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Error messages appear when applying Control Shockwave or Flash behavior

IssueAfter attempting to apply a Control Shockwave or Flash behavior, the following error messages appear one after the other:

Message 1: "Netscape users cannot access this Shockwave OBJECT (nest EMBED tag with same name/src for compatibility)."

Message 2: "Please select a shockwave object name or click Cancel. The action will not be added to your document."

Reason
These two messages will pop up in succession if the filename for the movie is in uppercase.

Note: The two error messages are appearing by mistake, and should not be taken literally. They are usually meant to appear when hand coders forget to nest an EMBED tag or forget to name their movies. Those are not issues if you inserted your movie with Dreamweaver, since it will write the code properly.

Solution
Rename your Shockwave or Flash object's file name so that it is not all uppercase.



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