Flash content crashes actinic

[Dan_Lacey]

Hello all,

Would be grateful if anyone had any ideas about this. Im trying to place some Flash content into a brochure fragment (the same result occurs if I put it straight into a template).

Im using a Flash plug-in called 'Slide-Show Pro', which generates a flash-based gallery viewer, with an external XML file that handles all the relevant images. If i place the code in to the brochure templates or a fragment, catalog crashes and closes.

The code Im placing looks like this:
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="400" height="400" id="johndoe" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="johndoe.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="johndoe.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" name="johndoe" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

I dont know much about Flash unfortunately, so any help would be gratefully received.

**edit: other flash content does not seem to crash actinic**

Dan

[Bruce]

Dan,

The only thing I can see wrong is that there is an opening <embed ..> tag but no closing tag (</embed>), I would suggest adding one after this line pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> and then check to see if it works.

Have you tried comparing the code from an image or content that works against this bit as yet ?

Kind regards,

[jont]

"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

Won't the forward slash as above close the tag?

[Dan_Lacey]

<embed src="johndoe.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" name="johndoe" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

Thanks for your help bruce, but -
As jont says, does the /> close the embed tag?

I will check as you suggest against other code or a different movie, just to double check.

Im wondering if there may be an XML instruction (ie. document type) missing at the beginning of the document - or indeed an issue with using the xml sheet called by the flash movie that Actinic doesnt like. If I turn the preview pane off in Actinic, the application doesnt crash.

thinking about it, perhaps I need to copy all of the Flash files into the 'PreviewHTML' folder - if its as simple as that then I can breath a sigh of relief!

I need to do a clean install of my PC as i have some other issues I must deal with in the meantime. I will post back again after Ive placed the flash files in the Preview HTML folder and let you know if this solves it. In the meantime if anyone has any ideas, they would be gratefully received.

[Dan_Lacey]

Resolved: Flash missing in Preview HTML folder

-it looks as though placing the Flash content in the previewHTML folder has worked! Hope this helps anyone who has a similar problem...

Dan.