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campo
March 20th, 2006, 06:53 PM
I can do quite a few things on websites but for some inexplicable reason I can never get Flash to work properly!

I just downloaded an application which makes the animation for you but again....no luck!

Can anybody who knows anything about Flash tell me why the following refuses to load?
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>5intro</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#001E4B">
<P align="center">
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="480" id="5intro">
<PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="5intro.swf">
<PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE=#001E4B>
<EMBED src="5intro.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#001E4B WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="480" NAME="5intro" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
degsy
March 20th, 2006, 07:01 PM
Try this
http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step2.php?mediatype=Flash

Remember to post the correct path to the file. You also need to upload the file to your webspace
campo
March 20th, 2006, 07:02 PM
Not quite sure why that did not show up on the forum properly, here it is again:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>5intro</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#001E4B">
<P align="center">
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="480" id="5intro">
<PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="5intro.swf">
<PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE=#001E4B>
<EMBED src="5intro.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#001E4B WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="480" NAME="5intro" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
degsy
March 20th, 2006, 07:14 PM
See if this works
campo
March 20th, 2006, 07:19 PM
Hi Degsy.
Sorry I don't understand that first page you sent. Who would be the server and path in that particular case?

I'm sure I sound really thick but seem to have (literal) blind spot where flash is concerned. I was just amazed that after I downloaded something which professes to make flash even work for idiots... Ah well, I guess I must put my hand up. Here is the page which the flash refuses to load on:
http://www.ukapologetics.net/5intro.html

I will look at that other link you sent now.
degsy
March 20th, 2006, 07:21 PM
http://www.ukapologetics.net/5intro.swf doesn't exist. You need to upload the swf file.
campo
March 20th, 2006, 07:39 PM
Of course!! Didn't I tell you I was an idiot?

I had done everything - except download the actual swf file!!

Sometimes I despair of myself!
Thanks degs!