Re: Why do I have to click on all of my flash components
before I

what version of dreamweaver are you using?

google eolas lawsuit activex

it's very old news.
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Without modification to the code...the component is there but it needs to be 
clicked on before I can navigate the site. Should Dreaweaver not know how to 
properly insert the code necessary allow the flash component to view properly? 
What am I missing?

 I have been able to find a work around to my problem but surely it is not what

everyone out there is doing. If so...Dreamweaver or Flash has a serious bug!

 I created a site a while back and everthing worked fine.  So I copied some 
code from that site to fix the new one. However even after copying the code I 
still have to modify it to make it work..(the modifcations are obvious.) This 
is suely not the way it is done all the time.

 I have three questions:
  1. Why did everything work fine with the first site with no modifications?
  2. Why do I have to copy the code to the other site after inserting the Flash

component?
  3. Why does dreamweaver not do it for me? (it did everything right the other 
time, but now it doen't even work in the previous site)

 I feel like I must have changed a setting somewwhere that I did not realize 
would effect this...Perhaps it is a Dreamwweaver thing.

 PLEASE HELP!

It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made several
years ago to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash, Quicktime 
etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.

http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-fla
sh-plugin/

Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas

See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/

If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2/CS3, the fix is already built into DW's
interface.

If not, try http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -

1.  Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2.  Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will not be spidered
3.  Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what will those users
do?
4.  DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?

It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...

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"South Beach" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message 
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> Without modification to the code...the component is there but it needs to 
> be
> clicked on before I can navigate the site. Should Dreaweaver not know how 
> to
> properly insert the code necessary allow the flash component to view 
> properly?
> What am I missing?
>
> I have been able to find a work around to my problem but surely it is not 
> what
> everyone out there is doing. If so...Dreamweaver or Flash has a serious 
> bug!
>
> I created a site a while back and everthing worked fine.  So I copied some
> code from that site to fix the new one. However even after copying the 
> code I
> still have to modify it to make it work..(the modifcations are obvious.) 
> This
> is suely not the way it is done all the time.
>
> I have three questions:
>  1. Why did everything work fine with the first site with no 
> modifications?
>  2. Why do I have to copy the code to the other site after inserting the 
> Flash
> component?
>  3. Why does dreamweaver not do it for me? (it did everything right the 
> other
> time, but now it doen't even work in the previous site)
>
> I feel like I must have changed a setting somewwhere that I did not 
> realize
> would effect this...Perhaps it is a Dreamwweaver thing.
>
> PLEASE HELP!
>