flash in email?
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- dconstrukt
question. i have a flash file i did for a client.
they want to send it via email.....now how can the user see this file in their email?
when i send it now its just an attachment.....
thanks for the help.
Dave
- jevad0
not possible....most outlook and aol - even eudora clients will block the flash embed because it is an active X component and there are security issues with that.
When we send out flash emails here at work they are as attachments
- ldww0
you can send the email as a html email, and embed the flash file into it just like you would a website. but make sure you give the full path http://www.server.com/flash.swf
but also you need to realize that people who can not view html emails will just see a bunch of code.
- ldww0
oh whoops. i guess i was wrong :) i was jsut guessing.
- ********0
it can be done, depends on what security people have set up, you can also design .exe projektor files to attach as well, blah, blah
- dconstrukt0
o.k so whats the easiest way?
im still at square one here.
- unfittoprint0
as Jaz said, is better to design .exe projector files to attach, because embed flash will not be seen, in most cases, due to active X security issues.
- sauerbraten0
attaching an EXE doesn't seem good either, seeing that viruses run from files as such..
- preston0
do they want to send this as like an email advertisement?
My advice would be to export an animated GIF... and image source
in an HTML email
not to turn this into a stupid client thread... but i had a project where it was insisted that i created an HTML email with a clickable link in case people only had plaintext email. So yeah I feel your pain.