I have a FlashBuilder project for which I want to set the displayed size (in browser) only via the html file. I don't want to hardcode the size of the swf in the flash code.
Also I need to provide several parameters with flash vars.
My html is a modified version of the standard html code generated by FlashBuilder. I try to set the size of the swf in JavaScript and using a container div. So I have the following html code to display the swf:
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
html, body {
height:100%;
}
body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
overflow:auto;
text-align:center;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
object:focus {
outline:none;
}
#flashContent {
display:none;
}
</style>
<!-- Enable Browser History by replacing useBrowserHistory tokens
with two hyphens -->
<!-- BEGIN Browser History required section -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="history/history.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="history/history.js"></script>
<!-- END Browser History required section -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var swfVersionStr = "11.1.0";
// To use express install, set to playerProductInstall.swf, otherwise the empty string.
var xiSwfUrlStr = "playerProductInstall.swf";
var flashvars = {};
var params = {};
var attributes = {};
flashvars.json = "some json file.json";
flashvars.width = "900";
flashvars.height = "480";
params.quality = "high";
params.bgcolor = "#ffffff";
params.allowscriptaccess = "sameDomain";
params.allowfullscreen = "true";
params.wmode = "direct";
attributes.id = "Main";
attributes.name = "Main";
attributes.align = "left";
swfobject.embedSWF("Main.swf", "flashContent", "100%", "100%",
swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr,
flashvars, params, attributes);
// JavaScript enabled so display the flashContent div in case it is not replaced with a swf object.
swfobject.createCSS("#flashContent", "display:block;text-align:left");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="display:block;text-align:left;width:900px; height:480px; position:absolute; top:50px; left:100px">
<div id="flashContent">
<p>To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.0 or greater
is installed.</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageHost = ((document.location.protocol == "https:") ? "https://" : "http://");
document.write("<a href='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer'><img src='" + pageHost + "www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif' alt='Get Adobe Flash player' /></a>");
</script>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
And the following in my flash main method:
public function Main(){
swfWidth = LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters.width;
swfHeight = LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters.height;
swfFrameRate = LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters.framerate;
json = LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters.json;
loadJsonFile(json);
stage.frameRate = swfFrameRate;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
view = new View3D();
view.width = swfWidth;
view.height = swfHeight;
camera = view.camera;
cameraController = new HoverController(camera, null, 150, 10, 10);
this.addChild(view);
}
However, when I open this in browser the displayed size does not match the size given in the hmtl (with the above code it results in about 700x430 px).
What am I doing wrong?
Finally, I managed to fix it.
The problem was the Main.html and index.template.html created by Flashbuilder (and wich is not easy to revise, as it is very complex and more detailed than actually needed.
I created a new .html file with the help of this generator:
http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.html
.. and now the stage is set as provided by the flashVars.
This is how my Main looks like now:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.registerObject("Main", "11.0.0", "expressInstall.swf");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="850" height="480" id="Main">
<param name="movie" value="Main.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="best" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="salign" value="tl" />
<param name="wmode" value="direct" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#cccccc" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="allownetworking" value="all" />
<param name="flashvars" value="json=../somejsonFile.json&width=850&height=480&framerate=60" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Main.swf" width="850" height="480">
<param name="quality" value="best" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="salign" value="tl" />
<param name="wmode" value="direct" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#cccccc" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="allownetworking" value="all" />
<param name="flashvars" value="json=../somejsonFilejson&width=850&height=480&framerate=60" />
<!--<![endif]-->
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
</div>
</body>
</html>
So my basic understanding was that the <noscript> tag was used to display content if the user has scripting disabled, especially useful when there is no flash player.
So I am trying to figure out why in some code that was sent to me, that they have an <object> tag inside of the <noscript> tag...
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" width="785" height="525" id="home" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="home.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="home.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="785" height="525" name="home" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="https://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</noscript>
Second part to my question is, can you put an image map in place of the flash player if scripting or flash has been disabled...
need to put an image map with two area coords:
<area shape="rect" coords="175,196,372,250"> <area shape="rect" coords="417,197,616,249">
The noscript element is designed to let you give alternate content (text) to users who have Javascript disabled.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert("Hello, world!");
</script>
<noscript>You have Javascript disabled.</noscript>
</body>
</html>
To provide alternate content for Flash, display the Flash using an object element, then embed another object element within it that contains the picture, like so:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab# version=6,0,40,0"
width="800" height="600">
<param name="movie" value="home.swf">
<object data="somePicture.png" type="image/png"></object>
</object>
</body>
</html>
I am trying to put a 1024x168 flash video(swf) in a web page and but the video is getting clipped, I wish to have scroll bar appear whenever it overflows. Below is my code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
test
</head>
<body>
<div style="overflow: auto;">
<object id="M97012085" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="100%" height="100%" style="overflow: auto; align:middle;" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0">
<param name="movie" value="path_to_swf" />
<param name="loop" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="play" value="false" />
<embed bgcolor="#ffffff" align="middle" name="M97012085 loop="false" src="path_to_swf" width="100%" height="100%" style="overflow: auto; align:middle;" play="false" wmode="transparent" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Please advice how can I have the scrollbars appear when video overflows ?
I think by setting the height and width to 100% on your object you are telling it to fill up the whole div, which is why you don't get scrollbars.
Try setting the actual dimensions for the height and width and then when a video's dimensions are larger then the div you should see the scrollbars.
I'm trying to position my Flex app so that its in the bottom 40% vertically, and the left 70% horizontally. This is how I define the flash section in CSS:
#flashContent { display:none;position:absolute; top:60%;width:70%;height:40%;}
Here is the HTML:
<div id="flashContent">
<p>
To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version
10.0.0 or greater is installed.
</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageHost = ((document.location.protocol == "https:") ? "https://" : "http://");
document.write("<a href='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer'><img src='"
+ pageHost + "www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif' alt='Get Adobe Flash player' /></a>" );
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="434" height="100%" id=app name>
<param name="movie" value=link_to_the_file />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data=link_to_the_file width="434" height="100%">
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<!--<![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 6]>-->
<p>
Either scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version
10.0.0 or greater is not installed.
</p>
<!--<![endif]-->
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash Player" />
</a>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
</noscript>
</div>
But it's still just appearing in the top-left corner. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for reading.
Please don't use the values in percentage in flex. If you want to put your stuff in centre, then we have horizontalAlign and for vertically, we have verticalAlign properties.
Specify left, top, bottom and right in numbers only,
How do you embed a SWF file in an HTML page?
The best approach to embed a SWF into an HTML page is to use SWFObject.
It is a simple open-source JavaScript library that is easy-to-use and standards-friendly method to embed Flash content.
It also offers Flash player version detection. If the user does not have the version of Flash required or has JavaScript disabled, they will see an alternate content. You can also use this library to trigger a Flash player upgrade. Once the user has upgraded, they will be redirected back to the page.
An example from the documentation:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>SWFObject dynamic embed - step 3</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.embedSWF("myContent.swf", "myContent", "300", "120", "9.0.0");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="myContent">
<p>Alternative content</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
A good tool to use along with this is the SWFObject HTML and JavaScript generator. It basically generates the HTML and JavaScript you need to embed the Flash using SWFObject. Comes with a very simple UI for you to input your parameters.
It Is highly recommended and very simple to use.
<object width="100" height="100">
<param name="movie" value="file.swf">
<embed src="file.swf" width="100" height="100">
</embed>
</object>
How about simple HTML5 tag embed?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<embed src="anim.swf">
</body>
</html>
This is suitable for application from root environment.
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/dir/application.swf"
id="applicationID" style="margin:0 10px;width:auto;height:auto;">
<param name="movie" value="/dir/application.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <!-- Or opaque, etc. -->
<!-- ↓ Required paramter or not, depends on application -->
<param name="FlashVars" value="" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
</object>
Additional parameters should be/can be added which depends on .swf it self. No embed, just object and parameters within, so, it remains valid, working and usable everywhere, it doesn't matter which !DOCTYPE is all about. :)
If you are using one of those js libraries to insert Flash, I suggest adding plain object embed tag inside of <noscript/>.
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/VhtIydTmOVU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"
style="width:640px;height:480px;margin:10px 36px;">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VhtIydTmOVU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
</object>
I use http://wiltgen.net/objecty/, it helps to embed media content and avoid the IE "click to activate" problem.
As mentioned SWF Object is great. UFO is worth a look as well
This one will work, I am sure!
<embed src="application.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getfashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="690" height="430">
What is the 'best' way? Words like 'most efficient,' 'fastest rendering,' etc. are more specific. Anyway, I am offering an alternative answer that helps me most of the time (whether or not is 'best' is irrelevant).
Alternate answer: Use an iframe.
That is, host the SWF file on the server. If you put the SWF file in the root or public_html folder then the SWF file will be located at www.YourDomain.com/YourFlashFile.swf.
Then, on your index.html or wherever, link the above location to your iframe and it will be displayed around your content wherever you put your iframe. If you can put an iframe there, you can put an SWF file there. Make the iframe dimensions the same as your SWF file. In the example below, the SWF file is 500 by 500.
Pseudo code:
<iframe src="//www.YourDomain.com/YourFlashFile.swf" width="500" height="500"></iframe>
The line of HTML code above will embed your SWF file. No other mess needed.
Pros: W3C compliant, page design friendly, no speed issue, minimalist approach.
Cons: White space around your SWF file when launched in a browser.
That is an alternate answer. Whether it is the 'best' answer depends on your project.
I know this is an old question. But this answer will be good for the present.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>histo2</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
html, body { height:100%; background-color: #ffff99;}
body { margin:0; padding:0; overflow:hidden; }
#flashContent { width:100%; height:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="flashContent">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="histo2.swf" width="822" height="550" id="histo2" style="float: none; vertical-align:middle">
<param name="movie" value="histo2.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffff99" />
<param name="play" value="true" />
<param name="loop" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="window" />
<param name="scale" value="showall" />
<param name="menu" value="true" />
<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
<param name="salign" value="" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
</object>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Thi works on IE, Edge, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="movie.swf" width="720" height="480">
<param name="movie" value="movie.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
<param name="play" value="true" />
<param name="loop" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="window" />
<param name="scale" value="showall" />
<param name="menu" value="true" />
<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
<param name="salign" value="" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
</object>
This worked for me:
<a target="_blank" href="{{ entity.link }}">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="{{ entity.file.path }}?clickTAG={{ entity.link }}" width="120" height="600" style="visibility: visible;">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="play" value="true">
<param name="LOOP" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="true">
</object>
</a>
Use the <embed> element:
<embed src="file.swf" width="854" height="480"></embed>
You can use JavaScript if you're familiar with, like that:
swfobject.embedSWF("filename.swf", "Title", "width", "height", "9.0.0");
--the 9.0.0 is the flash version.
Or you can use the <object> tag of HTML5.