The Inventua FlashPlayer Module for DotNetNuke plays Macromedia Flash files in your DotNetNuke portal.
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InstallationThe installation zip file is configured as a DotNetNuke "private assembly". To install Inventua DNN FlashPlayer to your DNN portal, log in as the DNN host user "host" and use the DNN Module Definitions page to upload the module.
CompatibilityThis module has versions for with DNN version 2.1.2. and 3.0/3.1/4.x.
Once you create a FlashPlayer instance, select the Options menu item from the module settings menu to display the Options page.
Check (tick) this checkbox to show the full flash menu if the user right-clicks the movie - this includes a variety of options to enhance and control playback (default). Un-check the checkbox to show only the "settings" and "about flash" options. If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "menu", and you should use the values "true" or "false".
Low - favors playback speed over appearance and never uses anti-aliasing.
Autolow - emphasizes speed at first but improves appearance whenever possible. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned off. If the Flash Player detects that the processor can handle it, anti-aliasing is turned on.
Autohigh - emphasizes playback speed and appearance equally at first but sacrifices appearance for playback speed if necessary. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned on. If the actual frame rate drops below the specified frame rate, anti-aliasing is turned off to improve playback speed. Use this setting to emulate the View > Antialias setting in Flash.
Medium - applies some anti-aliasing and does not smooth bitmaps. It produces a better quality than the Low setting, but lower quality than the High setting.
High - favors appearance over playback speed and always applies anti-aliasing. If the movie does not contain animation, bitmaps are smoothed; if the movie has animation, bitmaps are not smoothed.
Best - provides the best display quality and does not consider playback speed. All output is anti-aliased and all bitmaps are smoothed.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "quality", and you should use the values "Low", "Autolow", "Autohigh", "Medium", "High", or "Best".
Show all - makes the entire movie visible in the specified area without distortion, while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the movie. Borders may appear on two sides of the movie (default).
No Border - scales the movie to fill the specified area, without distortion but possibly with some cropping, while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the movie.
Exact Fit - makes the entire movie visible in the specified area without trying to preserve the original aspect ratio. Distortion may occur.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "scale", and you should use the values "showall", "noborder" or "exactfit".
Leave blank to center the movie in the browser window and crop edges if the browser window is smaller than the movie. Left, Right, Top, and Bottom align the movie along the corresponding edge of the browser window and crop the remaining three sides as needed.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "align", and you should use the values "left", "top", "right" or "bottom".
L, R, T, and B align the movie along the left, right, top or bottom edge, respectively, of the browser window and crop the remaining three sides as needed. TL and TR align the movie to the top left and top right corner, respectively, of the browser window and crop the bottom and remaining right or left side as needed. BL and BR align the movie to the bottom left and bottom right corner, respectively, of the browser window and crop the top and remaining right or left side as needed.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "salign", and you should use the values "left", "top", "right", "bottom", "top-left", "top-right", "bottom-left" or "bottom-right".
Window movie plays in its own rectangular window on a web page. Opaque the movie hides everything on the page behind it. Transparent the background of the HTML page shows through all transparent portions of the movie, this may slow animation performance.Note: This property is not supported in all browsers and platforms. For more information about WMODE see How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background (TechNote 14201).
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "wmode", and you should use the values "window", "opaque" or "transparent".
Specifies the background color of the movie in #RRGGBB format. Use this attribute to override the background color setting specified in the Flash file. This attribute does not affect the background color of the module, skin or portal.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "backgroundcolor".
Used to send root level variables to the movie. The format of the string is a set of name=value combinations separated by '&'. Browsers will support string sizes of up to 64KB (65535 bytes) in length. For more information on FlashVars, please refer to Using FlashVars to pass variables to a SWF (Macromedia TechNote 16417).
The FlashVars variables can contain the following special values, which are replaced at run time:
[$\dnnportalid]: Portal id (numeric) of the portal that the module is in.[$\dnnmoduleid]: Module id of the module instance.[$\dnnuserid]: User ID of the logged-in user.[$\dnnusername]: User name (login name) of the logged in user.[$\dnnuserfullname]: Full name (firstname and lastname) of the logged in user.[$\dnnuseremail]: Email address of the logged in user.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "flashvars".
Image to display if the FlashPlayer detects that the Macromedia Flash Player is not installed.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "noplayerimage".
Target page to use for the No Player URL. Use _blank to always open a new window.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "noplayertarget".
Disables automatic download of the Flash player by suppressing the CODEBASE and PLIGINSPAGE elements. The default value is "false".
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "disablecodebase", and you should use the values "true" or "false".
Controls whether to allow outbound scripting from within the flash (swf) file.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "allowscriptaccess", and you should use the values "Never", "SameDomain" or "Always". The default is "Never". For backward compatibility, the values "True" and "False" will also work, and will set the value to "SameDomain" or "Never".
If set and the font is installed on the system viewing the Flash movie, the font information installed on the system will be used. Text will be aliased (rough) regardless of the value of the 'quality' setting. If the font is not installed on the system, the text will be anti-aliased (smooth) as long as the quality of the movie is set at high.
If you use using this option in a skin, the option name is "usedevicefont", and you should use the values "true" or "false".
Using FlashPlayer as a skin object
The Inventua FlashPlayer is installed as both a module and a skin object automatically when you install it using the DNN file manager. Add the FlashPlayer to your portal skin by including a [INVFLASHPLAYER] token. You can set the properties of the control using a skin.xml file as documented in the DNN Skinning Guide, Appendix B. The "Configuration Options" section above describes the available properties.
For example, to configure the FlashPlayer to display a flash movie called "mymovie.swf", use the following xml in yourskin.xml:
Using QueryString items to control the FlashPlayerIf you pass querystring values matching FlashPlayer attribute names to a page, the FlashPlayer will use the values you pass. For example, you could use the URL http://yoursite.com?movie=playthis.swf to play "playthis.swf".Conditions of usePermission is hereby granted, on a Try-before-you-buy basis, to any person obtaining a copy of the Inventua DNN FlashPlayer module and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to use the Software without restriction, including the rights to use, copy or otherwise use the software for commerical or non-commercial use, but excluding any rights to reverse engineer or remove Inventua logos and licensing information. This permission does not imply or otherwise grant any rights to any other Inventua intellectual property including but not limited to logos, trademarks, documentation and software products.
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About Macromedia FlashThe Inventua DNN FlashPlayer Module plays Macromedia Flash files. For more information on Macromedia and Macromedia Flash, visit http://www.macromedia.com.
About DotNetNukeThe Inventua DNN FlashPlayer Module is a DotNetNuke portal module. For more information on DotNetNuke, visit http://www.dotnetnuke.com.
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