jtolbert wrote:

> Big problem.
>
> We currently develop in Flash 7, but are viewing the applications on Flash 8
> player.
> ( We are trying to appropriate Flash 8 and use it, but it is taking a while
> because of beaurocracy.)
>
> Flash 8 player has all sorts of new security settings, one such being that it
> will not allow communication from the .swf file
> to the .html file in which it is embedded through the use of getURL or
> fscommand. If we had Flash 8, we could mitigate
> this problem by selecting the appropriate settings upon publication, and even
> changing allowScriptAccess to "always"
> in the .html file. But since we have Flash 7, we do not have the appropriate
> settings to select, and changing
> allowScriptAccess to "always" has no effect whatsoever.
>
> The dialog box that appears and tells us of the security threat offers us a
> link to macromedia.com to change the
> appropriate setting, but the problem us that all of our products, being
> e-learning modules for a specific client, exist
> either on an intranet or are viewed locally from a CD, and do NOT have access
> to the Internet where macromedia.com
> can be accessed.
>
> It will be a while until we get Flash 8, but even then, and even if all of our
> customers get Flash 8 player, it seems that
> all of our old content must be re-published with the new settings. This is a
> lot of lost time and money that a simple
> Flash 8 player fix could solve very efficiently. Do we need this security
> setting? Since when was it a problem for a .swf file
> to communicate with its own .html file? Shouldn't this channel of
> communication be on by default?
>
> How do we fix this if we use Flash 8 player, develop in only Flash 7 and have
> no access to the Internet?