FLASH: AfterShock Settings

[John Croteau]

Hi Joe,


> http://www.creativefactory.com.au/flash/test1.html

> be viewed from IE 4.01 MAC??

> We assumed the problem was in the structure of the HTML file which was

> simply generated by Aftershock.

Most likely you have the Static or Animated GIF box checked. The

selected gif created in AfterShock is blank and probably set to frame 1.

This could be selected as a single frame or animated though if you try

to run this animated at the size specified it may not work well. The GIF

specs are set under the Alternate Image section in Aftershock.


This may not be how you want to setup Aftershock. See below. I don't

normally use Aftershock but I have tryed to condense the major options

available here. You may also want to consider using my AllFlash system

which will be publicly released this or next week.


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For Flash 3 - Aftershock (and any other detection scheme that relies

solely on Scripting) has two main variables each with two main options

both reside in the Scripting section.

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A] Installation


1) Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer Checked

If checked then MSIE Win 95/98/NT automatically will install the ActiveX

component if the browser does not have the Flash ActiveX control

installed.


2) Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer UnChecked

  (Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control box in Media Types must also be

checked).

If unchecked then Flash will supply Flash to detectable MSIE Win 95/NT

browsers.

This includes all Script enabled MSIE 4 browsers and only MSIE 3

browsers that have VBScript 2.0 or later. The AfterShock script may need

to be manually modified to include Windows 98 as per MM note 13342.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/as_win98.htm

This is the same change as Jan mentioned in a post today.


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B] Media Types:


1) Only Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control box checked.

This provides Flash for all Flash enabled browsers.

Undetectable browsers will get the NoPlugin Icon if the Plugin/ActiveX

control is not installed.

    Flash capable but Undetectable Browsers:

        Netscape 2

        AOL 3 IWENG version

        MSIE Mac

        MSIE Win 3.1

        Opera

        MSIE 3 Win 95/NT with VBScript 1 

(MSIE 3 Win 95/NT will automatically get Active X Control if

"Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer" is Checked as

above).

         

2) Both "Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control" and "Static or Animated GIF"

boxes checked.

This provides Flash for all browsers where Flash can be detected

(JavaScript must be enabled). It will provide a GIF alternative to

undetectable browsers regardless of whether or not it has the Flash

plugin. ActiveX MSIE 3 Win 95/NT with VBScript 1 will get Flash only if

the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer" box is checked.

For MSIE Windows 98 if the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet

Explorer" box is unchecked then it will get GIF content unless the

manual modification is made (as above). Other ActiveX capable browsers

will get Flash if the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet

Explorer" box is checked or if unchecked and Scripts are enabled.



The Java alternate content is only available for content created with

Flash 2.


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