RE: FLASH: embedding flash into an email

[Cameron Hickey]

William,


I used the ASP component SMTPsvg.Mailer to send an email directly from an

ASP page.  This component allows you to modify the Email header ContentType

information which I have set to be "text/html".  The body of the email is

then a simple HTML page with the code for embedding a flash movie.  The

location of this flash movie is an explicit URL.  when sent to my email

address, and opened in outlook, I was about to see the flash movie inline

with the rest of my HTML email.  I am not really an expert on email or SMTP

technologies, but I know how to do this, and I know that it works for me.


I hope this answers your question...


Cameron




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Lefkovics, William

Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 1:31 PM

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Subject: RE: FLASH: embedding flash into an email



I created HTML stationery which when viewed in a browser shows the flash

component.


I saved this page in my stationery folder properly referencing the location

of the swf file.


This should work if the recipient has access to the swf file as well (ie

called from an intranet or internet source) much like embedding a wav or

midi file, which I've done successfully.


How did you accomplish this?


Sending over the internet, results will vary of course.  You have multiple

SMTP servers with variable configurations handling the email.  Some

companies convert all inbound email to plain text.  While this might be

blasphemy in the web development world, it does exist.


Thanks.


William



-----Original Message-----

From: Cameron Hickey [

cccpair [dot] com (mailto:cccpair [dot] com)

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Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:29 AM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: RE: FLASH: embedding flash into an email



I have seen many HTML emails with flash embedded in them, so I know that is

is possible to view them (in MS Outlook, anyway)  I think that you should

approach this the same way that you would approach any other flash embedded

in HTML.  given this, your solution will rely on the method you use to

create your email...   If you provide more information about your particular

method of implementation, I might be able to help you further...


FYI, I have just done a test using ASP to send an HTML email to myself with

an embedded flash movie, and it worked fine in Outlook, but when I sent it

to a Hotmail address, the code for the flash embed was deleted... weird,

huh?



Cameron


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ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On

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Lefkovics, William

Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:20 PM

To:

'flasherchinwag [dot] com

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Subject: RE: FLASH: embedding flash into an email



I have not been able to do this successfully with Outlook2000/Microsoft

Exchange Server

We have deployed Microsoft's Digital Dashboard [1] concept in our enterprise

and would like to allow Flash therein as well.


William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+


[1] http://www.microsoft.com/digitaldashboard [2][3]

[2] leverages Outlook and IE pulling from multiple data sources to a single

interace

[3] DigitalDashboard Forum: http://www.egroups.com/group/DigitalDashboard




-----Original Message-----

From: Sohrab Pirayesh [

sohrab2mtc [dot] com (mailto:sohrab2mtc [dot] com)

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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 8:05 AM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: RE: FLASH: embedding flash into an email



Hey everyone,


Does anyone know anything about embedding flash into an email?


Any links to tutorials, resources, or accounts of past experiences would be

greatly beneficial.


thanks and happy holidays,


-sohrab




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