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st00z - 12/8/2008 4:13:24 PM
   
Problem with flash
Im trying to put a flash slideshow on the homepage that uses xml for its referencing etc but it dosent seem to work...any suggestions?...maybe i have to upload files to a specific location?....any help would be great, cheers

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stooz - 12/8/2008 7:20:20 PM
   
Problem with flash
and furthermore...no flash at all seems to work...in firefox i get "You have an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player" message but ive upgraded to flash 10 3 times now...dosent work on other browsers either

please help...im stumped

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kentico_jurajo - 12/9/2008 8:18:44 AM
   
RE:Problem with flash
Hi,

To be honest, it is very hard to achieve this. One option is to use the NewsRss as the XML file (www.kentico.com/docs/devguide/setting_up_an_rss_feed.htm).

Second option is to create a special page template (e.g. blank) with custom web part/control which will ensure generation of the XML and will redirect the request e.g. to CMSPages folder to the XML file using the query string value.. The page will have aspx extension but it will have XML content. I hope it makes sense.

This feature it currently not supported natively.

Regarding to the second post - could you please try this: http://devnet.kentico.com/Knowledge-Base/API-and-Internals/Kentico-CMS-and-Flash-10.aspx

Best Regards,
Juraj Ondrus

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st00z - 12/9/2008 11:15:03 PM
   
RE:Problem with flash
thanks for this...i went to the link and followed the instructions...flash still dosent seem to work...

dont get the message anymore...just a white space...is there anything else i need to know or have enabled for it to work - flash is vital to my site build...

dont spose you can elaborate on the easiest way of your suggestions to get xml driven flash working?

really appreciate any help

cheers

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kentico_jurajo - 12/10/2008 6:50:59 AM
   
RE:Problem with flash
Hi,

Could you please try to view the flash in other browser or on different PC? Are you able to view flash from other web sites?

I am afraid but I am not aware of any easier way how to use the XML for flash.

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Juraj Ondrus

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st00z - 12/15/2008 4:40:18 PM
   
RE:Problem with flash
Cheers for the help, normal flash works now....if you could elaborate on the following a bit more id really appreciate it...i need to get xml based flash working...

"Second option is to create a special page template (e.g. blank) with custom web part/control which will ensure generation of the XML and will redirect the request e.g. to CMSPages folder to the XML file using the query string value.. The page will have aspx extension but it will have XML content. I hope it makes sense"

thanks in advance

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kentico_jurajo - 1/6/2009 3:07:50 AM
   
RE:Problem with flash
Hi,

You need to develop custom web part/control. This control will generate the XML content according to your needs and it will perform a redirection to some file where the XML content will be stored (similar to rss feeds). So, this file will be the source XML for the flash as you need. You can also use e.g. some query string parameters to pass some values when redirecting.

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Juraj Ondrus