FLASH: mac ie4 problems

[Steve Smith]

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> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 06:14:32 -0500

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From: John Croteau <croteauerols [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: mac ie4 problems

>

> Hi Steve,

>

> > > www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/swing.swf

> > > www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/swing.zip

> > Branden's movie way cool on netscape, but it doesn't play on mac IE4.

> > i'm having the same problem with a series of flash movies i've been working

> > on -- they work in: mac netscape, pc IE4, just not on mac IE4. has anyone

> > else had any problems getting movies to play properly in mac IE4?

> What is not working the SWF file or the FLA?

> What exactly are the problems you are having?


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well john, 


it's the .swf -- specifically after it's been embedded in the html page

that's giving me all the problems.


my structure is like this: the frame that holds the .swf files loads

base.swf -- a single frame movie with the "same" background color as the

frame (to eliminate the "flash from otherwise having to load a new .html

page). base.swf loads buttons.swf into level 10. buttons.swf are essentially

the controls for the movie. the .swf movie "modules" are loaded into level

2, based on user input -- pushing the control buttons.


the scenario: i'm in internet explorer 4 on the mac. i click a link on one

of our clientextranet pages and it launches a window via javascript of fixed

dimensions. the frameset loads, the base.swf file loads, it in turn loads

the buttons.swf movie in layer_10 and the buttons.swf file in turn loads

menu.swf in level 2. i click on one of the options in menu.swf (which is

supposed to tell the buttons.swf movie to go to a particular frame, where a

command is encountered to load another movie into level 2, replacing

menu.swf, but level 2 goes blank -- all i see is the background color. the

movie stops and is unresponsive.


i know that you probably can't discern too terribly much without seeing the

file in action and/or the source. while i can't give out the url, i could

email to you personally a truncated version of the prototype (the .fla's)

with just maybe a few of the modules.


this is my first major flash project and i most certainly appreciate any

helpful advice you or anyone else can offer. flashbible.com and this list

have been wonderful resources. 


thanks.



-sbs



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