this seems to happen with vista, and other computers that have high security settings.

when i export the movie should i change the settings to a lesser flash player?
- change the security to "access network files only"?

is there a script i can put on my page that will verify my flash?

this is also happening with rollovers that i created with dreamweaver MX.

I would imagine that if the user has their security settings on high, there is little you can do about that. Also, in general, I think it is also advisable to save your flash movies one version less than the latest for those who don't have the latest.

Finally, I also think it is a good idea to first verify if the user's browser has flash (or the version you want to run, though this isn't good from a usability standpoint). If not, then you send them to a page that tells them they need flash to proceed.

I hope these help.

done and done

my "blockage" is reduced to vista users with high security settings at this point.

there has to be another way to fix this. a preload of some sorts perhaps.

Again, I don't think you have much control over a user's security settings. That's just the way it is.

Unfortunately, only the computer-savvy users will know enough about resetting their security levels/allow the flash movie to play from the option button that shows at the top of the browser. If they aren't going to be the majority of your users, then you might want to develop an alternative to the flash movie, just in case.

There might be something on google, but I doubt it. I bet there are tons of forums devoted to discussing this very topic.

@my2cents

It is correct for computer-savvy to reset Flash player security setting allowing it playing the Flash movie.

Correct advisable for those Flash developers to save flash movie one version lower than the latest for those who are not update Flash player or Windows Vista software installed---remained Windows XP.

Suggest to code the Flash detection on the HTML page to detect whether the user has latest version or older version switching the proper Flash movie displaying. Example at below:

If user has the latest version
then play latest Flash movie displaying;
else
if user has older version
then play older version Flash movie displaying;
else
if user does not have either version
then prompt warning dialog to request to download the Flash player
else
if user refuse accept downloading the flash player
then switch to static HTML page (non-Flash).

Hi all,

Here's the fix:

goto

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.zip


unzip the file and copy the Javascript file to the location of your HTML file then;


Open the Html file with Wordpad Right click the HTML file, select Open with and select wordpad)

Just after this line: "<! --saved from url = (0013) about: internet -->


Copy and paste this:

<div id="flashcontent">
<strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player</strong>
This is replaced by the Flash content.
Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with
Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out <code>noscript</code>
tags. Include a link to <a href="swfobject.html?detectflash=false">bypass the detection</a> if you wish.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[

var so = new SWFObject("Filename.swf", "filename", "300", "300", "8", "#FF6600";

so.write("flashcontent";

// ]]>
</script>


Where Filename = name of flash file

filename = anyname u like

300 and 300 are dimensions of your flash file

8 = version of flash you want to access it

FF6600 = background colour of Flash document


Of course you know that :

"flashcontent" can be changed to any name you like but must be the same with the name in the div tag.

I wish you the best.

Tell us wether it worked o.