SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari


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SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari
by kim meraz on Apr 3, 2009 at 4:25:46 pm

I successfully embedded a SWF file using Dreamweaver CS4 :-), I can view it ONLY in Firefox, but not IE or Safari...I've updated Flash players and Shockwave players...I just see a white box where the swf is supposed to be playing. I have my site posted temporarily (until finished) at the following link:
http://houston.ponyclub.org

there should be a swf file on the HOME page at the bottom of the screen
AND there should be a SWF video on the HOUSTON page.

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Re: SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari
by John Graves on Apr 3, 2009 at 5:16:29 pm

Hey, I'm a DW novice myself, but I had the same problem when previewing IE. Try this tip. Within IE Try

Tools > Internet Options, Advanced tab

Ensure "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer" is checked.

You probably have to reboot Windows XP to get it to work. That's what I had to do.

Nevetheless, I am having another similar problem.

My SWF will NOT play on my Windows 98 machine in IE, even though I never have trouble playing my flash content on the Win 98 machine. When I go to the page in IE it says...

"You are trying to install Adobe Flash Player ActiveX on an unsupported operating system. For Flash player system requirements, please see http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs

Why is DW invoking this "active X" thing? I've published tons of flash to websites before using frontpage and never had this problem in IE on Win98.

-John

"Life is good, as long as it doesn't take up too much of my time."

-anonymous gamer

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Re: SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari
by Benjamin Wiley on Jun 19, 2009 at 10:22:31 pm

HI!

I have the same problem. Embedded swf in DW, published file works from safari from local folder, but online doesn't work. Online only works from firefox, not safari. I embedded a flash video via swf in my page:http://www.duke.edu/~bjw24/splash.html. Works on firefox but not safari! PLEASE HELP!! I'm GOING CRAZY!

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Re: SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari
by Fernando Mol on Jun 19, 2009 at 11:23:11 pm

Please describe the method you are using for embed.

The standard is going to the menu >insert >media >swf

The code DW place is kind of different than the one used in the sites of this post.

There are some ways to embed a swf using javascript. If you like you can try the SWFOBJECT tool from google. It's like the SEO standard to embed flash movies with alternate content into your HTML.

Look here:

http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

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Re: SWF plays in Firefox but NOT IE or Safari
by Broxie Bessent-Rothwell on Oct 20, 2009 at 10:46:54 pm

I have just been having a similar issue with SWF files in CS3.

For me the cure was to insert the SWF files a different way.

The method that worked was "Insert/Media/Flash".

Then select the SWF file.

The "Insert/Media/Flash Video" worked on all the browsers I tried but only for FLV extensions.

The "Insert/Media/Shockwave" method worked for me in Opera and Firefox, but not in IE, Crome or Safari browsers.

...

I hope it works for you.

Broxie

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