Embedding flash into a facebook iframe canvas

Question

Hi guys, I would like to embed a flash file into my facebook iframe canvas, I am using the PHP sdk, here is my code,

echo "<fb:swf swfsrc=\"http://my.site.com/facebook-test/the_file.swf\" width=\"760\" height=\"710\" />";

I have tried everything but it still doesn't seem to want to display.

Thanx in advance!

Answer 1

You also need to include the imgsrc property. This is a thumbnail image that is displayed to begin with as facebook requires a user to click on the thumbnail before the actual swf is loaded

So you need something like:

echo "<fb:swf imgsrc=\"http://my.site.com/facebook-test/the_file_thumbnail.jpg\" swfsrc=\"http://my.site.com/facebook-test/the_file.swf\" width=\"760\" height=\"710\" />";

Answer 2

Host your flash in a web page on a server. Then use the iframe on canvas to pull in that page thus your Flash.

Answer 3

With an iframe Canvas application, you shouldn't need to use <fb:swf>, and should instead rely on SWFObject or the like to embed it, as you would for a standard web page.

Answer 4

any info on how to embed flash in iFrame canvas and access FB from inside the flash, which means I need the FB related variables to be passed to the flash through loaderInfo??