Can I insert a flash object or C++ application in GE?

[Jaime11]

Hi,

First of all, sorry to place this post in the general discussion but I cannot find where to place it.

I am a new user of GE, at least from the API point of view. I am trying to find out if I can insert a "flash object" in GE??

The thing is that we have developed a flash viewer for panorama scenes and we would like to insert them in GE as point of interest. I just cannot find any reference to this kind of issues in the API documentation.

If this is not possible we have another possibility, we have also the panorama viewer developed as an application in C++ using OpenGL. Is it possible to insert this application in GE???

As you can see I am extremely lost at this point, I would really appreciate if somebody give me some feedback in regards to this issue

Best

[Munden]

No, Google Earth windows only follow the simplest HTML rules. The only media you can insert would be <IMG> tags.

[GEH4EVR]

Actually Munden, you can embed flash in Google Earth.

Jaime11, Here's two articles on the Flash in Google Earth:

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/08/flashearth_mashup_wi.html

http://googleearthuser.blogspot.com/2007/09/flash-in-google-earth.html

And Here's the code I use:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="620" height="580" id="index" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.deviantart.com/download/73973264/Flash_Clock_by_Thorero.swf?lat=38.89706217126182&lon=-96.93237208884133&z=5.383633567278&r=1.059&src=msl" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="index.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="100%" height="100%" name="index" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>


object classid: Unsure of what this is, best to leave it there.

codebase: This is specifying that it's a flash player.

Width, Height, ID, Align: Pretty much self explanatory.

Param Name: let's Google Earth know what it's dealing with.

Value=: Points to the swf file.

Param Name: Is also self explanatory.

And the example file is attached to my post.

[Munden]

wow, ok, that's a lot more work than the limited things I tried. I tried some of the basics and then assumed they left that ability out for fear of security or compatibility.

[Jaime11]

Thank you very much!!!!!!!

I am going to try and play around with it..I will let you know if I manage

Best
Jaime

[Jaime11]

Hi GEH4EVR,

Well, that is my doubt right now. I am trying to embed the flash viewer with the embed object but it does not work

Any Ideas??
This was the way I had it done in GoogleMaps

Thanks

[Mickey]

Check out GEboards (http://www.gearthhacks.com/geboards/) and GEMMO (http://www.gearthhacks.com/gemmo/), both of which use Flash quite a lot.