Re: FLASH: .swf only showing on Mac browsers - not showing on PC --Please help!

[Helen Triolo]

John L Groff wrote:

> 

> I am pulling out the few hairs I have left trying to figure out why a

> simple flash file  will only show up on Mac browsers - not on PC browsers

> at all (get a blank white square - on mac it shows and runs fine)   Other

> flash files on this server work fine on both browsers so I don't think its

> a mime issue or server issue. I'd give you a link but its all on my

> workplace's staging server...(it's two different looping animations- on the

> same page - with a  get url button)


You could quick check the mime type and make *sure* it's right with a

View, Page Info in Netscape (should be application/x-shockwave-flash). 

Can't think of any other reason, and maybe you just got lucky with the

other Flash apps... ;-)  Or could you have older versions of the Flash

player on the pc's that don't support something in the flash file?

> 

> I once read that it is preferred to have the swf file in the same directory

> as the html file that call for it. Is this true?


Yes, but that's only an issue with Mac IE 4.5, afaik.


Sorry, no other ideas,

Helen

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