I've been using TYPOlight through version 2.8.3 over the last 18 months and have used extensively the extension ce_flash to embed Flash headers and custom slide show viewers with SlideShowPro. The ce_flash extension still appears in one of my TYPOlight websites v 2.8.3 and has an update to version 4.0 of the ce_flash extension. The update works and the flash header in that website works as expected.
I'm now starting to upgrade websites to Contao version 2.9.0 and I'm installing my own website graphics into the template system for Contao. The previous extension ce_flash is no longer listed in the Extension Repository for Contao and it appears to have been replaced with something called "Flash Content" which lists itself as reading "dynamic content".
I activated the Flash Content extension in Contao v2.9.0 on my website, created a module for the Flash Content to appear in the header, navigated to my .swf file using the file manager, checked the box for transparent flash, and when I check the website, the Flash header does NOT appear.
Questions:
1. There is a curious box in the "Content Flash" module "Make Interactive" which when checked shows a box that indicates that in order for the Flash to "interact with the browser" javascript is "required" and there is a box with
JavaScript _DoFSCommand(command, args) {
and a field to enter the "required" Javascript, but no explanation or manual is provided. What on earth is this field supposed to do? Are there any written instructions anywhere in the User Guide or on the Forum on what this box does?
2. I can't seem to find ANY documentation on this module either in the extension itself, and there is no link to a "Manual" for the extension in the Extension Manager. Anyone on the forum have any suggestions here?
3. The older extension ce_flash worked well in previous versions of TYPOlight, is there some reason that this previously working extension is not being offered in Contao version 2.9.0? It appeared to me to be very easy to implement, and it actually worked both in modules and as an element in an Article. Is there a way to install this in Contao 2.9.0?
I would appreciate any suggestions on how to make this work in the new Contao v2.9.0, and if anyone else is seeing this problem, please let me know.
Ernest McDermon
Snellville, GA
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