When my users try to access a page within our intranet that has flash on it,
they get this error:

"Macromedia Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation." (Full
error in link below).
Options are OK and Settings.

I found this TechNote on Macromedia's support page:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/13530cdd

However, when they click Settings, it doesn't open a window to change the
settings. I'm thinking it is because our desktop group doesn't allow us to
change much of our administrator settings. Any ideas on what I can do???

Tell them to stop using IE and start using Firefox.


Seriously, though, have they tried turning off their popup blockers? It
sounds like the player has either not been updated, or not been fulling
installed.

This is absolutely ridiculous. We develop courses here at the Department of
State and we have to test them locally before they go on a server. Our
development network *does not* have Internet access. Simply clicking on
Settings takes us nowhere. I am not going to every single computer in our
department adding every swf file used in every course to this "trust list."

No wonder the Department of Security has not approved the Flash Player beyond
version 6.

I know there information has been posted in tech notes, however, there is no
instruction on how to PERMANENTLY eliminate this dialog box on *every* single
computer on our network *without* the ability to connect to the Internet.

Macromedia, please help us!

Yes, I finally followed the instructions in the link I posted above. This
particular paragraph was helpful:

Developers
Author/Developers may be able to modify their content so that users don't need
to take any action. If your content does not access any local files, it can be
modified to interact with the network only. This can be done using the
standalone tool provided, called the Local Content Updater or by using
Macromedia Flash 8 to publish your SWF using the "Allow local file to access
the network" setting.

"DEVELOPERS
If your content must access both the local file system and the network, the
user must indicate that they trust the file. This can either be done
interactively through the settings manager, or by installing a trust file. For
existing content, the simplest approach will probably be to indicate that users
should use the settings manager to make a file (or directory) trusted. For new
content, an author might consider installing a trust file at the time when the
content is installed locally-that way the user is not required to take any
action. For the complete description of how to "trust" content or the Local
File Security please see, Security Changes in Flash Player 8."

We still use MX, so I used the Local Content Updater utlity to add network
privileges to the .swf file. I had to brush up on my DOS commands though. I
use Flash very infrequently. I'm definitely not a "code" writer, so this one
was a challenge for me! :)

What I don't understand is why the dialog boxes pop up when the SWF files are
published in earlier versions (like 6). If I only have MX, I don't even have
the capability to "take advantage" of the Version 7 security loophole.

I am looking into this command line utility. Regardless of its success, if I
publish a swf for an earlier version, then I should not have to go through
these extra steps to test my files locally. The Flash 8 player should be smart
enough to detect the published version of the content.

Perhaps I am too demanding. I have always wondered in what version people
have developed their material when looking at a particular site. The context
menu should not only say the current version, but the version of the generated
swf.

Chris.

This is the most ridiculous thing I've seen come from the Flash Developers. I am writing webservices on the backend for registration and nothing but problems with this.

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The answers ARE in this article:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/fplayer8_security.html

You can create a distributable trust file that eliminates the need for
the settings mgr..

Bentley Wolfe
Senior Support Engineer, Flash/Flash Player
*Macromedia, now a division of Adobe Systems