Re: FLASH: FYI: New Macromedia tech note: Flash 5 Player issues

[Helen Triolo]

This isn't much consolation, but the Flash-in-a-table-cell problem is

only a problem with some Flash 5 movies.  I reported such a problem that

I had with http://i-Technica.com/flash5/flash5_000826.html (DON'T click

that link if you have IE in Win98 though -- it will crash IE4 or 5) to

Macromedia, but have since tried it with other movies and found that

they don't crash.  That particular fla uses a dynamic text field with

escape sequence (\r, etc) formatting, and an html-formatted field, and

not much else.  So I'd guess that one of those things (together with the

fact that's in a table cell) may be causing the problem.  If you're

publishing something in F5 and want it in a table cell, you should just

go ahead and try it in Win98 -- it will either crash  when the Flash

appears or not (it's not a sometimes thing).  Hopefully a new version of

the player will come out soon and render this a moot point.


Regards,

Helen

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Gregg Caines wrote:

> 

> I agree.... It's the latest version of the most popular browser

> on the most popular operating system and tables are the only

> effective way to position things on a page.  I'd say that's a

> pretty big bug to have to accommodate in the future (and past,

> retroactively).  How fast have these Flash 5 players been

> going out again?

> 

> ---------------------------------------------------

> Gregg Caines

> n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

> http://www.neometrixsystems.com

>

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> 

> > Hi.

> >

> > I went down the list on this new tech note going "I can live with that...

> > uhuh... ok, I can live with that..., I can live with that too...." until I

> > got to this one:

> >

> > > Flash content in a table cell crashes Internet Explorer 5.5 on PC

> > >

> > > Flash content embedded in a table cell may cause crashing of Internet

> > Explorer

> > > 5.5 with the Macromedia Flash Player 5.

> >

> > I can't live with that one.

> >

> > the page says :

> > > Macromedia is aware of these issues, and is currently addressing them

> for

> > a

> > > future release of the player.

> >

> > Is this future release intended to be soon?

> >

> > I'm pretty certain my clients will refuse the use of ANY flash on their

> > sites if its not...

> >

> > Catherine

>


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