netscape-flash problem

[tanotaylor]

hello there,
i can't find a solution for -open new window- ( with flash content )
in netscape navigator and it's really annoying...Any Help Would Be Appreciated :)

So, i have my index.html and inside a link to my flash.swf to open it in a new window (800x600,not resizable,no toolbars). It's working fine with IE, but Netscape opens it as a text file and what i get is a new 800x600 window with binary code inside :(

i guess it's just a simple trick to solve that?!
thanks
t.

(using Netscape7)

[tanotaylor]

sorry, that line goes like:

<a href="" target="_blank"><A HREF="" onClick="window.open('index.swf', 'newWnd', 'width=800,height=600'); return false;">

[korkus2000]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld tanotaylor,

Are you sure you have the flash plugin installed for your version of netscape.

[tanotaylor]

korkus,

yes, flash6 player comes with Netscape7 install and when i play that html locally it works fine, but when i put it on a server...

thanks,
t.

[jdMorgan]

tanotaylor,

Make sure the MIME types for your .swf files are set up properly on your server... Explorer usually ignores MIME types and interprets the file extension (.swf) to activate the proper player. Netscape uses the MIME types, as it should.

Jim

[dhdweb]

If you are on a free host, a lot of them don't have the mime types set up for flash.

Are you linking to the .swf file directly? Or is it embeded into an html file?

If you are linking to the .swf file directly as it seems by your code, that is your problem!

You must put the .swf into an html page with <object> & <embed> tags.

Use the publish feature in flash to create an html doc with the correct tags.

dhdweb