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FLASH FIX - get rid of the CLICK TO ACTIVATE in IE

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Samrc:
IE 6 and 7.  Not so needed for IE 8!
Please visit this page for a quick EASY fix to get rid of the dreaded Click to Activate the FLASH notice.    Simple line of code is placed on each page with flash, then upload the .js file to your site (to home directory).


--- Quote ---When I hover my mouse over my Flash animations, why do I see the message "click to activate and use this control"?

Due to a legal ruling involving Microsoft, it has changed the way Internet Explorer displays Flash movies. Visitors to your site now have to click the Flash animation to make play it.

If this is not acceptable, there is a workaround.

1) Below the last <object> in your HTML page, insert the following line of Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript" src="ieupdate.js"></script>

2) Download a Javascript file from here.

3) Upload the file to the root of your website space (i.e. the first directory in your website structure) and make sure it is called ieupdate.js.

The message should no longer appear.

You can place the line of code (in step 2) in any pages on your website that have Flash animations. There is only need for the one ieupdate.js file.

Further reading
If you wish to find out more, here are some links that may be of assistance.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/


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Ed:
Cool  8). Much smaller than the one I have been using up tp now.

 :thankyousign:

Bighousedaddy:
Thank you sami... Yes I use a lot of flash.... and this fix will be a big help.  I did not know there was a problem.  Again thanx.

Ed:
I used this fix today but the strangest thing happens and wonder if anyone has had the same problem and knows what is causing it. What happens is: The page loads with the flash following as normal with the border around the flash (the border is visible if you move your mouse pointer over the flash before the page is completely loaded). Then as soon as the Done appears in IE7's status bar, the flash reloads without the border. I don't know why it reloads and am wondering if this is normal. Maybe someone knows if there is another fix that only loads the flash once without a border.

Ed:
I finally found the solution to the problem. One has to understand the problem before finding the solution and of course I was putting the cart before the horse. :agree:

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