RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Will try to keep this short - might even add emphasis to the problem! Have written some eBooks, eventually making an exe file from x html pages, each featuring text, a few jpgs, a few gifs here and there, and a few flash items. Initially no problems : compiled in an exe file with (bought and licensed!) eBook compiler.....all worked well, and have subsequently sent a few of these books to friends across the globe......Triff..... This morning, ran one of these books on my own laptop, only to find that some of the flash elements "aren't there", just leaving a gap where they should be.... Ran the self-same file on my lad's PC, and guess what? All absolutely fine..... Back to mine, same problem..... I've noticed that the smaller flash elements play, but the bigger ones do not....but they all used to.... It's not as though I need the original *.swf files on my PC - they are all compiled in the resulting exe file..... Any ideas?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Sorry - just thought - compiled on the same laptop, same version of flash, both laddo's and my laptop running XP Home.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 hm all i can think of is one doesnt have flash on it? or the latest version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Melthebell.... Yup, follow your reasoning....good thinking, but... Both PC's have got lastest Flash - in fact, the laptop (with the problem) is the same machine I wrote the eBooks on, so same everything as when compiled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 A bit more.... Since posting the first item, I've found a zipped file of the original exe.... Unzip on laddo's PC, all plays fine. Unzip to mine, same problem - some flash plays, some doesn't.... Methinks must therefore be a setting on my PC - perhaps flash <xkb allowed, but >xkb not? Don't understand....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazo Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Does the compiled ebook use Internet Explorer to display content? There was an update to IE a while ago that effects the way flash is displayed. Perhaps that could be causing the problems, if your son's PC doesn't have it and yours does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 does yours have firefox on? and his IE? cos they affect things differently if both are IE check in the advanced settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Does the compiled ebook use Internet Explorer to display content? There was an update to IE a while ago that effects the way flash is displayed. Perhaps that could be causing the problems, if your son's PC doesn't have it and yours does? Yes - my laptop uses IE - latest version. Laddo's PC uses Firefox.... But.... eBook does not use IE to display.....it's just an exe file that runs a "presentation" on screen.... More baffling still, the eBook has run perfectly well up to yesterday, with all flash elements showing..... Nothng dodgy downloaded ; checked virus/spyware ; don't recall changing any settings...in fact, was writing some html for another book when I became aware of the problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 does yours have firefox on? and his IE? cos they affect things differently if both are IE check in the advanced settings Son runs Firefox - I stick with IE 6.0.2900 + .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazo Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 It could still be a shell program running the IE engine with a different interface on top. Have you confirmed that the original html pages display the flash ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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