Displaying wmv videos in HTMLHelp

[epsobolik]

I'm trying to display videos (wmv) in HTMLHelp. I do a HTML jump to a .htm that has javascript to determine the path and then an embed to display the video in a separate IE window. The video displays (with Windows Media Player), but it takes 3 or 4 clicks out of IE's warnings for running scripts and ActiveX controls. I'd like to eliminate them.

On the Microsoft site ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ie/ieak/techinfo/deploy/60/en/appendix.mspx?mfr=true) there is an explanation of how to get around them using a Mark of the Web. You basically put <-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet --> in the .htm and that makes it run in a zone other than the local machine zone.

It doesn't work still get the messages. However, if I copy the code (right-click on the movie page while it is running and select 'show source') and paste it into a separate .htm file and double-click on the .htm file, it works - no messages (actually I got the messages the first time it ran).

Anyone have a clue why it would work standalone, but not in HTMLHelp?

Phil

[Guest]

I have a very large project that has transitioned from WinHelp to HTML Help. We have ~30 avi files to display in Windows Media Player (or whatever player our customers use).

In WinHelp the files were launced by setting the Action Type to Macro and the script is EF("001.avi"). I don't know where this came from - someone passed it along to me and it worked.

The Technical Support that we purchased from Adobe said that it couldn't be done in HTML Help. However it worked on my test applciations as long as the file - 001.avi was located in the same folder as the .chm file.

When we distributed the HTML Help with our application I found that when help was launched with our application, the message poped up " HTML Help Author Message - Unable to start "001.avi". " But when the .chm was launched as a standalone (even though our applcation was running), the video played fine.

Upon further experience we found that some of our customers could launch the videos and some could not. The typical response is that nothing happens when the link is clicked.

Any help on this issue would be appreciated.