After the reinstall, I did my normal post installation routine: install addons, settings tweaks, about:config tweaks.Īfter that. So I did a reinstall and everything worked fine again.
pdf file and the exact same issue occurred which made me think that there was something else going on. Also, I do have flash installed and flash sites and videos work perfectly fine.Įdit: uploading screenshots to this site doesn't seem to work so I hosted my screenshot on imgur: Īfter a lot of troubleshooting, I found the culprit of this problem:
The files itself are not corrupt and work fine in Edge browser. swf files but Firefox doesn't want to open them. I also tried to see if deleting the mimeTypes.rdf file from the Firefox profiles folder makes any difference but that doesn't help either. swf without asking, but that gives me flashback nightmares from 15 years ago when popup blockers weren't that common: Firefox loops and creates an infinites number of tabs while not actually opening the. swf extension in the Firefox settings to always open. Because of this behaviour, I tried to manually set the. swf file, Firefox asks me if I wish to open the file (see attached screenshot), then when I click Open with Firefox and the OK button it just re-prompts me again with the same question (same as screenshot). swf files stored on the local computer anymore. I think their logic (or fear?) is that if too many standalone player links are out there, the average web users might get the wrong version & won't understand when it's not showing within browsers etc.I believe since last update, Firefox won't open. Adobe says these are for testing by devs only & must not be distributed to general public. Note about distribution : Check with them if it's okay to package. Research the MAC/OSx equivalent of such a script file. Now test by double-clicking StartQuiz.bat to see it all run automatically. Save as StartQuiz.bat in same location as Quiz.swf. Now open NotePad program paste this text :
For example to test now on PC just put standalone player into same location as Quiz.swf.
Apparently they can't be privately distributed (see note below), so on your site maybe offer separate links for both quiz & these player downloads.ġ) Either inform users to run the downloaded standalone player & drag Quiz swf into player window when it shows.Ģ) Or try making some script/batch file. Once tested, then decide on instructions for end-users.
(no installation, just download and run the. MAC (dmg) : Download the Flash Player projector PC (exe) : Download the Flash Player projector Visually there is no difference between versions installer & standalone, except the installer version becomes known to other apps of your OS ( eg: browsers) The Projector is also a window like in picture above. Here is the link for standalone FlashPlayers (called Projectors) from Adobe. swf file know to use the player, instead of theĭefault. "So would you recommend having a separate package for each quiz? One for Windows and one for Mac?. Maybe package such free stand-alone players in some folder with your Quiz? The FlashPlayer.exe should already exist on your device (ie: the browser runs it within web pages as a "plugin").Īny SWF can be right-clicked in file explorer then choose "Open with Flash Player". If you're willing to skip using Flash Player (the browser plugin) and just run Flash Player as a desktop application then it will run your Quiz fine. "My end users are not doing the quizzes online, they simply download the zip, unzip, and take the quiz.