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midnight-runner · 02-02-2007, 13:08

Hi, i am currently designing a website using mainly photoshop and dreamweaver. Although i have created a flash banner, which is where my problem is. IE is restricting the active content, im not 100% sure what this means, but i think it has something to do with activeX?
I have to click the yellow bar at the top of the page, and click 'allow this page to access my computer'. It all looks how i want it after doing this, but obviously, it looks very amateur-ish to somebody visiting the site.

Is there a way i can prevent this? I could remove the flash banner, and just use an image, id be 'quite' happy with that, but when i tried it i still got this same 'error' about enabling content about my rollover images on the menu.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Also, does anybody know whether it is 'everybodys' computer that would show this in IE? or whether it is just a certain anti virus?

If its not possible any other way, i have been thinking about how i could create an intro page, asking to user to allow these restrictions at the intro, which will be much better than them doing it on the home page.

Thanks alot.

Keenen · 02-02-2007, 13:14

Google swfobject.js

emil · 02-02-2007, 13:23

It only happens when the site is run locally. Put it on a server, it should disappear

pgo · 02-02-2007, 13:53

Emil's right about the problem you're describing.

The reason is that it's looking for the active content on your computer's hard drive (happens with JavaScript, for example) and IE isn't smart enough to know that it's not a website trying to access files on your hard drive (which websites won't do, normally).

Keenen's right that you should be using something like SWFObject to embed Flash (if you aren't already).

midnight-runner · 02-02-2007, 16:14

Thanks for the replies.
Ill try uploading it and see if it dissapears. Sounds positive that it will.

I basically just imported the flash (its a .swf) into dreamweaver, and everything seems ok except the thing i mentioned above.
Could anyone explain quickly what this SWFObject does? what difference it makes? Im reading about it now, its the first time ive heard of it, and is a bit hard to grasp.

Thanks

Keenen · 02-02-2007, 16:18

Keep reading it once you've used it onced you'll wonder what you worried about.

wavereel · 03-02-2007, 15:17

usually shouldn't be a problem when deploying it to the server, IE just does that when you're doing it on your computer at home.

02-02-2007, 13:08	#1 (permalink)
midnight-runner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	Active content blocked. Please help. Hi, i am currently designing a website using mainly photoshop and dreamweaver. Although i have created a flash banner, which is where my problem is. IE is restricting the active content, im not 100% sure what this means, but i think it has something to do with activeX? I have to click the yellow bar at the top of the page, and click 'allow this page to access my computer'. It all looks how i want it after doing this, but obviously, it looks very amateur-ish to somebody visiting the site. Is there a way i can prevent this? I could remove the flash banner, and just use an image, id be 'quite' happy with that, but when i tried it i still got this same 'error' about enabling content about my rollover images on the menu. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also, does anybody know whether it is 'everybodys' computer that would show this in IE? or whether it is just a certain anti virus? If its not possible any other way, i have been thinking about how i could create an intro page, asking to user to allow these restrictions at the intro, which will be much better than them doing it on the home page. Thanks alot.

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,493	It only happens when the site is run locally. Put it on a server, it should disappear __________________ SECURITY Q X R

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02-02-2007, 13:14	#2 (permalink)
Keenen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 166	Google swfobject.js

02-02-2007, 13:53	#4 (permalink)
pgo i'm done, son Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,262	Emil's right about the problem you're describing. The reason is that it's looking for the active content on your computer's hard drive (happens with JavaScript, for example) and IE isn't smart enough to know that it's not a website trying to access files on your hard drive (which websites won't do, normally). Keenen's right that you should be using something like SWFObject to embed Flash (if you aren't already).

02-02-2007, 16:14	#5 (permalink)
midnight-runner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	Thanks for the replies. Ill try uploading it and see if it dissapears. Sounds positive that it will. I basically just imported the flash (its a .swf) into dreamweaver, and everything seems ok except the thing i mentioned above. Could anyone explain quickly what this SWFObject does? what difference it makes? Im reading about it now, its the first time ive heard of it, and is a bit hard to grasp. Thanks

02-02-2007, 16:18	#6 (permalink)
Keenen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 166	Keep reading it once you've used it onced you'll wonder what you worried about.

03-02-2007, 15:17	#7 (permalink)
wavereel Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 16	usually shouldn't be a problem when deploying it to the server, IE just does that when you're doing it on your computer at home.

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