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Problems with flash and Internet Explorer

         

edwinvg

9:52 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

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hi, I have a problem loading flash content with internet explorer.

I have a swf embeded into a html, when I open it with firefox or mozilla, it works just fine, but in exploer the page freezes and never shows up the flash movie..

what could be the problem here?

rocknbil

2:08 am on Dec 11, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Are you absolutely 100% sure the path in your html to the flash is correct? If the .swf doesn't exist on the path you tell the browser it's on, IE will sit and keep looking and looking, it's not like an image.

If you're sure about that and there's no error in your object code, are you able ot look at other Flash sites without error? If no, something's wrong w. the plug-in.

edwinvg

3:47 am on Dec 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

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mmm,the paths are ok. as I said Before, it works with firefox.

here is the code of the HTML:

<html>
<head>
<title>[ GRUPO INSIGNO ] + [ DISE&Ntilde;O GR&Aacute;FICO ]</title>

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
-->
</style>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" >
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}
//-->
</script>
<table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="300" height="400" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="intro.swf>
<param name=quality value=high><param name="LOOP" value="false">
<embed src="intro.swf" width="300" height="400" loop="false" align="middle" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

maybe you are right and there is a problem with the plugin.The fact is that when I right-click in the area where the movie should be, it displays:"the movie could not be loaded", so I donīt Know whatīs wrong here...

can you help me?
how do I solve this?

HelpAN00b

5:22 am on Dec 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



qualty=high is missing its quotes, but i dont think that is the problem.
Maybe your browser settings are configured poorly, seeing as this only malfunctions in IE.

You should also check that your shockwave plugin is up-to-date, as im not sure windows will ask you to install a new plugin if IE is not your default browser.

edwinvg

6:26 pm on Dec 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



The fact is that I have tested this site on various computers and always with the same results on explorer; as for the plug-in i have the latest version of it.

Could it be a cache problem?

whoisgregg

1:42 am on Dec 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



value="intro.swf>

Needs to be ->   value="intro.swf">

It works in FF and Moz because they get the filepath from the embed -- not the movie param. Every time I have inconsistency between IE and Mozilla it's because one place or the other the file name is screwed up. It's my "first place to look" for trouble. :)

edwinvg

4:17 am on Dec 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thank you VERy MUch!

tkaczma

6:20 am on Dec 21, 2004 (gmt 0)



I have similar problems when accessing [tvguide.com...] and trying to get a program description. The initial flash works fine, but when I select one of the programs the applet loads for a while and gives a "Please try again" error.

I also have a similar problem with an applet from www.discovercard.com.

Moreover, www.wetchicago.com doesn't load for me in Exploiter at all.

I suspect that it is an Exploiter setting/module on this particular computer, because I can reach it from others. I already reinstalled the Flash player several times, and synced the IE settings with a computer that works, but to no avail.

I don't have problems with any other plugin.

rocknbil

6:20 pm on Dec 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



You've said applet twice - are you talking about an applet or Flash? They are very different things (not to insult your intelligence.) If your problem is with a Java applet, try reinstalling or updating your Java run-time environment.

csturnbull

3:02 pm on Dec 24, 2004 (gmt 0)



Did anyone sort this problem? I have exactly the same thing. The kids want to view Habbo Hotel but can only do this with Firefox(perfect). I work with FF and would rather they used IE6. I have the latest plugin and have set security to low. Nothing. Been to the site and tested, Flash is OK Shockwave dead.
Tried to download and do the stand-alone installer and now it doesn't recognise my platform! I am using Windows 98SE. have the same setup in my workshop and that works fine.
Help appreciated
Cheers
Clive

whoisgregg

7:58 am on Jan 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



If you are having problems using Flash w/ internet explorer while viewing someone else's website, the best place to start would probably be the Macromedia Flash Support [macromedia.com] page. This is a webmaster forum so the solutions we have tend to require making changes to the website itself -- this is impossible to do if it's not your site. :(

If you are trying to diagnose a problem with a flash movie on your website, then please start a new thread with the specific problem and we will do our level best to help you.

edwinvg managed to start a thread that is very popular in the search engines for people having problems with flash and internet explorer. Search engine optimization is something you're supposed to do on your own site... ;)