Comments on: Adding Flash Files to a Webpage in Dreamweaver

By: Terry Armstrong

Terry Armstrong — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:27:41 +0000

Help! I have a Dreamweaver Index page (CS4) with a Flash Header. The flash file (swf CS3) worked fine when it had no action scripting, but as soon as I added Action Scripting, now it will not play when placed in Dreamweaver. It plays fine in Flash and on its own.

What is the problem?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:18:50 +0000

Just wondered if you have herd of this problem….

I have created a cs3 dreamweaver index page, with i have placed my swf. Within my swf it calls an flv.
Now this all works locally and when I preview it in dreamweaver.
But when I put the entire site, the swf plays but the flv in side it does not.
I have tryed a few things like creating cross domain files etc and flash settings for allowing the domain to see such folder. But nothing will get me past this point.
I have downloaded something called firebug add on in firefox Which tells me the flv file is not there at all. But I double checked and the file is put on the remote folder with everything else.

the site is… http://www.mandytess.co.uk

By: Bobs

Bobs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:11:23 +0000

I am having the same “No Scripts folder” problem in CS4. I am unable to locate the “Active Content” options in the Code Rewriting section – actually in the Preferences at all. Has anyone found a solution to this problem for CS4 users? I have even uninstalled and reinstalled the software and called adobe – to no avail.

By: Dixon

Dixon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:21:10 +0000

“Not creating Scripts folder” problem
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Had that “not creating Scripts folder” problem as some people above. After hours of research, which brought me here, I discovered the problem is caused by having Active Content disabled in the preferences.
To fix, go to “Preferences” ==> “Code Rewriting” ==> “Active Content”
Check the two checkboxes for Active Content, save the change, and Scripts folder + contents now created as described above.
Problem is possibly caused by third-party extension like f-source menus. (see info at “http://f-source.com/before_insert” re menu which requires Active Content turned off)

By: kiranprakash.ch

kiranprakash.ch — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:56:39 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions and tips for these swf file issues… i am getting on prblm i inserted one swf file into the table td bt its playing only in internet explorar bt nt in firefox,,,,,,i can unstand where can i mistake

By: Luna

Luna — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:20:11 +0000

I have this flv file with great quality but when I put it in dreamweaver, without constraining sizes, the quality isn’t very good. I tried to change the settings in html from low to best quality but that also didn’t show any noticeable difference. Can anyone please suggest me solutions?

By: Piers Gabler

Piers Gabler — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:28:58 +0000

My site was all working perfectly, the only problem I had was that my slides were not showing in the slideshow when uploaded to the remote server. I searched through the internet for a long time to solve this. There were so many different suggestions, most of which didnt work for me, but the information here solved it instantly. It wasnt about code or div tags or any other such technical aspect, it was just about uploading my scripts folder to my root folder on the server.
Thanks so much for the low down on this. I have noticed that this site has saved my bacon twice now. Great stuff.

By: Ashli

Ashli — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:02:40 +0000

I’m having a somewhat different problem.

I made a photo gallery in Photoshop by going File>Scripts>then choosing my viewer. Then I inserted it into Dreamweaver using the Insert>Media>SWF in CS4. The viewer buttons of the gallery show up in dw and when I preview in browser, but NONE of my pictures are there.

Does anyone know how to solve this? I’ve spent way too many hours on this!!

By: Rachel G

Rachel G — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:08:33 +0000

My problem is a little different: The swf plays perfectly fine on my server but when I embed in my dreamweaver, it is not dynamic (i.e., you cannot click on any of the buttons within the swf). What am I doing wrong? Very frustrating.

By: Luis

Luis — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:49:54 +0000

ANSWER:

I had the same problem. Just make sure that your “index.html” file is in the same folder as your “swf” file.

By: suzieq

suzieq — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:00:28 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions and tips for these swf file issues…nice to know I’m not the only one spending days banging my head against the wall!!
The editable region and ../ seems to have worked, but I still get a white box to the dimensions of the swf file in IE instead of the actual file, and it asks me to update my Flash version every time, even though I have already done so (several times!) Any ideas..?

By: Kelly H

Kelly H — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:09:19 +0000

I found a fix!!! As mentioned in an earlier comment, the key is using a library item. You then have to link to it in each individual file, but it does work!

I used an editable region in my template, then went into each child of that template and linked the flash file located in my library. Wa la . . . it FINALLY works!!!