Embedding SWF in Django

davidkt

I'm using PythonAnywhere to try to host a site for my mod, Float. I can't get the SWF to display though. I'm just embedding this in a template:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
	<head>
		<title>Float- Beta</title>
		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
		<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		swfobject.registerObject("myId", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf");
		</script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div>	
			<object id="myId" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="140">
				<param name="movie" value="Scratch.swf" />
        		<!--[if !IE]>-->
				<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Scratch.swf" width="300" height="140">
				<!--<![endif]-->
				<div>
					<h1>Whoops!</h1>
					<p>It looks like you don't have Flash Player. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /></a></p>
				</div>
				<!--[if !IE]>-->
				</object>
				<!--<![endif]-->
			</object>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

In the same directory, I have Scratch.swf (can't rename fsr), swfobject.js, and ExpressInstall.swf.

Anything I'm doing wrong?

Last edited by davidkt (June 19, 2014 21:30:31)

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davidkt

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blob8108

I don't understand why embedding a SWF in an HTML page is in any way specific to Django. The code you've posted is just a static HTML file. Does it work if you serve the file with a normal HTTP server (`python3 -m http.server`)? Have you misconfigured Django's static directory? (Does the SWF 404?)

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davidkt

blob8108 wrote:
I don't understand why embedding a SWF in an HTML page is in any way specific to Django. The code you've posted is just a static HTML file. Does it work if you serve the file with a normal HTTP server (`python3 -m http.server`)? Have you misconfigured Django's static directory? (Does the SWF 404?)

If I `python3 -m http.server` it gives a timeout. I don't think I have the static directory misconfigured. And I can't tell if the SWF 404'd. It just shows a blank screen.

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blob8108

davidkt wrote:
If I `python3 -m http.server` it gives a timeout.

What?

And I can't tell if the SWF 404'd.

What happens when you visit the URL of Scratch.swf?

tosh · slowly becoming a grown-up adult and very confused about it

davidkt

blob8108 wrote:
davidkt wrote:
And I can't tell if the SWF 404'd.
What happens when you visit the URL of Scratch.swf?

Timeout.

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blob8108

davidkt wrote:
Timeout.

Well, there's your problem, then.

tosh · slowly becoming a grown-up adult and very confused about it

davidkt

blob8108 wrote:
davidkt wrote:
Timeout.
Well, there's your problem, then.

No, it does a timeout when I use `python3 -m http.server`. I don't know how to make a URLconf for a SWF.

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davidkt

Urls:

With Django:
http://floatprogramming.pythonanywhere.com/beta/

With http.server:
http://floatprogramming.pythonanywhere.com:8000/float/templates/Scratch.swf

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j90009000

davidkt wrote:
In the same directory, I have Scratch.swf (can't rename fsr), swfobject.js, and ExpressInstall.swf.

Anything I'm doing wrong?

Yes, you are forgetting the flashvar to include the sb2 file.

Read more here: http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/42691/

davidkt

j90009000 wrote:
davidkt wrote:
In the same directory, I have Scratch.swf (can't rename fsr), swfobject.js, and ExpressInstall.swf.

Anything I'm doing wrong?

Yes, you are forgetting the flashvar to include the sb2 file.

Read more here: http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/42691/

Okay, I'll try that. Thanks!

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davidkt

davidkt wrote:
j90009000 wrote:
davidkt wrote:
In the same directory, I have Scratch.swf (can't rename fsr), swfobject.js, and ExpressInstall.swf.

Anything I'm doing wrong?

Yes, you are forgetting the flashvar to include the sb2 file.

Read more here: http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/42691/
Okay, I'll try that. Thanks!

Nope, doesn't work.

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davidkt

Ok, I got the SWF to display, but it doesn't default to the editor and I can't get it into the editor. You can see here.

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davidkt

In other words, how do you set the parameters for a direct application/x-shockwave-flash mimetype request in Django?

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DigiTechs

Like you would normally, <object> tags and <parameter> tags.

I do, in fact, have my own site; it's here.
I'm also working on a thing called Fetch. Look at it here!
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j90009000

davidkt wrote:
Ok, I got the SWF to display, but it doesn't default to the editor and I can't get it into the editor. You can see here.

Hi David, I just struggled with the same problem. You forgot to add a flashvar parameter and upload the sb2 file as well.

So add a param like this:

<param name=“flashvars” value=“project=the_name_of_your_scratch_project.sb2”>

But, that will only play the app, not put it into editor mode. I think that's another flashvar, but I don't know all of them – I had to use firebug just to find out some of the existing ones. You'll need to see what params are sent to the scratch.swf file to put it into editor mode. Then I'm not sure how it persists the sb2 file. I just use the offline editor to create the sb2 files.

Ah, you are trying to allow users to edit and save the sb2 files on your server. I have no idea how to do that.

Last edited by j90009000 (June 23, 2014 02:34:49)

djdolphin

In Scratch.as, you can set it to start in edit mode somewhere.

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davidkt

DigiTechs wrote:
Like you would normally, <object> tags and <parameter> tags.

I said direct application/x-shockwave-flash mimetype request, not HTML.

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davidkt

I know it has to do with a flashvar, but I'm not sure how to set flashvars in a django.http.HttpRequest object.

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davidkt

Well, I copied the whole page from http://scratch.mit.edu/create/ (logging out first), and put my SWF in rather than the Scratch one, but it doesn't load. Any help? blob?

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