Swfobject not installing

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i tried installing swfobject, downloaded the v2.2 express install, took down my firewall, changed my flash settings to allow it to connect to fpdownload.macromedia.com, and ran the installer on my windows 7 64 machine in firefox, IE, and directly in flash, and nothing happens, just an empty browser window. in firefox it says its transferring data from fpdownload.macromedia.com, but when i click on a different tab and come back it says its done, but nothing happened.

v1.2 is available without an express installer, but it doesn’t seem to be working for me either, but i might be doing something wrong, im just typing in the swf file name and clicking generate, copying and pasting the code into an html document in the same folder and running it, i dont know what else to do.

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I’m not sure what fpdownload.macromedia.com is but it appears to be down currently. + I have found some references to it having been down since 2006.

The good news is as far as I know it has nothing to do with swfObject. :slight_smile:

Add this to the <head> section of your web page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
 var flashvars = {};
 var params = {};
 params.menu = "false";
 params.wmode = "transparent";
 var attributes = {};
 swfobject.embedSWF("fl/movie.swf", "flashcontent", "550", "400", "9.0.0","fl/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

Then you need a division to hold the flash content. Place this where you want the flash to appear.

<div id="flashcontent"></div>

Just make sure the path(s) to the JavaScript file, the .swf file you are embedding and the expressinstall.swf file that is included are correct. :slight_smile:

Hope it helps. :slight_smile:

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i have to embed the expressinstall file on the same page that i embed the flash content in? i was expecting to run the expressinstall file, and then end up with some type of interface like the version 1 file i downloaded.

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The expressinstall.swf is a means for users without the latest flash player installed to download/install it.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/253/6a253b75.html

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well i guess i have to study JavaScript before i can even use this, i kind of skimmed through JavaScript and didn’t pay close attention because i figured flash could do everything JavaScript could. but this is the number 1 embedding software that every1 recommends, and i hear it does things like stretch the flash raster to accommodating the window size, which im very interested in. but im not following the documentation well enough so im off to find some JavaScript tutorials to hopefully make it more clear.

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Everything you need to get this working (minus the .js file) is in post #2.

Off Topic:

I also figured out what fpdownload.macromedia.com is. It’s where you used to be able to download the Flash Player when Macromedia owned the company. Now that Adobe owns it it is fpdownload.adobe.com. :slight_smile: I’m a little slow at times. :wink: