Flash/.swf into Actinic

[leehack]

In the fragment 'text' field, NOT in the design tab.
If you do anything in the design tab, you are changing a layout, which is global.

[absolute-audio]

Thanks Lee, cute little boy you've got there - treasure him....

I have tried Duncan's coding and changed to suit my presentation but it is not showing correctly...

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="601" height="172" >
<param name="movie" value="http://www.ultimate-av.co.uk/acatalog/test.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="http://www.ultimate-av.co.uk/acatalog/test.swf" width="601" height="172" align="top" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object>

It has not adjusted the size of the box on upload to the site correctly - any ideas?

[leehack]

width="601" height="172"

These sizes are what you are telling the flash to be, is there enough room for something that big. Without enough room, all sorts can happen.

Have you embedded the html correctly also? and included the flash file into additional files?

Why not show us the page, or a screenshot of actinic, easier to see what you're doing wrong then.

[absolute-audio]

The page can be seen here If you scroll down you should see the Flash outline box but it is not the right size for some reason. The swf file is in additional files.

I changed it to 580x250 as that is what my other fragments are - you talk about embedding the HTML - would it not just work with the coding I've submitted?

Does that mean to go into the design tab and include the HTML info produced by SwishMAX?

[absolute-audio]

Think I may have wangled it....hold on....nope, that hasn't worked!

Coding produced in SwishMax

<object
classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,79,0"
id="test"
width="580" height="250"
>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.ultimate-av.co.uk/acatalog/test.swf">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain">
<embed
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
name="test"
width="580" height="250"
src="http://www.ultimate-av.co.uk/acatalog/test.swf"
bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
quality="high"
swliveconnect="true"
allowscriptaccess="samedomain"
>
<noembed>
</noembed>
</embed>
</object>

BOLD is what I added in...

[leehack]

Peter, ban yourself from the design tab, you don't seem to have a basic understanding on what is for what, you appear to be just doing things as you think without thinking or listening.

Every flash thread and many others explain that to put html into a fragment, you need to embed it, so actinic knows to process as html.

Your flash code is html, so it needs embedding and NOT in the design tab, why would you put it in the design tab? where would you put it? and what do you think would happen if you did?

When you can answer the above you wil grasp what is going on, have a read and a play with software to get to grips with it, it will help you tenfold.

1. Embed your flash into a fragment (in the text field)
2. Add the file to additional files
3. Upload

It really is that easy, get a hot drink and take the time to read what others have done, even i do this when on occasions i want to embed flash.

[absolute-audio]

Lee, I appreciate your honesty...I may not have gone quite so far with a beginner so as to scare them but hey, I'm no Actinic expert like the rest of you seem to be. Unfortunately my priorities are more in actually getting the gear out than doing the website but I said I'd have a go and I think I have done pretty well so far with my limited knowledge so I am just trying to understand, I have been completely honest with everybody, I have limited HTML knowledge as it is not something that I have done since 6th form when I had 19 hours free a week and I was bored!

I have dabbled with Actinic for three months now and I am trying my best to get up to speed as quickly as possible using both the AUG and this community. So a bit more understanding would be appreciated.

I have followed other people's instructions to the last by using the HTML file created by SwishMAX (included in previous post) and putting it in the fragment's text field. It hasn't worked - hence why I am coming back and asking if there is anything else that I need to do - the design side of Actinic I have not really got into and all the while my bosses won't pay for me to go on Actinic's training course, I am stuck with this forum - where so far, all I have been is talked down and treated a bit like an idiot, which granted I may be but I have been put in this position by other people...

Rant over...

[leehack]

I have just searched the forum on 'embed flash' and copied what Duncan recommended doing and it has worked for me first time.

[absolute-audio]

That's interesting - ok, have copied the source code exactly as you have done and have put in the fragment text field and have uploaded.

It's not working on my site - have I missed something? How is it it will work on a standard html page but not within Actinic?

[leehack]

my bosses won't pay for me to go on Actinic's training course, I am stuck with this forum - where so far, all I have been is talked down and treated a bit like an idiot, which granted I may be but I have been put in this position by other people...

I understand your frustration Peter, but you have to understand that the fact that you do not know what you are doing too well and the fact that your bosses will not pay out for training is not the fault of us volunteers who offer our time free of charge to help.

Now sometimes for sure, this can come across condescending, especially when on something as common as your problem. I have just proved to you how easy it is, i did it in 30 seconds from the information in a Duncan post, i simply pointed to your file, uploaded and it worked.

You are talking about the design tab, please point me to one post where this is mentioned? None i assure you, you aren't reading the posts with the instructions correctly or you are not spending enough time - this is when us volunteers get pissed off as you are asking about a common request and then also bringing things into the equation that nobody has mentioned.

There is a free fragment tutorial on my site - read it - it illustrates embedding html towards the bottom. Using that knowledge + the info in Duncan's post i just got your flash to work. So it is you messing it up and then you moan and rant about your treatment on the forum.

Either pay for advice or accept that when you are being a pratt, people might make you feel like one, it comes with the territory. FREE advice is just that - free - take it as it comes IMO.

A basic understanding of what parts do what in actinic would help you tenfold i assure you, you just cannot see it at the moment, in time you will, we have ALL been through the same and felt the same at some time i assure you.

[absolute-audio]

Lee, don't get me wrong, I do appreciate everything you are saying and all of the free advice and I am not blaming anyone personally. I do get frustrated very easily but maybe that's just the way I deal with things.

But following your tutorial and making one small change, that is changing the fragment layout to text only - it has now worked so I appreciate everything and sorry if anything I said upset anything.

[leehack]

I understand how frustrating it can be Peter, rest assured it gets us lot at times too, however we are usually experiencing bugs.

I for one, do not take too many things to heart, things are said in the heat of the battle, but do try and kerb your frustration a little, you will be dealt with far better i assure you. If we can see that someone is just plain stuck and has done everything possible, you will never go ignored if we can help.

It's rude, unappreciative people, who do not try and help themselves or search the forum who don't fare well on here. As long as you don't fall into that bracket, you'll do fine on here IMO.

Glad you got it sorted anyway.