No flash support in Actinic V7.06?

[wotupdoc]

I tried to find a way to use a flash logo as a banner on the site I'm working on, but as far as I can tell there is no way to import a flash file into the Actinic Designer program.
*) Is there a way to insert flash files into an Actinic V7.06 site?
Here it says: "Using Flash Product Images in Actinic "
It is an ad for a course, but it's impossible to access that course or find out where to get it.
What's worse, it says:
"Designed for Web designers and developers who are deploying sites using Actinic Developer, this course will focus heavily on new design creation using Dreamweaver and look at other web technologies such as Flash, JavaScript and Style Sheets"
So it looks like that the only way to add Flash content to an Actinic site is to import the template in Dreamweaver and insert te flash files there.
Bummer!

It seems so strange to omit .swf files from the picture import list, it's just one small addition to the program code

*) Does V8 allow us to import Flash content????

[jont]

An option is to embed the FLASH code between !!< and >!! tags into say the text area of a text fragment

[NormanRouxel]

Assuming you want the logo on all your pages simply edit Act_Primary.html and replace NETQUOTEVAR:LOGOIMAGE with your Flash code.

If you want this on Brochure pages, do a similar thing to Act_BrochurePrimary.html.

You may also need to add your Flash file via Advanced / Additional Files, so that Actinic will upload it for you.

it's just one small addition to the program code

Not really. An image uses something like

<img src="myfile.jpg" width="123" height="456">

so all you need is specify the file name and let Actinic work out the dimensions for you.

However a Flash file needs something like

<OBJECT classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH=750 HEIGHT=100>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="topbar.swf">
<PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF>
<EMBED src="topbar.swf" menu=false quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=750 HEIGHT=100 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

where a lot of the ancillary stuff depends on what you want the file to do and can't be inferred by Actinic.

[wotupdoc]

Thanks!

Thanks for the info, Jont and Norman.

I'll have a look at the solutions you both suggest.

I checked out Norman's site, looks impressive! lots of extra Actinic extra's.

Anyway, thanx for the help!

[llown]

Flash Menu Links

I have created a flash menu to replace the links on the left of the screen. The links do not work - the URL does not appear in the status bar and they link nowhere. Do flash links work with Actinic?

[NormanRouxel]

As always, an URL of the faulty site would help.

[llown]

Flash links

This link shows the flash file that works fine just in a normal html page. As soon as I put the code into Act_Primary.html and preview the site the links dont work. Is there any reason why not?

http://www.fabautoparts.co.uk/shop-menu.html

Many thanks

[wjcampbe]

Try moving the swf file directly into the Site folder and get rid of the gxf\ pathing.

[Merdavid]

Hi guys, I'm having the same problem with a flash ad banner, i've embedded the file and placed the file within the route, but all i get if i view it in both Actinic and page preview is a script error. I haven't yet uploaded the shop to the web as its not finished, or is this the problem.

[Bruce]

David,

I tried this locally on a product, created a new template for the product, replaced NETQUOTEVAR: PRODUCTIMAGE with the following code

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="160" height="160">
<param name="movie" value="computer.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="computer.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="160" height="160"></embed>
</object>

This displays the flash image on the Actinic Preview, page preview too.

Kind regards,