Comments on: load flash .swf in hidden div http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/04/14/load-flash-swf-in-hidden-div/ about web development Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/04/14/load-flash-swf-in-hidden-div/comment-page-1/#comment-14405 Dave Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:00:42 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=526#comment-14405 I was looking for a way to display a loading animated gif in the position on the page where the flash movie will load and play. (a flash movie that is not open source and has no preloader element). My aim was to hide the flash while loading the swf then bring it back in when the flash movie triggers its onReady type event. I had tried the display:none first and has th same problem as mentioned above. So I tried your suggestion. It owrked, except there is an unfortunate side effect to either hiding or setting the size to 1px, in that if a user has a browser with a Flashblock plugin, they will not see the play button that Flashblock provides that allows the user to allow the particular flash movie to play. This can lead to a situation where the movie never plays, there is no way to get it to play, and the website visitor can end up thinking the site is broken. I was looking for a way to display a loading animated gif in the position on the page where the flash movie will load and play. (a flash movie that is not open source and has no preloader element).

My aim was to hide the flash while loading the swf then bring it back in when the flash movie triggers its onReady type event.

I had tried the display:none first and has th same problem as mentioned above. So I tried your suggestion.

It owrked, except there is an unfortunate side effect to either hiding or setting the size to 1px, in that if a user has a browser with a Flashblock plugin, they will not see the play button that Flashblock provides that allows the user to allow the particular flash movie to play. This can lead to a situation where the movie never plays, there is no way to get it to play, and the website visitor can end up thinking the site is broken.

]]> By: jomel http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/04/14/load-flash-swf-in-hidden-div/comment-page-1/#comment-14228 jomel Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:50:58 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=526#comment-14228 Great help. Thanks! Great help. Thanks!

]]> By: Yoosaf http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/04/14/load-flash-swf-in-hidden-div/comment-page-1/#comment-14159 Yoosaf Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:11:25 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=526#comment-14159 Thanks a lot for the '1px' update Sir. It saved my day. Thanks a lot for the ’1px’ update Sir. It saved my day.

]]> By: stoimen http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/04/14/load-flash-swf-in-hidden-div/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 stoimen Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:28:17 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=526#comment-1124 Actually I noticed some problems with 0px height and width. Sometimes the flash needs any value but non-zero. So the simple solution is to put 1px for both height and width. Greetings Actually I noticed some problems with 0px height and width. Sometimes the flash needs any value but non-zero. So the simple solution is to put 1px for both height and width.

Greetings

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