Editing Flash

The flash extension allows the display of flash movies within a wiki.

== Syntax ==

=== Base Syntax ===

<code><nowiki><flash></nowiki>file='''filename.swf'''|attribute='''value'''|...<nowiki></flash></nowiki></code>

=== Attribute Reference ===

* '''width'''=px or % ''(Modify the width of the object)''

* '''height'''=px or a% ''(Modify the height of the object)''

* '''play'''=true/false ''(Start playing the file or wait at first frame, default:true)''

* '''loop'''=true/false ''(Loop the animation, default:true)''

* '''quality'''=low/autolow/medium/high/autohigh/best ''(Predefine the quality)''

* '''devicefont'''=true/false ''(Change the look of the text used in flash file)''

* '''bgcolor'''=#?????? ''(? -> Hexadecimal integer: 1-9, A-F)''

* '''scale'''=showall/noborder/exactfit ''(Automatically adjust content to width and height)''

* '''menu'''=true/false ''(Show or hide the menu on right-click)''

''More (but untested) attributes [[Flash#Untested Attributes|here]].

=== Examples ===

<code><nowiki><flash></nowiki>file=happy.swf|width=10%|height=30|quality=best<nowiki></flash></nowiki></code>

<br/>Shows the movie with the best quality with a width of 10% and a height of 30 pixels.

<code><nowiki><flash></nowiki>file=cool.swf|width=200|height=300|bgcolor=#FDE742|scale=exactfit<nowiki></flash></nowiki></code>

<br/>Shows the movie with a width of 200 and a height of 300. The background color is light-yellow (#FDE742). The content of the movie is stretched to the size of 200x300.

== Code / Downloads ==

* [[/Flash v0.01|Flash v0.01]]

* '''[[/Flash v0.02|Flash v0.02 (latest)]]'''

== Installation ==

# Click on one of the versions above

# Copy the code into a file (e.g. Flash.php)

# Save the file in the ''extensions'' directory of your mediawiki folder

# Add the line <code>include('extensions/Flash.php');</code> to the '''end''' of your LocalSettings.php file ''(The name of your file is case sensitive!)''

Now you can use the extension with ''<flash>...</flash>'' in the wiki

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

=== I can't upload Flash (*.swf) files! ===

If you cannot upload anything, then first enable uploads.

Find the line <code>#$wgDisableUploads = false;</code> in ''LocalSettings.php'' and uncomment it.

By default, Mediawiki still blocks many files from being uploaded for security reasons. Add this line your ''LocalSettings.php'' file, which will allow the upload of Flash files:

$wgFileExtensions[] = 'swf';

See also [[Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Supported_file_types.3B_miscellaneous|Help:Images and other uploads]]: ''You may also need to remove the desired extension from the [[Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Uploading_non-image_files|filetype blacklist]] in <code>/includes/DefaultSettings.php</code>.''

:'' We founded an issue with the Mime Type Filter : Uploads were enabled, FileExtensions "swf" added, BlackList checked and still no upload. So when adding '''$wgVerifyMimeType= false;''' in LocalSettings.php we succeeded in uploading swf files. It certainly needs further investigations but for the time being it works''

== Known Bugs ==

*Possible security issues with Javascript that are not tested yet

== Untested Attributes ==

*align

*salign

*base

*wmode

*SeamlessTabbing

*flashvars

*name (object-specific)

*id (embed-specific)

*movie (object-specific)

*src (embed-specific)

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