No menu displayed: FF3,IE7, Flash: WIN 10,0,22,87

[Lewie]

Trying to get swfobject v2.2 to work delivers the test.swf, but menu
never shows.

Htmls created as per the online generator and the tutorials
instructions.
Makes no difference static or dynamic.
Params like quality=low work OK.

System:
Windows Vista Home Basic.
Browsers tested: FF3, IE7. Same result on both: test.swf shows OK, no
menu.
Flash plugin version: 10,0,22,87 (as generated by the test.swf)
swfobjects version 2.2

Anyone any idea what could cause this? Meanwhile I'll stick to my
trusted AC_FL_RunContent implementation...

[Aran Rhee]

You'll need to supply a test link so that people can see what is going on. Are you talking about a menu that you have created inside the swf, the right click menu, or something else?

 

Aran

[Lewie]

Hi Aran,

I just generated the html from Bob's online generator (
http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.html ), as
documented in his tutorial ( http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/swfobject_02.html
).

Put the whole thing here: http://www.ecbp.cn/swfobject2.2/index_menu.html
Same result if loading a video clip: http://www.ecbp.cn/swfobject2.2/test_env.html

What I am trying to get are the content controls for play/start/stop/
volume, just as in AC_FL_RunContent. As swfobject states it is
replacing that I expected to be able to at have a way of doing that.

Lewie

On Jul 8, 4:41 pm, Aran Rhee <aran.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You'll need to supply a test link so that people can see what is going on.
> Are you talking about a menu that you have created inside the swf, the right
> click menu, or something else?
>
> Aran
>

[Aran Rhee]

I don't think you have a basic understanding of what SWFObject or AC_FL_RunContent actually do.

 

They are javascript libraries for embedding flash files onto an HTML page. They do not control any video player skins, or menus in any way.

 

There is no built in "menu" for a Flash file, so I don't know what you are expecting to see.

 

The reason why you are not seeing your video player skin is that you have not placed the skin file on your server. It is looking for it here (and not finding it):

http://www.ecbp.cn/swfobject2.2/ClearExternalNoVol.swf (DOES NOT EXIST)

 

 

If the documentation in English is not making sense, then there are a number of local language translatiosn, including this one in Chinese:

http://farthinker.cn/2007/12/27/swfobject-2_0-doc-translation/

 

 

 

Aran

[Lewie]

You're absolutely right: I'm not into flash at all. I only did these
coz the bosses in Beijing want it. Then they start complaining it's
not good quality working over poor connections....

Anyway, put the missing ClearExternalNoVol.swf with it, and now it
does a menu, sort off an outline, though not quite the same as in the
AC_FL_RunContent. Guess incompatibilities in the format there. Looks
like I'll be hunting for a swf editor next. The originals are probably
created by Dreamweaver or so.

Thanks for your help. I might be back for more if I can't get the swf
to obey my start/stop and seek bar.....

Lewie

On Jul 9, 1:02 pm, Aran Rhee <aran.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think you have a basic understanding of what SWFObject or
> AC_FL_RunContent actually do.
>
> They are javascript libraries for embedding flash files onto an HTML page.
> They do not control any video player skins, or menus in any way.
>
> There is no built in "menu" for a Flash file, so I don't know what you are
> expecting to see.
>
> The reason why you are not seeing your video player skin is that you have
> not placed the skin file on your server. It is looking for it here (and not

> finding it):http://www.ecbp.cn/swfobject2.2/ClearExternalNoVol.swf(DOES NOT EXIST)

>
> If the documentation in English is not making sense, then there are a number
> of local language translatiosn, including this one in Chinese:http://farthinker.cn/2007/12/27/swfobject-2_0-doc-translation/
>
> Aran
>

> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Lewie <lewie.dek...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Aran,
>
> > I just generated the html from Bob's online generator (

> >http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.html), as

[Aran Rhee]

Lewie.

 

If you set the parameter value the same between AC_FL_RunContent and SWFObject, then your content SHOULD look exactly the same. Both of these libraries write HTML code back to the page at the end of the day so it is just a matter of getting those as desired.

 

Good luck with the project.

 

Aran