tried that, no dice. Thanks for the suggestion. :o)
will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's Energy Management and Markets Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Problem with EMBED and OBJECT tags. > Try putting the <cfoutput> directly around the #url.mov#. > > Eg. <cfoutput>#url.mov#</cfoutput> > > -Hugh > > > I'm having trouble getting a EMBED/OBJECT tag to recognize a varible as a > filename. > > Original code: > > <OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="240" > HEIGHT="196" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> > <PARAM NAME="src" > VALUE="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > <PARAM NAME="autoplay" VALUE="true"> > <PARAM NAME="controller" VALUE="true"> > <PARAM NAME="loop" VALUE="false"> > <EMBED > SRC="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > WIDTH=240 HEIGHT=196 AUTOPLAY=true CONTROLLER=true LOOP=false > PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"> > > </OBJECT> > > works like a champ > > <cfoutput> > <OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="240" > HEIGHT="196" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> > <PARAM NAME="src" > VALUE="http://intranet.esca.com/documents/mpeg/brownbag/#url.mov#.mov"> > <PARAM NAME="autoplay" VALUE="true"> > <PARAM NAME="controller" VALUE="true"> > <PARAM NAME="loop" VALUE="false"> > <EMBED > SRC="http://intranet.esca.com/documents/mpeg/brownbag/#url.mov#.mov" > WIDTH=240 HEIGHT=196 AUTOPLAY=true CONTROLLER=true LOOP=false > PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"> > > </OBJECT> > </cfoutput> > > the variable is passed as follows: > > > index.cfm?action=qt&gc_ID=8B9D5438-1C10-11D6-94DB0002A50741F5&mov=esca_@stak > e_1 > > (the spaces at the end of the string are Underscores...) > > Fails with the following message: > > Plugin Error > The data that the plugin requested, did not download successfully > > Anyone with thoughts? > > CF Server 5 > WinNT 4sp6a > > viewed on > WinNT Workstation 4sp6a > IE6 and QT > > Thanks all :o) > > will > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > ALSTOM's Energy Management and Markets Business > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

