FLASH: Urgent: Alternate GIF (Dowdell... anybody?)

[Ricardo Madrazo]

OK, here's the scenario:

I have a 590x120 pixel flash movie embedded within a table, and surrounded

by HTML content. I need to get some vars from Javascript, so I published

with the FSCommand settings. However, I also need to provide an alternate

GIF (which, to add to my headache, has to be an imagemap) for users that do

NOT have Flash. So, I published with both settings and combined the code,

which looks like this:


<!-- Flash code begins -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>

<!--

var InternetExplorer = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;

// Handle all the the FSCommand messages in a Flash movie

function movie1_DoFSCommand(command, args) {

var movie1Obj = InternetExplorer ? movie1 : document.movie1;

//

// Place your code here...

//

}

// Hook for Internet Explorer

if (navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 &&

navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows") != -1 &&

navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows 3.1") == -1) {

document.write('<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');

document.write('on error resume next \n');

document.write('Sub movie1_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)\n');

document.write(' call movie1_DoFSCommand(command, args)\n');

document.write('end sub\n');

document.write('</SCRIPT\> \n');

}

//-->

</SCRIPT>

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca

b#version=4,0,2,0"

ID=movie1 WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=120>

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="swf/loader.swf"> <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>

<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000033>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>

<!--

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&

navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ?

navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;

if ( plugin &&

parseInt(plugin.description.substring(plugin.description.indexOf(".")-1)) >=

4 ) {

// Check for Flash version 4 or greater in Netscape

document.write('<EMBED src="swf/loader.swf" menu=false quality=high

bgcolor=#000033 ');

document.write(' swLiveConnect=True WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=120');

document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"

PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_

Version=ShockwaveFlash">');

} else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0

&& navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){

// Netscape 2 will display the IMG tag below so don't write an extra one

document.write('<MAP NAME="homemap">');

document.write('<AREA SHAPE="polygon" ALT="Listen" COORDS="589,4, 585,24,

408,29, 396,45, 389,107, 373,119, 0,115, 4,0"

HREF="http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi">');

document.write('<AREA SHAPE="polygon" ALT="Broadcast" COORDS="589,29,

585,119, 381,115, 393,99, 402,34, 421,25"

HREF="http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/register.cgi">');

document.write('</MAP>');

document.write('<IMG SRC="swf/alternate.gif" WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=120 BORDER=0

HSPACE=O VSPACE=0 ALT="Listen for Free-Broadcast for Free"

usemap="#homemap">');

}

//-->

</SCRIPT>

<NOEMBED>

<MAP NAME="homemap">

<AREA SHAPE="polygon" ALT="Listen" COORDS="589,4, 585,24, 408,29, 396,45,

389,107, 373,119, 0,115, 4,0"

HREF="http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi">

<AREA SHAPE="polygon" ALT="Broadcast" COORDS="589,29, 585,119, 381,115,

393,99, 402,34, 421,25" HREF="http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/register.cgi">

</MAP>

<IMG SRC="swf/alternate.gif" WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=120 BORDER=0 HSPACE=O VSPACE=0

ALT="Listen for Free-Broadcast for Free" usemap="#homemap"></NOEMBED>

<NOSCRIPT><IMG SRC="swf/alternate.gif" WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=120 BORDER=0

HSPACE=O VSPACE=0 ALT="Listen for Free-Broadcast for Free"

usemap="#homemap"> </NOSCRIPT>

</OBJECT>

<!-- Flash code ends -->

Now, when I see it on a box with no Flash installed, I'm prompted to

download content from the Macromedia website (IE, I need to download the

plugin) and the gif file does NOT display. I've checked the paths, so it's

not that... are these two type of publish settings incompatible? Why is it

so damn difficult to publish alternate Gifs? Has macromedia done this on

purpose to force users to download the plugin?

Help!

I have a push deadline for this week and this Flash content is critical to

the project. Thanks.

Ricardo Madrazo

Multimedia Design

650-345-7400 ext. 211

http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=chilakil

Mexican&Latin Rap&Rock in the World's #1 Broadcasting Community

Ricardo Madrazo

Multimedia Design

650-345-7400 ext. 211

http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=chilakil

Mexican&Latin Rap&Rock in the World's #1 Broadcasting Community



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