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Dealing with Flash Modules in SharePoint

flash sharepoint 2010There are a number of problems adding flash to SharePoint 2010. A few issues and resolutions follow:

ErrorPROBLEM: Flash files won’t open from a document library

  • What’s actually happening here is that SharePoint adds special headers to disallow applications and scripts from being run in the browser.
  • This is a security measure to keep users from uploading dangerous content.
  • The user gets prompted to download the file instead.

Tick SOLUTION:

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