HTML = Invisible / SWF = White Box

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gpaai - 21 Jul 2008 15:02 GMT

This is really freakin' me out. Working on a simple movie that I want as a
simple introduction index page, I am having no problem getting it to work
offline.

Now the moment I load it on to the server I get one of two things. If I
published it HTML I get an invisible page, or if I publish it SWF I get a white
box.

As for the invisible page, when I right click over the area the movie should
be I still get the "About Flash 9" window.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Gary

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David Stiller - 21 Jul 2008 15:18 GMT

Gary,

> As for the invisible page, when I right click over the area
> the movie should be I still get the "About Flash 9" window.

It sounds like the HTML is correctly preparing the way for the SWF --
that is, it includes the <object>/<embed> tag combo, and/or the JavaScript
that writes those for you on the fly -- but the SWF file itself is either
missing or not in the place specified by your code.

David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Andrew Morton - 22 Jul 2008 10:42 GMT

> Now the moment I load it on to the server I get one of two things. If
> I published it HTML I get an invisible page, or if I publish it SWF I
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>
> Any thoughts?

Have you accidentally uploaded it using FTP text mode instead of binary
mode?

Andrew

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