this location (relative to this location), go up one folder level then into the "secondscene" folder, then into the "swf" folder and find the "2.swf" file.
The actual absolute address for that file would be
http://www.mysite.com/secondscene/swf/2.swf'
Using absolute addresses are useful on dynamic Web sites like WordPress if for example you have a file that you want to access from many location or folder levels in the site.
Absolute addressing would also be useful for you if, for example, you wanted your scene linking .swf pathing scheme to work from different sub folder levels on your site. The root relative pathing shown above would not work for example from this page:
www.mysite.com/about_us/friends/meet_us.html
you would have to create anew pathing layout.
Using absolute pathing to the .swfs on the other hand would allow the browser to find all the .swfs regardless of where you place the link to the .swf on the entire Web site. The "Absolute" path or URL to that .swf is always:
http://www.mysite.com/secondscene/swf/2.swf'
You can even use absolute links on a completely different Web site and still find the .swf (like YouTube embed code, etc.).
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

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Hello everyone
I have created an web gallery using Bridge and tried playing a swf file containing the slideshow with no luck. When I double-click the file, it open an Adobe Flash Player window but a spiral appears at the centre and just keeps turning. Because my intention is to upload the swf file to a website, I really need to get the file to play the slideshow.
Has anyone succeeded in making a standalone swf file using Bridge or any other Adobe product? If so, please let me know how to.
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Henk,
I'm not on 3.0 so I can't help you out, but I would suggest re-posting on the Enterprise Administration portion, perhaps it'll get more notice there for a resolution.
Thanks,
John

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