percephonie,

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Look in your local folder that has your HTML and/or SWF file(s). You'll
find AC_RunActiveContent.js, which is a JavaScript file that keeps Internet
Explorer from doing its annoying "click to activate this ActiveX control"
message. Upload that file too, and you should be fine.


David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

I've nearly finished building my website in flash and tried to upload it to a
server using FTP but when I try to check the website nothing appears appart
from this message: This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.

I'm a newbie at Flash and have no idea what this means! Could someone tell me
how I can fix it please? Thanx in advance!

larry cat,

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Strictly speaking, Flash isn't the one dependent on this file; given the
way the HTML document is written, it's the HTML document that needs it. The
sole purpose of the JavaScript, in this case, is to write out the OBJECT
and/or EMBED tag structure as normal, except dynamically ... and that's what
keeps Internet Explorer from displaying the activation message.

As a backup plan, additional HTML code can be put into a NOSCRIPT tag
for people who don't have JavaScript enabled. That additional code can even
be the traditional OBJECT/EMBED tag combo, which means that Flash will
continue to show even for people with JavaScript disabled -- it's just that
those people, if using IE, will then have to click to activate.

Flash and Dreamweaver both write out their HTML in the manner described
above -- at least, I'm 90% sure of that -- so there may be something else
going on percephonie's case. As a personal preference, I happen use Geoff
Stearns' SWFObject instead of the built-in Adobe solution.

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


David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

percephonie,

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Most servers are configured to expect a handful of default HTML document
names typically index.html, index.htm, default.html, and default.htm. If
none of your files is named the same as the files configured for your
server, you have to actually type the file name as part of your URL. For
example ...

http://www.domain.com/myFlashMovie.html

Makes sense, too, if you think about it. Your folder on the server may
have dozens of files in it. If the URL simply refers to that folder, which
file should the server display?


David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."