Comments on: How To Embed SWF or FLV File In Microsoft Excel 2007? http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/ A capsule of walker's experience in life... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-15985 matt Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:46 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-15985 As per the very first query, I have the file in the website but I am unable to send it to the computer as a swf file, can someone explain how to do this please? As per the very first query, I have the file in the website but I am unable to send it to the computer as a swf file, can someone explain how to do this please?

]]> By: kharisma http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-15936 kharisma Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-15936 thanks. it works thanks. it works

]]> By: J http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-15138 J Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:44:19 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-15138 That's fine, but I have a problem when closing and reopening the file. Before the item will "play" I need to re enable the play function EVERY TIME. Is there a way to make sure it stays on play permanantly? That’s fine, but I have a problem when closing and reopening the file. Before the item will “play” I need to re enable the play function EVERY TIME. Is there a way to make sure it stays on play permanantly?

]]> By: Mav http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-15102 Mav Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:35:45 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-15102 OK That worked really slick once I moved the .SWF file to a location not so deep in folder structure... but can someone tell me how to now put text or WORD ART in front of it? I try to send .swf to the back and pull text or word art to the front and once I exit out of Design Mode the text always goes to the back again :( OK That worked really slick once I moved the .SWF file to a location not so deep in folder structure… but can someone tell me how to now put text or WORD ART in front of it? I try to send .swf to the back and pull text or word art to the front and once I exit out of Design Mode the text always goes to the back again :(

]]> By: Dr Jazz http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-11022 Dr Jazz Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-11022 Bruce Glad to know you had the same experience as me. I have spoken to some very experienced coders since and they have not been able to do anything but confirm what I previously posted. They have no solution. As an interesting aside, Office 2011 for Mac osX, now supports VBA (after a fashion!) but also does not support embedded Flash. In fact, little of the VBA code would run until I disabled the reference to Shockwave in the library. Regards Dr Jazz Bruce
Glad to know you had the same experience as me. I have spoken to some very experienced coders since and they have not been able to do anything but confirm what I previously posted. They have no solution. As an interesting aside, Office 2011 for Mac osX, now supports VBA (after a fashion!) but also does not support embedded Flash. In fact, little of the VBA code would run until I disabled the reference to Shockwave in the library.
Regards
Dr Jazz

]]> By: Bruce http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-10170 Bruce Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:09:48 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-10170 Thank you for the insight and guidance... I'm having similar problems to those expressed above. I follow your steps exactly to insert the swf in excel 2007 and everything works perfectly, the swf file plays and looks exactly as expected, the menu controls on the video work as they should - but when I close the file and reopen it again, the embedded file shows the "Envelope Box" and will not respond at all. I click on the design mode button and right click on the properties and it shows me a different properties menu. I must start all over with your original instructions and then it will work again until I close and reopen the file. I am using... Windows Vista Home Premium and Excel 2007 with an xlsm file. I've saved it in windows 2007 and 2003 and experienced the same problem. any ideas would be greatly appreciated Thank you Bruce Thank you for the insight and guidance…

I’m having similar problems to those expressed above.

I follow your steps exactly to insert the swf in excel 2007 and everything works perfectly, the swf file plays and looks exactly as expected, the menu controls on the video work as they should – but when I close the file and reopen it again, the embedded file shows the “Envelope Box” and will not respond at all. I click on the design mode button and right click on the properties and it shows me a different properties menu.

I must start all over with your original instructions and then it will work again until I close and reopen the file.

I am using… Windows Vista Home Premium and Excel 2007 with an xlsm file.

I’ve saved it in windows 2007 and 2003 and experienced the same problem.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

Bruce

]]> By: Dr Jazz http://www.walkernews.net/2009/04/26/how-to-embed-swf-or-flv-file-in-microsoft-excel-2007/#comment-9913 Dr Jazz Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:12:23 +0000 http://www.walkernews.net/?p=2549#comment-9913 Further to my post of June 1 2010, You may be aware that an excel .xlsm file is in fact a zip file. By changing the extension to .zip it can be opened. Now here is the odd thing: for my file, inside the zipped file is a folder named "xl"; inside that folder is one called "media"; inside that is a file called "image1.emf" that is a picture of the first frame of the shoockwave file (.swf) I am trying to embed. I cannot find the shockwave file anywhere in the zipped folder. Does this mean that it not, in fact, embedded? Further to my post of June 1 2010, You may be aware that an excel .xlsm file is in fact a zip file. By changing the extension to .zip it can be opened. Now here is the odd thing: for my file, inside the zipped file is a folder named “xl”; inside that folder is one called “media”; inside that is a file called “image1.emf” that is a picture of the first frame of the shoockwave file (.swf) I am trying to embed. I cannot find the shockwave file anywhere in the zipped folder. Does this mean that it not, in fact, embedded?

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