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SharePoint 2007 Flash Animation Web Part

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SharePoint 2007 Flash Animation Web Part

Screenshot - flashWebPart.jpg

Introduction

I've seen that many people are using HTML content web part for displaying Flash animation. I don't recommend this approach for many reasons, one of them being you won't tell your client to edit HTML code for changing Flash properties; so it is better to have a dedicated web part for rendering Flash animation.

Software Requirements

  • Microsoft SharePoint 2007 installed (With Site Collection created on port:80)
  • SharePoint Services 3.0 Extensions for Visual Studio 2005 installed

Using the code

To apply the code, you will need to create a new SharePoint Webpart Project then overrides the web part class file:

C#
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
namespace FlashWebPart
{
    [Guid("f04fa49d-1342-4c7d-904a-c43ebc942f39")]
    [XmlRoot(Namespace = "FlashWebPart")]
    public class FlashWebPart : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart
    {
        public FlashWebPart()
        {
            this.ExportMode = WebPartExportMode.All;
        }
        protected int flashWidth = 400;
        protected int flashHeight = 300;
        protected string flashUrl = "";
                
        [Browsable(true), 
        Category("Flash Info"),
        DefaultValue(400),
        WebPartStorage(Storage.Shared),
        FriendlyName("Width"), 
        Description("Width of the web part")]
        public int FlashWidth
        {
            get
            {
                return this.flashWidth;
            }
            set
            {
                this.flashWidth = value;
            }
        }
        [Browsable(true),
       Category("Flash Info"),
        DefaultValue(300),
        WebPartStorage(Storage.Shared),
        FriendlyName("Height"), 
        Description("Height of the web part")]
        public int FlashHeight
        {
            get
            {
                return this.flashHeight;
            }
            set
            {
                this.flashHeight = value;
            }
        }
        [Browsable(true),
        Category("Flash Info"),
        DefaultValue(""),
        WebPartStorage(Storage.Shared),
        FriendlyName("URL"), 
        Description("URL of the web part")]
        public string FlashURL
        {
            get
            {
                return this.flashUrl;
            }
            set
            {
                this.flashUrl = value;
            }
        }
        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            string outHTML = 
            "<OBJECT classid=
            \"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" " +
                        "codebase=
            \"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/
            flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0\" " +
                        "WIDTH=" + flashWidth + " HEIGHT=" + flashHeight + "> 
            " + "<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=\"" + flashUrl + "\"> " +
                        "<PARAM NAME=WMODE VALUE=\"Transparent\">" +
                        "<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> " +
                        "<EMBED src=\"" + flashUrl + 
                        "\" quality=high wmode=\"transparent\" WIDTH=\"" + 
            flashWidth + 
                        "\" HEIGHT=\"" + flashHeight + 
                        "\" TYPE=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" PLUGINSPAGE=
            \"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/
            index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"></EMBED> " 
            + "</OBJECT>";
            writer.Write(outHTML);
        }
    }
}

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Comments and Discussions

 
Generalhello Pin
clinton13148-Mar-11 16:03
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Generalwant to display poster image before video play Pin
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
poonamgharge11-Oct-10 23:02
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QuestionOne More Thing..... Pin
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Christopher Losh23-Apr-09 9:57
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QuestionIs it supposed to do this? Pin
Christopher Losh20-Apr-09 6:18
Christopher Losh20-Apr-09 6:18 
GeneralWSS 3.0 - Wrong use of the Web Part class Pin
nowisee1-Dec-08 3:17
nowisee1-Dec-08 3:17 
GeneralFlash Query Strings Pin
jim iverson20-Nov-08 4:44
jim iverson20-Nov-08 4:44 
I am new to Sharepoint and can't get a very simple embed statement to work. I am attempting to prototype using a web content web part. I have a swf that I pass paramters to in this fashion:

<embed src="http://whatever/jim/SWF/Gallery.swf?Path='http://whatever/jim/SWF/images.xml'" width="400" height="400" />

If I hard code the location of the xml file into the swf and don't use the Query string as below it works fine:

<embed src="http://whatever/jim/SWF/Gallery.swf" width="400" height="400" >

As soon as I add the query string to pass the path of the xml file the swf loads and doesn't find the xml file.

I've verified that my embed statement is correct by using it inside a standard html file on the share point server. The issue is once I'm inside the web content web part.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim
Generalextend the webpart Pin
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GeneralIs there a version that might work with WSS v3.0 Pin
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Questionerror in this.ExportMode Pin
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GeneralPort 80 Pin
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Questionmiss the category flashInfo Pin
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