Re: [Mediawiki-l] Embeding a flash only works in preview mode

Investigating, it seems that mediawiki doesn't like the form: <embed src="extensions/flashMovie/mediaplayer.swf" width="400" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file='.$this->url.'" />

For a flash object, instead this: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="extensions/flashMovie/mediaplayer.swf"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="flashvars" value="file='.$this->url.'"></param><embed src="extensions/flashMovie/mediaplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

...loads ok.

But this way "mediaplayer.swf" can't get to the $this->url path (which points to a .flv file uploaded into the wiki). Why?!?!?!

On Dec 19, 2007 1:25 PM, >Raul< clinisbut@gmail.com wrote:

I've edited the extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Flash to allow post my own uploaded flashes animations. It works great... but only in preview mode!!! In the discussion page of this extension someone talks about "the solution is to correct the current directory assumptions in the Flash code." but I've tried with flash animations without any actionscript that could take any current directory assumptions and does not work too.

This is my extension flash version:

class Flash { var $tmp; var $file;

/* Constructor */
function Flash( $input )
{
    $this->tmp = '';
     Flash::parseInput( $input ); // Parse the input
    Flash::genCode(); // Generate the final code
}

/*    Parser    */
function parseInput( $input )
{
    $this->file = $input;
}


/* Generate big, final chunk of code */
function genCode()
{
    // Possibly malicious settings:
    $allowscriptaccess = 'false'; // allow / disallow scripts
    $swliveconnect = 'false'; // start / do not start up java

    // Default version Setting:
    $this->version = '7,0,0,0'; // Version settings for <object>

    $this->url = $this->getTitle( $this->file );//Flash::imageUrl(

$this->file, $this->fromSharedDirectory ); // get Wiki internal url

    $this->code = '<div style="border:1px solid;">
    <embed src="extensions/flashMovie/quemecorro.swf" width="400"

height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </div>';

    return $this->code;
}


function getTitle( $file )
{
    $title = Title::makeTitleSafe("Image",$file);
    $img = new Image( $title );
    $path = $img->getViewURL(false);
    return $path;
}

}

function wfFlashExtension() { global $wgParser; $wgParser->setHook( "flash", "renderFlash" ); } function renderFlash( $input ) { global $code;

// Constructor
$flashFile = new Flash( $input );
$code = $flashFile->code;

return $code; // send the final code to the wiki

}