Swfs don't run locally

Question

I've created a master Captivate file that calls on multiple
swf files, together creating a demonstration that runs 18 chapters
of content. I have embedded the published captivate movie in an
html page. The movie is set in an html page so our customers can
brand the movie with their logo. The Captivate movie embedded in
the html page works perfectly when uploaded to a web server,
however when run locally the swfs don't show up. What does play is
the master file with the music and the images however all swf files
within the movie don't show up.
Is there any way I can get this to work without having our
customers change preferences on their computers or have to upload
the files to a web server?
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
ab33

Answer 1

In general it sounds like you are describing a Flash Player
Security issue. Best practice is that the user should have to trust
the file (be it on a CD/DVD or hard drive). You could, I suppose,
check with Javascript if the flash files load, and if not provide
directions on changing the player settings - however, this assumes
that the user has the permissions on the local machine to change
the settings.
Shortly after the Flash 8.0 Player release (when many of us
wanted to get the Flash development team in a dark alley for the
web-based configuration manager) I worked with a developer who
wrote a script that enumerated all of the drives on a machine and
placed a trust file in the user's Application Data folder that
trusted all of the drives. This worked, even when the user did not
have the privileges that were needed at the time to trust local
drives, though I would not recommend a similar approach.
Sorry, I digressed... in summary, it sounds like your user's
need to trust the drive or folder that the content is running in.
Perhaps distribute a help file that explains how to do this with
the package.