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intialising an axShockwaveFlashObject at runtime in c#

I am using an axShockwaveFlashObject to include a flash animation in my c# application. I can create a working AxShockwaveFlash object by draging it from the tool bar at design time, but if i try to create one through code at runtime I get the error:

Exception of type 'System.Windows.Forms.AxHost+InvalidActiveXStateException' was thrown

I have included my code below:

try{
 
           AxShockwaveFlash animFlashObject = new AxShockwaveFlash(); 
           this.Controls.Add(animFlashObject);
           currentFlashObject.Enabled = true;
           currentFlashObject.Location = new Point(0, 0);
           currentFlashObject.Size = new Size(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
           currentFlashObject.LoadMovie(0, Application.StartupPath + @"/flash/gui.swf");
 
}catch(Exception x){
 
           MessageBox.Show(x.Message);
 
}

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abel

note, you may need to use this.Show in-between... it may handle your error (commented out above)

danace

i can't have the same error that you are having. Maybe try using a different swf file just to check if there is a problem in your current swf file.

for your code to run..i just used a string variable for the filename before using it in the LoadMovie().
I dont have an explanation though, on why it cant run on putting the name of the file/path directly.

try{
           string filename = Application.StartupPath + @"/flash/gui.swf";
           AxShockwaveFlash animFlashObject = new AxShockwaveFlash(); 
           this.Controls.Add(animFlashObject);
           animFlashObject.Enabled = true;
           animFlashObject.Location = new Point(0, 0);
           animFlashObject.Size = new Size(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
           animFlashObject.LoadMovie(0, filename);
 
}catch(Exception x){
 
           MessageBox.Show(x.Message);
 
}

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abel

This question is answered: the user got an exception on an unitialized object, I showed the code how to initialize properly. Please accept comment http:#24200580 (abel)