Flash in JSF

[Awais Sheikh]

I m facing a big big trouble.
I am using a flash animation in a page. Name of the flash animation file comes from a MBean. I m writing below the code of that flash object.

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
 codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
 width=784 height=239>
              <param name=movie value="#{dt.tops}">
              <param name=loop value=1>
              <param name=menu value=0>
              <param name=quality value=High>
              <param name=bgcolor value=FFFFFF>
              <param name="_cx" value="4498">
              <param name="_cy" value="3836">
              <param name="FlashVars" value>
              <param name="Src" value="#{dt.tops}">
              <param name="WMode" value="Opaque">
              <param name="Play" value="1">
              <param name="SAlign" value>
              <param name="Base" value>
              <param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always">
              <param name="Scale" value="ShowAll">
              <param name="DeviceFont" value="0">
              <param name="EmbedMovie" value="0">
              <param name="SWRemote" value>
              <param name="MovieData" value>
              <embed src="#{dt.tops}" loop=false menu=false quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF  width=784 height=239 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object>

{dt.tops} This contains the file name of flash.

When I run this file in browser, flash file is unable to display. Then I tried to check the source of runnin file (view->source). I m quite disappointed to see that {dt.tops} is showing instead of file name.
please guide me why it is not working while other images and data is showing properly.

Thanks

[Tim Holloway]

That's because your Flash tag isn't a JSF tag. You can probably use JSTL (${dt.tops}) to get what you want, but beware - mixing plain JSP (or JSP+JSTL) and JSF on the same page can lead to problems.

Also, fair warning. Don't use Flash as the sole means of conducting important business logic if you intend to do business with me. I almost never install Flash on my machines. So If I run into a Flash wall, I go buy from someone else.

And if you think I'm hardnosed about Flash, don't even ask about using ActiveX. I run FoxFire under Linux and I'm quite paranoid about my system security.

[Sergey Smirnov]

...or you can use facelets and #{} will work everywhere on the page.

[Awais Sheikh]

Thanks a lot for your replies.

Tim Holloway
Sir, Actually I am just getting the name of the top banner from the MBean, which is developed in flash. It doesn't contain any business logic. All pages have same structure. So i have developed one main page. Images, links come from MBeans. Please guide me is there anything wrong in this scenario . So its time to use JSTL?? isn't it??

Sergey Smirnov
Sir, I am already using this "#{dt.tops}" for picking up flash file name. I think Mr. Tim is right as flash object is not a JSF tag.

[Sergey Smirnov]

Yep. Mr Tim is right. The flash object is not a jsf tag. My point was - if you use facelets the attribute of jsf tag is not a restriction anymore for the place where you can use #{}

[Lone Gunmen]

Greetings party people.....
I ran into the same problem. Apache Tomahawk addresses the problem

<t:htmlTag [{all standard UIOutput attributes}]>
<f:param name="AttributeName" value="AttributeValue" />
</t:htmlTag>

here's my impl

<t:htmlTag value="param">
<f:param name="name" value="movie"/>
<f:param name="value" value="someURL?someParam=#{someService.getSome}"/>
</t:htmlTag>

http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk-project/tomahawk12/tagdoc/t_htmlTag.html

[Amit Ghorpade]

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