Possible Flash / AC_RunActiveContent bug? [Archive]

speedyvespa

08-20-2007, 02:00 AM

Hi all,

This is my first post so please excuse me if I trample on any protocols!

My problem is this: I want to store all my Flash movies in a different (sub)directory to the index.html that calls it. It works fine if I don't install the AC_RunActiveContent fix from Adobe. However, once I place the javascript in my code, it doesn't load.

This is my layout:

http://mysite.com/mydir/index.html
http://mysite.com/mydir/AC_RunActiveContent.js

http://mysite.com/mydir/private/flash.swf
http://mysite.com/mydir/AC_RunActiveContent.js (<< placed in here to see if this fixes the issue)

My index.html:

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Title</title>
<script language="javascript">AC_FL_RunContent = 0;</script>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<div align="center">



<script language="javascript">
if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
} else {
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
'width','996',
'height','619',
'id','private/flash.swf',
'align','middle',
'src','private/flash.swf',
'quality','high',
'bgcolor','#eeeeee',
'name','private/flash.swf',
'allowscriptaccess','sameDomain',
'allowfullscreen','false',
'pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
'movie','private/flash.swf'
); //end AC code
}
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="996" height="619" id="private/flash.swf" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="private/flash.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#eeeeee" />
<embed src="private/flash.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#eeeeee" width="996" height="619" name="private/flash.swf" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</noscript>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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If I place the AC_RunActiveContent.js and the flash.swf file in the same directory as the index.html, everything works fine.

I've tried everything from changing the path to reference from the root dir upwards, and nothing seems to work - when I take the AC_RunActiveContent part out, it loads fine (save for getting the 'Click to active control' message).

Any ideas would be welcome - I've searched the Adobe site and come up with nothing. Is this a bug? Is there something that needs to be done to address this at the time the movie is published?

dima7k

08-28-2007, 09:56 PM

As far as I remember, the 'src' and 'movie' parameters inside the javascript call need to be without the .swf extension. Change it to this:

AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
'width','996',
'height','619',
'id','private/flash.swf',
'align','middle',
'src','private/flash',
'quality','high',
'bgcolor','#eeeeee',
'name','private/flash.swf',
'allowscriptaccess','sameDomain',
'allowfullscreen','false',
'pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
'movie','private/flash'
); //end AC code

also, I'm not sure if you're allowed to have the 'name' and 'id' parameters as a path like you have. If the code above doesn't work, try changing those to just 'flash', but you're going to need to change those inside the embed and object tags after this too then.