My Flash Movies Are Blocked By Browsers. Why?

I would imagine that if the user has their security settings on high, there is little you can do about that.  Also, in general, I think it is also advisable to save your flash movies one version less than the latest for those who don't have the latest. 

Finally, I also think it is a good idea to first verify if the user's browser has flash (or the version you want to run, though this isn't good from a usability standpoint).  If not, then you send them to a page that tells them they need flash to proceed.

I hope these help.

Again,  I don't think you have much control over a user's security settings.  That's just the way it is. 

Unfortunately, only the computer-savvy users will know enough about resetting their security levels/allow the flash movie to play from the option button that shows at the top of the browser.  If they aren't going to be the majority of your users, then you might want to develop an alternative to the flash movie, just in case.

There might be something on google, but I doubt it.  I bet there are tons of forums devoted to discussing this very topic.

Hi all,

Here's the fix:

goto

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.zip


unzip the file and copy the Javascript file to the location of your HTML file then;


Open the Html file with Wordpad Right click the HTML file, select Open with and select wordpad)

Just after this line: "<! --saved from url = (0013) about: internet -->


Copy and paste this:

<div id="flashcontent">
      <strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player</strong>
      This is replaced by the Flash content.
      Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with
      Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out <code>noscript</code>
      tags. Include a link to <a href="swfobject.html?detectflash=false">bypass the detection</a> if you wish.
   </div>

   <script type="text/javascript">
      // <![CDATA[
      
      var so = new SWFObject("Filename.swf", "filename", "300", "300", "8", "#FF6600");
      
      so.write("flashcontent");
      
      // ]]>
   </script>


Where Filename = name of flash file

filename = anyname u like

300 and 300 are dimensions of your flash file

8 = version of  flash you want to access it

FF6600 = background colour of Flash document


Of course you know that :

"flashcontent" can be changed to any name you like but must be the same with the name in the div tag.

I wish you the best.

Tell us wether it worked o.