Re: FN-FORUM: Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control

date posted 14th May 2007 14:17

I have found SWFObject to be an effective workaround for this issue:-

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

Cheers, Steve


On 14 May 2007 13:02:51 -0000, Ray McGinty [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've not used Flash for a while and I was dismayed to find out about
> the latest IE security update which causes embedded objects to require
> activation before they will work. There's a nasty outline around the
> movie and an annoying message that pops up "Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to
> activate and use this control" before the links in the .swf movie can
> be used. Have a look at:
>
> http://pchnew.rmid.net/index.html
>
> I've done some Googling and found some methods for getting around the
> problem, but none seems to work in all browsers/platforms.
>
> What have others used to get around this one?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ray
>
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