Flash File (.swf) is Not Loading in IE, Works Fine in Firefox

Category: Tricks n Techniques

I have some video tutorial uploaded on my website. I tried it on FF and it worked perfectly but when I tried on IE, I did not get anything. I checked on google and after spending much time, I found the problem. I am explaining with example.

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="banner"
   codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"
   border="0" width="754" height="64">
   <param name="movie" value="banner.swf">
   <param name="quality" value="High">
   <embed src="http://www.domain.com/video/banner.swf"
      pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
      type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="banner"
      width="754" height="64" quality="High">
</object>

Now IE uses param movie tag to download swf file and FF uses embed src tag to download swf. Now you realized why IE is not displaying flash object. Correct code would be

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="banner"
   codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"
   border="0" width="754" height="64">
   <param name="movie" value="http://www.domain.com/video/banner.swf">
   <param name="quality" value="High">
   <embed src="http://www.domain.com/video/banner.swf"
      pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
      name="banner" width="754" height="64" quality="High">
</object>

Note

Due to some legal issues, IE had a “Click to Activate” restriction on swf and flash files. It requires the user to click on the control to load swf file. Above mentioned issue is different than this one. To learn more about the resolution visit http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html. It contains latest change and how to work around the IE restriction issue. (Thanks to Baljeet for bringing this issue up)

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  1. Debarati Bhattacharya says:

    Thanks a lot!! It makes my day…:)

    Reply
  2. Geekyard says:

    I face some issues with SWF. It’s not opening when hosted on web. It loads fine in local drive, any fix available?

    Reply
  3. samiullah says:

    Hi, actually i am having the same issue with one of my flash games website…the games are working fine in chrome, ff, opera etc but not on ie all the versions..can anyone tell me whats wrong with the code.. see the code below…

    Reply
  4. Serge says:

    SWFObject 2.2 helped me!

    Reply
  5. Serge says:

    It is not working for me.
    When I open page in IE7, IE8 over XP-proxy (Internet connection sharing) there is no Flash.
    But without (XP Internet connection sharing) it is OK in IE7.

    Reply
  6. Abraham says:

    Hi,

    I was having the same problem with one of my clients: http://www.gxsecurityservices.co.za; when viewing with FF it was displaying the falsh content; but when I was viewing the site with IE, it was giving the error “Movie Not……”.
    The above coe sorted it out!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

    Reply
  7. user says:

    Thanks for the help .God Bless U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  8. Charlene says:

    Thanks for the awesome fix!

    Reply
  9. pinky says:

    please anyone can say the solution for it…….

    Reply
  10. Reply
    1. Vishal says:

      Pinky,

      You may download flash videos by using DownloadHelper add-on in Firefox.

      Reply
  11. Steph says:

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  12. Yannick Staels says:

    Thanks for the solution. Works perfectly!

    Reply
  13. Sagar Badhe says:

    we can also use
    <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="/video/banner.swf”>
    instead of

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  14. gary says:

    This did not work for me…in firefox it takes my file and adds a white background to it where it should be transparent, and in internet explorer it is still just showing up blank with an x where it should be…any suggestions?

    Reply
  15. Tshifhiwa says:

    Thank You
    I also had the same problem, but now is all gone and it’s all Thaxx to you

    Keep up the supeb work

    Reply
  16. ravindar says:

    I have faced the same problem,,,, i got the solution with this blog

    Thanks DUDE..

    Reply
  17. ken says:

    u can try this >>>

    Delete IE 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and anothers and install and use only firefox or chrome… just recommend to your friends and customers and everybody tell the same. I will !

    Reply
  18. Kumar says:

    Thank you so much for putting this together. That code helped me a lot…

    Reply
  19. George says:

    Solved mine too,
    Hats off for the great minds that share solutions.
    Thanks to Google for facilitating to get here to read the solutions
    – George Kottackakathu Thomas

    Reply
  20. Nishant says:

    Thnax a lot for this useful post, i was scratching my head for a long time with this problem…

    Reply
  21. RISH says:

    awesome ! thanks a ton ! u saved my day !

    Reply
  22. Max says:

    Wow…maaad skills!! there i was cursing out IE for my lack of understanding..great stuff

    Reply
  23. spyros says:

    I had the same problem,and i solved it like your way!!
    Thank you very much!!

    Reply
  24. kehil says:

    Thx a lot Vishal!

    The same error was reported as a malfunction in joomla when dealing with sef urls, but it was only the problem you described.

    Reply
  25. Mattyval says:

    I followed this tutorial and it now shows up in IE!!!

    -However now the buttons do not work in IE and they work in FF, ext.

    Any idea’s?

    Reply
  26. Gimli says:

    Thanks!

    Reply
  27. Hazel says:

    thanks so much, this is really helpful… took me a few hours to debug and only find out when i read ur post 🙂

    Reply
  28. Sukhjinder Singh says:

    Thanks Vishal,

    You saved my time. I also would like to know from where you have found this solutions or on which text you have searched google.

    This is really embarrassing that all browser use same configuration and IE not. Dont know when this Fight of Browser will be finished and save the developers life.

    Reply
  29. Asma says:

    I had the very same issue! Thanks for the solution!

    Reply
  30. Loraine Riyes says:

    That was right on spot. I had no issues with FF when displaying flash on my site but IE was blank. You saved my day!

    Reply
  31. Baljeet says:

    Hi Vishal,

    I am embedding some .swf file in my jsp something like what u mentioned.
    I m posting my code which embeds the swf file.

    <param name=”movie” value=”DAG.swf?pageOf=pageOfGetCount&view=AddLimit&isQuery=”/>

    <embed src=”DAG.swf?pageOf=pageOfGetCount&view=AddLimit&isQuery=” quality=”high” bgcolor=”#869ca7″width=”100%” height=”100%” name=”DAG” align=”middle”
    wmode=”transparent”
    play=”true”
    loop=”false”
    quality=”high”
    allowScriptAccess=”sameDomain”
    type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”
    pluginspage=”http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer”>

    The problem i am facing on IE is that, corresponding swf is loaded only if i mouse over or click on portion on jsp where .swf file is embedded .
    This is happening only on IE.

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  32. Sheraz Alvi says:

    Wow that was very useful and thanks a lot. I was working on my site: http://www.sharepointskills.co.uk and had this problem. But now I have another problem Google Street View does now show either.

    Can you help?

    Reply
  33. vipin says:

    thanks a lot buddy

    Reply
  34. AbeesMuhammed says:

    Thnak you So much Vishal.Now i solved my Issue

    Reply
  35. cloud10 says:

    Thanks for the solution! I was just not giving the exact path for the param tag and only giving it to the embed tag. Your post helped me.. cheers!

    Reply
  36. ryan says:

    can i have the slotion write step by step cuz i have no clue how to start could annyone help me
    thank you so much

    Reply
  37. Someone says:

    Thank you so much for this. It really saved me a lot of trouble!

    Reply
  38. hendy says:

    many thanks for the sharing, now my flash can load on ie

    Reply
  39. Alex says:

    Thanks Vishal, my swf files are now also loading in IE.

    Reply
  40. Adam Chromicz says:

    Awesome, been playing with this for a week!

    Reply
  41. Mork says:

    Vishal, I owe you a big one. Thanks for the tip. It really saved my day (in fact, several days finding solution).

    Reply
  42. Rajasekaran says:

    Thank you…. u r stuff helped a lot

    Reply
  43. Rich Cobey says:

    Thanks so much Vishal, I have just been having exactly the same problem! You saved me a trawl round the web looking for the solution and I appreciate it!

    Reply