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macromedia players flash : inconsistent options on right click


noosachic
11/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Forgive my ignorance, BUT, I don't understand why sometimes in a Flash site on
right click I get 6 options - zoom, quality, print, show all, settings, about,
and other times just 2 options - settings and about. What determines the
options we have on right click and how I do/can I control that? I'd like to
have all 6 options each time I am viewing flash, but it can be different even
in the same website on different flash pages. Also, in programming flash sites,
how can I ensure the 6 options are available to viewers so they can zoom on a
page of mine?

Many thanks.
n1ckel
12/4/2006 6:04:26 PM
noosachic - This menu can be controlled several ways - you can even add custom
items to it. In the Flash authoring system you can use:
fscommand("showmenu", "false");
Stage.showMenu = false;

When embedding in HTML, you can add a <param> name as "menu" with a value of
"false" OR add the attribute menu=false to your <embed> tag (if you're using
the <embed> method)

When viewing other author's flash work, if they've used Stage or fscommand
methods you will never get the zoom, quality, etc. controls BUT if they use the
param/embed method with HTML, take the Flash object out of the page and you'll
get your full menus.
n1ckel
12/4/2006 6:16:28 PM
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