Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
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This section provides a tutorial example on how IE 8 renders Flash files specified in the 'data' attribute of an 'object' element.
To see how IE handles the Flash provided in the "data" attribute of an "object" element, I opened object_swf.html created in the previous section with IE 8, and got a warning message first, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer. Click here for options..." in the information bar.
I clicked the warning message and selected the "Allow Blocked Content..." option. The "Security Warning" dialog box showed up saying: "Allowing active content such as script and ActiveX controls can be useful. However, active content might also harm your computer. - Are you sure you want to let this file run active content?"
I clicked the "Yes" button. Flash Player ActiveX got executed and I saw and saw an animation running in test 2 section only:
What I learned from the result:
However, when I uploaded object_swf.html to my Apache Web server and open it remotely, IE 8 gave me identical result without any warning messages!
So what is the difference between opening object_wsf.html as a local file and as a remote Web page? Why IE behaves differently? I have no idea.
Comparing with Firefox 3, IE 8 behaves poorly on playing Flash files provided in "object" elements. "object" element with "data" attribute and without "type" attribute can make IE 8 play Flash files correctly.
Table of Contents
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE
Using "object" Elements for Flash Files
Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files
"mp3player" - MP3 Music Player
SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript
SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools
SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files
ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script
AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler
SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams
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Outdated: Installing Adobe Flash Player 13 for Firefox 26
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Outdated: Verifying Adobe Flash Player 10 Installation for Firefox 3
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Outdated: Verifying Adobe Flash Player Installation for IE 8
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