Using Flash in web parts

[jasonsalas]

I'm trying to reference a Flash animation in a WebPartZone for a dynamic time widget, but it won't render. The file can be accessed either through SCRIPT or EMBED tags within the page's body. So, it's not contained within a regular ASP.NET control that can be wrapped into a GenericWebPartControl Is it possible to use Flash animations?

I'm thinking that it might work by using a custom server control and then HtmlTextWriter.Writer()'ing the SCRIPT markup to the page. Anyone have any luck with this?

 

[mbiro]

I would try using Javascript to write the embed/object tag after the page renders on the client. I haven't tried this in a webpart, but it shouldn't be an issue. Adobe recommends this method to avoid the 'Click to activate control' message in modern browsers anyway. Check out -

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html

 

[jasonsalas]

Thanks! I got it to work as I suspected...using a custom server control and writing the necessary tags referencing the Flash code in the page. Thanks for your help!