Flash Image displaying differently ???

[RedWombat]

I created a simple button for you in the ZIP file I posted. It has the FLA and SWF in it. It also has the ActionScript coding to make it act like a button - Go to whatever URL you specify. Download it and have a look, I think it will answer some of your questions. Select the button on the Stage in the FLA and press F9 to open the Actions panel, you can see the code, it's very straight forward.

Just to clearify, if I save my buttons, banners, etc. in ".swf", would you say I should create 2 different buttons i.e. one with NORMAL & another the HOVER. I'd have thought that I could make do with JUST ONE ".swf" & use some sort of Action script in Flash to create its hover effect, but I haven't enlightened myself up with it yet but if it is possible, it would be just fantastic, frankly speaking.

In answer to this question, you only need one SWF file for both states. In the FLA I posted you can see this.

If you're teaching yourself to use Flash then go for it!!! Emersion learning is the way to go. Sometimes a lot of headache, but you'll learn quicker.

If you have any questions about the attachment I provided, just let me know.

Happy to help.

[j4mes_bond25]

I created a simple button for you in the ZIP file I posted. It has the FLA and SWF in it. It also has the ActionScript coding to make it act like a button - Go to whatever URL you specify. Download it and have a look, I think it will answer some of your questions. Select the button on the Stage in the FLA and press F9 to open the Actions panel, you can see the code, it's very straight forward.



In answer to this question, you only need one SWF file for both states. In the FLA I posted you can see this.

If you're teaching yourself to use Flash then go for it!!! Emersion learning is the way to go. Sometimes a lot of headache, but you'll learn quicker.

If you have any questions about the attachment I provided, just let me know.

Happy to help.

Thanks for your help, time & effort. Much appreciated.

I managed to make the buttons EXACTLY the way I wanted & .zip file provided by you was of great help, since I simply edited text & links & created similar other buttons.

Tiny hiccup from the browser compatibility side, I'm afraid, since it works perfectly well in Firefox but not with Internet Explorer. Buttons are having couple of problems on Internet Explorer as:

>> We have to click TWICE to go to the links on the button
>> When we hover the mouse over the button, the background turns LIGHTER "only in Firefox" (so it does work perfectly well), but this effect is sadly NOT appearing in Internet Explorer, I'm afraid.
>> When we hover the mouse over the button, ONLY in Internet Explorer, we can see a rectangular "thing" appearing covering the border of the button.

Once again, thanks for your help & any further help with the present problem would be greatly appreciated.

All relevant pages of website (presently ONLY uploaded "contact.php" though) can be viewed on (please click on Contact.php):

http://members.lycos.co.uk/darsh25/personal_website/

[RedWombat]

j4mes, I'm afraid the problem you're having is related to changes that Microsoft did to IE because of the EOLAS vs. Microsoft court battle. After April 11 if you did an update to Windows, Microsoft also updated IE. It has to due with them being sued for the way IE handled the Object tags.

This problem can be fixed, but it requires a little bit of coding.

Here's a few links to help you out?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled...fm?id=7779d219

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activeco...devletter.html

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

http://www.milonic.com/activateflash.php

Read through these links, I think it will help you solve your problem.

I was baffled by that box for awhile as well until I found this out. Perhaps others in this forum have as well.

Best of luck,

[j4mes_bond25]

j4mes, I'm afraid the problem you're having is related to changes that Microsoft did to IE because of the EOLAS vs. Microsoft court battle. After April 11 if you did an update to Windows, Microsoft also updated IE. It has to due with them being sued for the way IE handled the Object tags.

This problem can be fixed, but it requires a little bit of coding.

Here's a few links to help you out?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled...fm?id=7779d219

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activeco...devletter.html

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

http://www.milonic.com/activateflash.php

Read through these links, I think it will help you solve your problem.

I was baffled by that box for awhile as well until I found this out. Perhaps others in this forum have as well.

Best of luck,

Once again, you've proved yourself a real problem-solver.

As per Microsoft's website, this is the result of recent "upgrade" however, I'd have thought the purpose of "upgrade" should've been to make things easier rather then the opposite.

It's highly bizzarre to know Microsoft felt the need to do so. Surely, if they'd provided some patch in Windows Update then users who're unaware of it would've had their problem solved, but there must be thousands around who'd have no idea at all (like myself).

It worked perfectly well in my Laptop, however, I'd see if the problem get solved on my PC as well (which I haven't tried as yet).

No wonder more & more are having their attention grabbed towards OTHER browsers like Firefox, etc.