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1/7/2010 12:38:09 AM
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flash in IE7

I use the following code to load a flash banner

<div id="wrapheader">
<object width="960" height="160">
<param name="movie" value="/data/matasoftimage/bannerCN.swf" wmode="transparent">
<embed src="/data/MatasoftImage/bannerCN.swf" width="960" height="160" wmode="transparent">
</embed>
</object>
</div>

it works great in Firefox and IE8, but it cannot be loaded in IE7. The site just freezes.

Thank you for help.

1/25/2010 1:24:31 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

look into swf object. There are licensing issues with Flash in IE, which is why swf object was constructed. http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

1/25/2010 11:59:40 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

Thank you for replying. I found that mojo already has the swfobject script included. I found the key in web.config <add key="SwfObjectUrl" value="~/ClientScript/SwfObject/2.2/swfobject.js" />. However, I didn't find the script in the location indicated in the  key. 

I include the script from the scriptloader in layout.master and it works now.

1/26/2010 9:36:16 AM
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Re: flash in IE7

There is also an option on the HTML Content Feature in the settings that allows you to include the swfobject.

HTH,
Joe D.

1/26/2010 2:56:02 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

hi, all

I tried to use the swfobject script to add a flash banner in my layout.master and the flash has been displayed sucessfully. The only problem is I cannot set the transparent parameter in script and the flash banner is on top of everything.

Here is the script I used:

script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.registerObject("myId", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf");
</script>

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="960" height="160">
<param name="movie" value="/Data/matasoftimage/bannerCN.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/Data/matasoftimage/bannerCN.swf" width="960" height="160">
<!--<![endif]-->
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
<img alt="Get Adobe Flash player" src="/data/matasoftskin/banner.jpg"/></a>
</p>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
 

1/26/2010 3:15:02 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

I'm pretty sure that you have to add wmode="transparent" to the object tag as well. I think that the param only applies to certain browsers.

1/26/2010 3:20:18 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

documentation here: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation but I know that you can download a little utility from the google code page that will construct the proper code for you based on boxes that you tick and whatnot. I think that it's this zip here: http://swfobject.googlecode.com/files/swfobject_generator_1_2_html.zip

1/26/2010 4:00:13 PM
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Re: flash in IE7

thank you. Everything works perfect.

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