Article: Q265033
Product(s): Word Front Page
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Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to insert a Macromedia Flash movie into a Microsoft FrontPage
web, the movie may not function as expected.
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
1. Save your Flash production as a movie file in the My Documents folder.
NOTE: You must save your Flash movie file with the .swf extension.
2. Start FrontPage.
3. On the File menu, click Open Web.
4. In the Open Web dialog box, select the web that you want, and then click
Open.
5. On the File menu, click Import.
6. In the Import dialog box, click Add File.
7. In the "Add File to Import List" dialog box, select the Flash movie file that
you saved in step 1, and then click Open.
Notice that this file appears in the Import dialog box.
8. Click OK.
Notice that this file appears in the Folder list.
9. Select the page of your FrontPage web into which you want to insert the Flash
movie, and then click where you want to insert the Flash movie.
10. Do one of the following:
- In FrontPage 2002, click Web Component on the Insert menu. In the
Component type list, select Advanced Controls. in the Choose a control
list, select Plug-In. Click Finish.
-or-
- In FrontPage 2000, point to Advanced on the Insert menu, and then click
Plug-In.
11. In the Plug-In Properties dialog box, click Browse.
12. In the "Select Plug-In Data Source" dialog box, select the Flash movie that
you imported into the web, and then click OK.
13. In the Plug-In Properties dialog box, in the Height box, type the height of
your Flash movie. In the Width box, type the width of your movie, and then
click OK.
14. On the File menu, click Preview in Browser.
Notice that your Flash movie plays on the page that you preview.
MORE INFORMATION
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If you want FrontPage to check for the Flash plug-in and, if is not present, to
go to the Macromedia.com Web site and download it, insert the following code
between the <BODY></BODY> tags:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function checkForShockwave()
{
navigator.plugins.refresh();
if ( navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] )
parent.location.reload();
else
setTimeout( "checkForShockwave()", 1000 );
}
var ShockMode = 0;
var OldVersionOfPlugin = 0;
if (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin)
{
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
ShockMode = 1;
else
OldVersionOfPlugin = 1;
}
if (!ShockMode &&
navigator.appName &&
navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") != - 1 &&
navigator.appVersion.indexOf("4.") != - 1 &&
navigator.javaEnabled() &&
netscape.softupdate.Trigger.UpdateEnabled() &&
document.cookie.indexOf("StartedShockwaveInstall") == -1)
{
var jarPath = new String("");
if (navigator.platform.indexOf("Win32") >= 0 )
jarPath = "http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/jars/english/silentflash32.jar"
else if (navigator.platform.indexOf("Win16") >= 0 )
jarPath = "http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/jars/english/silentflash16.jar"
else if (navigator.platform.indexOf("MacPPC") >= 0 )
jarPath = "http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/jars/english/silentflashppc.jar"
if (jarPath.length)
{
netscape.softupdate.Trigger.StartSoftwareUpdate (jarPath, netscape.softupdate.Trigger.FORCE_MODE);
document.cookie='StartedShockwaveInstall;path=/;'
setTimeout("checkForShockwave()", 1000);
}
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
For more information about plug-ins, click Microsoft FrontPage Help on the Help
menu, type "plug-in" (without the quotation marks) in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
For more information about inserting a video, click Microsoft FrontPage Help on
the Help menu, type "insert a video" (without the quotation marks) in the Office
Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics
returned.
The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.
Additional query words: ocsso front page fp2002 fp2000
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Keywords : kbdta
Technology : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage2002 kbFrontPage2000Search kbFrontPage2002Search kbZNotKeyword5
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Issue type : kbprb
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