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Paulskii
03-07-2008, 08:07 PM
It has been brought to my attention that several people trying out my application keep getting the "Click here to download Macromedia Flash Player to be able to view the content of this page!" message...after the have already clicked the link, and downloaded the flash player, and restarted the browser...I can see the app fine on my computer, and I dont know how to uninstall the player to test it out for myself, but what could possibly cause this issue?

here is my HTML code...using SWFObject...


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<title>EXPOCAD FlashMaps</title>
<div id="flashcontent">
<a href="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe">Click here to download Macromedia Flash Player to be able to view the content of this page!</a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("main-0.50.swf", "EXPOBling", "100%", "100%", "8", "#ffffff");
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
xxneon
03-07-2008, 08:10 PM
if there browser has javascript disabled then that would cause that behaviour .. its one possibility.
Paulskii
03-07-2008, 08:23 PM
Ok well I found that this problem only occurs with IE...Firefox seems to download the plugin just fine...even if you download the plugin using IE...then open FF...the flash content loads...but in IE...the link to download continues to come up...even after closing and restarting the browser...clearing the private data...so I don't know where to go next...
xxneon
03-07-2008, 08:33 PM
IE 6 or IE 7?? it works fine for me in IE 7..

you could test it by using the standard object embed and see if the people having issues still cant view it.
Paulskii
03-07-2008, 08:49 PM
I just decided to link to the flash site so that there is no way it wont work, unless the user does something wrong...its not that big of a deal....can you help me with my print problem? This one is new!
xxneon
03-07-2008, 09:17 PM
Yea i saw your problem .. i went to test it .. and i goto print .. and it sends the print job to the spooler .. and then nothing .. very odd indeed.. i dont know what would cause that ..