.SWF files usage in Catalog for B2B Webshop Display

Question

Hi All,
We are on CRM 5.0, We have a requirement to upload .swf or flash file in catalog and to display on the Webshop Home page.
so far we are using .jpg file,we have not used .swf in E-commerce, does anyone has an idea if we can use .swf file in catalog to display on the B2B Webshop.
Is it supported or not?
Please provide your valid Inputs on this, are there any prerequisites for this functionality to work like if additional configuration is required and what are those steps? .
Thanks in advance.
Thanks&Regards,
Sri

Answer 1

Webshop welcome page
Using the OBJECT or EMBED tags in the JSP you should be able to embed the shockwave or flash files in any JSP. The content being a static file residing in the mime server defined in XCM and can be relatively addressed using ISA tags like MimeURL. Example: <isa:mimeURL name=u2018welcomeMovie.swfu2019 />
Catalog
Pretty same technique to render, but need to be indexed for the right target object - catalog area / subarea or the catalog item.
(1) You maintain the document classes / types that can be assigned to a catalog area and/or item in the Customizing
(2) CRM IMG: SAP NetWeaver -> Application Server -> Basis Services -> ArchiveLink -> Basic Customizing -> Edit Document Classes).
(3) Insert SWF document class of Mime type application/x-shockwave-flash if not defined already.
(4)CRM IMG: SAP NetWeaver -> Application Server -> Basis Services -> ArchiveLink -> Basic Customizing -> Edit Document Types)
(5) Insert new Document types like ECO_SWF for SWF mime type.
(6) Web shop templates must be adapted to visualize new documents within the Web shop.
(7) Define templates for folders: SPRO: CRM -> Basic Functions -> Content Management -> Define Templates for Folders. Select the area you defined in your Catalog type and add the Document type you have defined above.
(8) Add a new folder ECO_SWF. Select properties and assign the new document type ECO_SWF to
the attribute document type.
In the JSP for product details, you can use isa:imageAttribute tag with its key value used in the above configuration for document types (ECO_SWFA) and embed them as you would do for a flash movie in HTML.
u2018<isa:imageAttribute guids=u2018DOC_PC_ECO_SWF,DOC_P_ECO_SWFu2019
             name=u2018webCatItemu2019 / >u2018 width=500
             height=400  >
where webCatItem is the current catalog item (WebCatItem) in the particular JSP.
For help, you can refer to example 6 in the "SAP E-Commerce 7.0: Examples and Tutorials"