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From: Phil D. on 24 Jan 2008 17:02 Does anyone know how to use ActiveX to make Flash 8 embedded movie controls work in Authorware? I have googled and have had no luck in finding a tutorial on this. Even the ActiveX showme was vague. I already have the shockwave flash object setup (the movie field) and I have the calc with the SetSpriteProperty and CallSprite functions enabled. What I don't understand is how to get the movie to show up as a flash 8 file (rather than a flash 6 file), including the video controls that are part of the flash 8 video player. Thanks for any and all assistance. Phil D.
From: Erik **Adobe Community Expert** on 24 Jan 2008 22:21 Of course, you can't use the Flash sprite because that won't support Flash 8 files, so you're using the Flash ActiveX - good! You can successfully load the SWF into the control and it shows in Authorware? But it doesn't show the movie controls? OR you can't get the SWF to show at all? Why do you think the movie is showing up 'as a flash 8 file rather than a flash 6 file'? Assuming the ultimate thing to show is an .flv, you may have created a Flash player to play that FLV, maybe using the standard FLV Player component. Since that .swf doesn't actually import the .flv, you have to ensure the SWF can find the FLV where it expects. Further, that SWF will also reference another SWF that actually contains the movie controls, so it has to be able to find that file as well. SO, there may be two SWFs and one FLV file that need to be found in order to play the whole thing correctly. Does that sound like your situation? I've not tried loading an FLV player and its default player controls into A'ware, but can give it a shot if that's the problem you're having. Erik Phil D. wrote: > Does anyone know how to use ActiveX to make Flash 8 embedded movie controls > work in Authorware? I have googled and have had no luck in finding a tutorial > on this. Even the ActiveX showme was vague. > > I already have the shockwave flash object setup (the movie field) and I have > the calc with the SetSpriteProperty and CallSprite functions enabled. What I > don't understand is how to get the movie to show up as a flash 8 file (rather > than a flash 6 file), including the video controls that are part of the flash 8 > video player. -- Erik Lord http://www.capemedia.net Adobe Community Expert - Authorware http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.awaretips.net - samples, tips, products, faqs, and links! *Search the A'ware newsgroup archives* http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.authorware
From: gantek on 25 Jan 2008 07:40 Phil, Try packaging the piece befor running it. You should find the controls work after the first click. - Steve Gannon GanTek Multimedia
From: Phil D. on 25 Jan 2008 09:52 Thanks for the help guys, Well, I've got the flash 8 format working. I believe that I was forgetting to republish it as version 8. I think the control functionality problem could be related to my flowline. There is a stop icon that allows the movie to play through before continuing. I guess I need to restructure my flowline. I may have to add a continue button. But I still have difficulty when publishing. My screen shows up blank at the point where the flash movies should be. I have a version of the flash 9 player installed. Any idea what the problem could be? (by the way, i'm publishing in .swf format) Thanks Phil D.
From: gantek on 25 Jan 2008 10:18
> My screen shows up blank at the point where the flash movies should be. Do you have the activex.x32 Xtra in your Xtras folder? Are you sure the path to the SWF is correct? - Steve Gannon GanTek Multimedia |