Question

I am developing an application for the SUR40 Surface 2.0 table.
I am developing in MS Visual C# 2010 Express .Net Framework 4 Client Profile.

Now I need to embed a Flash file (*.swf) into the Surface Window.

I followed these steps and I am stuck at the (Drag the “Shockwave Flash Object” from the toolbox onto the Form (just like any other control)) step.

I couldn’t find the Shockwave Flash Object so I tried some things.
After a right-click on the toolbox and select “Show All” the Shockwave Flash Object appears, but its locked. I cant move this Shockwave Flash Object to my Surface Window (see image).

My questions:

• How can i unlock this toolbox item?
• Is it possible to use Shockwave Flash Object on the Surface 2.0

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try this

You need to install the latest version of Adobe Macromedia Flash Player . The component will be located at “%systemroot%\system32\macromed\flash11c.ocx”. Then you’d better register manually it like this:

Regsvr32 flash11c.ocx

And then please follow these steps to add Shockwave Flash Object correctly on your form in VB 2005 Express:

1. In Solution Explore, right-click References and choose Add Reference.

In COM tab, add Shockwave Flash (e.g. Flash11c.ocx)

1. Right-click Toolbox -> Click “Choose Items”, in COM tab, choose Shockwave Flash Object, then you can see the control in the Toolbox.

2. Drag and drop the Shockwave control on the form, you may get the error message “Failed to import the ActiveX control. Please ensure it is properly registered”, ignore it and click OK.

3. Right-click the project in Solution Explorer, choose “Rebuild”. When the project rebuild succesfully, you are able to add the Shockwave control on the form this time.

4. Specify .swf file for the Movie property of Shockwave control.

or

Check this link Fun With C# and the flash External API