Hi,
On one of my servers, the flash extension, .swf, isn't loading. Instead, whenever you access a .swf file, it goes automatically to a download dialog.

The server is running CPanel on Redhat linux 9.0. I've already tried adding this:
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddHandler application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
to the htaccess, but it didn't help.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced!

check out this URL it should help you

http://www.flashcentral.com/Tech/Server/Apache.htm

Hmm. Looked over that and double checked my httpd conf's mime.types but the flash handler for .swf is already in there. So that page didn't help. Thanks though.

Is this server wide or just that .swf file itself?

make sure you have plugin installed for the browser

Check the mime types for swf files - if it's of an unrecognized type, many browsers will just try to download rather than display.

-David

If you have cPanel, you have to add flash to the apache build and it should appear in your php info page in the Configure command
-with-swf=/usr/local/flash'

RHCE - Yes, I have the flash plugin installed on my computer. I know it isn't the design's coding for the site, since it works on my other server.

David - application/x-shockwave-flash swf is in the mime.types of my /etc/httpd/conf -- That is where the apache config should be on a CPanel running redhatlinux, right?

Eric - '--with-swf=/usr/local/flash'
yeah. it appears in my phpinfo.

This problem is really spinning me around. Hmm.

/etc/httpd/conf does not exist on my cPanel RH8 server.
This is correct cPanel location for apache config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
However this doesn't have anything about flash or swf in it.

To edit mime types I use this: /usr/local/apache/conf/mime.types
which has the swf entry in it: application/x-shockwave-flash swf

Originally posted by Esr Tek
/etc/httpd/conf does not exist on my cPanel RH8 server.
This is correct cPanel location for apache config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
However this doesn't have anything about flash or swf in it.

To edit mime types I use this: /usr/local/apache/conf/mime.types
which has the swf entry in it: application/x-shockwave-flash swf
There is also a mime.types in my /usr/local/apache/conf, and it does have the entry: application/x-shockwave-flash swf as well.

This is all mine has for mime.types:
# TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is
# to be found.
#
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
TypesConfig /usr/local/apache/conf/mime.types
</IfModule>