Flash: link to external site doesn't work when swf is hosted elsewhere
I have a problem with creating a link in a flash movie. The situation is as follows:
1) I have a flash banner with a link in it. In fact, the whole banner is a link (in the source file it's a transparent rectangle).
2) I publish the file, upload it to a webserver, all files in the same folder. I open the page, the banner shows, the link works.
3) I move the banner to another domain, edit the html to link to the proper location, reload the page, I still see the banner.
4) I click the banner, but nothing happens. The link doesn't work anymore.
Is this normal behavior? Do I need to load the banner from the same domain to prevent abuse or something? I've uploaded the files plus the source file so you can test for yourself.
flashlink.zip
1) I have a flash banner with a link in it. In fact, the whole banner is a link (in the source file it's a transparent rectangle).
2) I publish the file, upload it to a webserver, all files in the same folder. I open the page, the banner shows, the link works.
3) I move the banner to another domain, edit the html to link to the proper location, reload the page, I still see the banner.
4) I click the banner, but nothing happens. The link doesn't work anymore.
Is this normal behavior? Do I need to load the banner from the same domain to prevent abuse or something? I've uploaded the files plus the source file so you can test for yourself.
flashlink.zip
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You misunderstand. The flash movie loads. I can see it. The only problem is that the link in the movie doesn't work, if (and only if) the movie is loaded from another domain.
The page: www.abc.com/test.html
Banner A: www.abc.com/banner-a.swf
Banner B: banners.def.com/banner-b.s
Banner A has a working link. The link on banner B (e.g. to wikipedia.org) does not work. What I want to know is why it doesn't work? Am I doing something wrong?
The page: www.abc.com/test.html
Banner A: www.abc.com/banner-a.swf
Banner B: banners.def.com/banner-b.s
Banner A has a working link. The link on banner B (e.g. to wikipedia.org) does not work. What I want to know is why it doesn't work? Am I doing something wrong?
I got that the first time. Neither links are FULL links. Browsers have a better time with the WWW prefix, because they are used to that. But the -- banners.def.com -- is not a normal link that can be decided by the browser to just put an http:// in front of it.
So as I said, SPECIFY THE FULL PATH, starting with http:// -- then whatever -- and they should work.
So as I said, SPECIFY THE FULL PATH, starting with http:// -- then whatever -- and they should work.
R7AF, sounds like a cross domain issue.
have a read here
http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/Flash-Cross-Domain-Access-85118.html
have a read here
http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/Flash-Cross-Domain-Access-85118.html
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@scrathcyboy
I wasn't clear, but I use a full link, so including http://. Sorry for the confusion.
@blue-genie
I'm afraid it is something like this. But I'm not reading data from another domain, I'm just linking to it. I can understand that this can be a problem because a malicious banner could redirect you to a different site, e.g. an almost exact copy with a very similar domain name, and that is a security issue because it will not be obvious all the time. I suppose that the crossdomain policy file should be hosted on the other domain, and that's a problem.
I wasn't clear, but I use a full link, so including http://. Sorry for the confusion.
@blue-genie
I'm afraid it is something like this. But I'm not reading data from another domain, I'm just linking to it. I can understand that this can be a problem because a malicious banner could redirect you to a different site, e.g. an almost exact copy with a very similar domain name, and that is a security issue because it will not be obvious all the time. I suppose that the crossdomain policy file should be hosted on the other domain, and that's a problem.
flash files can link to external links and they do all the time. If flash couldn't do this, it would be rather useless, wouldn't it.
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@scrathcyboy
I think you misunderstand the situation. It's probably a security issue.
@blue-genie
Yes. The banner is hosted on another domain, not even a subdomain. See the mockup code below. The banner is hosted on banners.def.com, the page is on www.abc.com. I have tested this on different machines. When I put the banner on www.abc.com, the link works, when the banner is hosted on banners.def.com, it doesn't work.
I think you misunderstand the situation. It's probably a security issue.
@blue-genie
Yes. The banner is hosted on another domain, not even a subdomain. See the mockup code below. The banner is hosted on banners.def.com, the page is on www.abc.com. I have tested this on different machines. When I put the banner on www.abc.com, the link works, when the banner is hosted on banners.def.com, it doesn't work.
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0"
width="245" height="250" id="banner-paris-holiday" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="http://banners.def.com/media/banner-paris-holiday.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="http://banners.def.com/media/banner-paris-holiday.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff"
width="245" height="250" name="banner-paris-holiday" align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
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I found the solution myself, and award blue-genie for the suggestions made.
http://www.othersite.com/flash/movie.swf
Check to see if the path is full like this.