Macromedia flash player has stopped a pontentially unsafe operartion

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July 5, 2006
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I have just managed to figure out how to get a button to work, and now I get the message 'Macromedia flash player has stopped a pontentially unsafe operartion'!

It says that I need to go and edit the settings, so I have gone to the part of adobe/macromedia website clicked always allow, but nothing has changed...

All I am trying to do test a file on my computer that connects to the internet. What do I need to do to get it to work?

Thanks

Mat

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matthew stuartAuthor

Inspiring

Excellent - thanks for your help.

Mat

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Anonymous

Hello Mattew,

What you are experiencing is one of the new security parameters Adobe/Macromedia introduced to Flash Player 8. The one in particular about Flash not being allowed to use JavaScript when the Flash movie is located on the machine's hard-drive.

For more information, follow this link: Developer Center: Security Changes in Flash Player 8

Go to the page on "Local Sandboxes"

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matthew stuartAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for your reply.

I have to confess I am a little confused by all of that info and not really too sure in what area my swf falls. Will it work once I place the file on the remote server? I don't particulary want to go adding paths on my PC to a server somewhere else in the world!

From your explanation, I assume new security settings being introduced to prevent access to my hard drive, the swf will only fail when on my hard drive.

Is that right?

Mat

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Anonymous

Exactly. There are three ways you can go about this.

First you could change your Flash Player trust settings to trust Flash files on your desktop. ( Follow this link to see how)

You could upload your Flash files to a server and test them there.

Finally you could write a Flash trust file in a Text editor.
(Literally you would type the file location of your Flash file into a simple text file. (.txt) Then place this file here: C:\Documents and Settings\ your_account\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust)

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