Play .swf files in Firefox?

[Broni]

Can you explain: "just want to download it"?
Download what?

[Frejoh466]

I open the file with ether Firefox or Internet explorer, The web browser open and I get the choice to Save the file or open it, If I open the file It open a new window and give me the same choice, if I save the file I get a copy of it to my desktop.

[Broni]

Weird...

What will happen, if you open FF first and go File>Open file?

[Frejoh466]

The same thing.

I have tried to open it with no addons, I have tried to reinstall Firefox

[Broni]

Uninstall Flash, using this tool: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Download the Latest Adobe Flash for Firefox and IE Without Any Extras: http://www.404techsupport.com/2010/04/27/download-the-latest-adobe-flash-for-firefox-and-ie-without-any-extras/

[Frejoh466]

Didn't work, I did have some problems to remove Flash, every time I removed it and restarted my computer it automatically Downloaded/Installed flash, but I disconnected and then it worked,

But as I said, still not working.

[Broni]

Frankly speaking....I'm out of ideas....

[Frejoh466]

Can't you force it to start? You can't tell Firefox to run the .swf file in Flash?

It all did happen when I got Win7, I also isn't able to watch .gif (moving picture) in anyway if I don't get a 3'rd party program.

[deargodpleasehelp]

Huh, that's weird, in IE in Windows 7 I was always able to play a .gif or .swf standalone in the browser...

Running IE8 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 bit...

[Frejoh466]

No one good at .swf files?

But what do you guys have if you go Tools=>Options=>Programs then find .swf files? is it that you just run it in flash or should it even exist there?

[patio]

It's a corrupted file...
It won't open with anything.

[BC_Programmer]

it downloaded for me as well; I had to "open containing folder" on the download and then rightclick the swf and choose Open With->Adobe Flash player to get it working (mostly because winamp has decided to somehow steal the swf association and it crashes when it tries to play SWFs, and I am so far to lazy to fix the association).

[CBMatt]

I just dragged and dropped it into a Firefox window and it worked just fine.  Same goes for IE.  To be perfectly honest, I'm not quite sure what the problem might be.

[Frejoh466]

It's a corrupted file...
It won't open with anything.

It opens just fine in FF and IE for me.

it downloaded for me as well; I had to "open containing folder" on the download and then rightclick the swf and choose Open With->Adobe Flash player to get it working (mostly because winamp has decided to somehow steal the swf association and it crashes when it tries to play SWFs, and I am so far to lazy to fix the association).

So you did open it with Flash... is there even a .exe file with Flash?

I just dragged and dropped it into a Firefox window and it worked just fine.  Same goes for IE.  To be perfectly honest, I'm not quite sure what the problem might be.

Isn't that like the same thing if you just double click on it?

[BC_Programmer]

So you did open it with Flash... is there even a .exe file with Flash?

I don't know. It either was part of what was installed with the flash player itself or is a component of Flash CS4. I believe the term adobe uses to refer to them is a "projector"; you can get the latest version on this page, or just download the current version here.

One has to bear in mind that "Adobe Flash" is a commercial product you must pay for; Adobe Flash Player is the product you get for free that allows you to view the content created in Flash; Generally, the Flash Player comes as a plugin or add-on for the browser.

Making things even more confusing is Shockwave; Shockwave came first and w as basically just a way to play sounds and animation on a page, and the they were created with Macromedia Director (another commercial product) so Macromedia Shockwave was the plugin for netscape and IE that allowed you to view those sounds and animation; when Flash was first introduced it was called "Shockwave flash" for a few versions before being simply called "flash" but the default publishing format, SWF, still stands for "Shockwave Flash".


When you save a SWF file locally, you can open it in a browser just fine; as long as the browser has the flash plugin/addon installed. Or, you can just use the standalone projector.