What I may do is allow for a metachar. So if you type

%URL%

In the HTML, it will be replaced with the right url for CT tracking, and then send you off to the proper end url for the ad. Next rev. First just let me know if this HTML ad support is enough for your flash ad.

Should be live in 4-5 hours.

I came across this posting and wanted to know if there is an example of using the flash code in the html form as I have tried to use the method described in this thread but some of the html code is replaced with text that says <invalidTag

Here is the flash code I pasted in the html form:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="140" height="75">
<param name="movie" value="tile_3.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="tile_3.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="140" height="75"></embed>
</object>

And after I save the ad and go back to view the ad again the html form filed has this code:

<InvalidTag classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="140" height="75">
<param name="movie" value="tile_3.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<InvalidTag src="tile_3.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="140" height="75"></embed>
</object>

I am using the code inserted in a form as shown above. I just wondered if i am missing something. Any tips greatly appreciated with this.

Thanks,

Kris

The invalidTag is coming form CF trying to be extra safe. This is an option to strip out unsafe HTML and it is intefering with my application. Either turn it off in the admin, or addscriptProtect=false to the application.cfc file (I don't have access to the cfapplication tag.

Here's what i used to track my Flash Ads.

1. i used onMouseDown to load URL that normally used to track othe ads.
2. Addedd two params
a. <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
b. added this to the embed tag - wmode="transparent"
this allowed the onmousedown event to fire.
3. i get the tracking i need, along with inpressions.
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="650" height="80" onmousedown="document.location.href='http://some url to page';">
<param name="movie" value="some flash URL" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<embed src="some flash url" quality="high" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="80"></embed>
</object>

Haha! Ray I know you answer fast but this is ridiculous! You answered these posts years before they were posted...
More on topic...am I understanding this correctly that I would just create an HTML ad and the HTML that I put there would contain my flash object?

I think you are looking at my "Joined" date, not my posted date. Harlan supports a plain style ad now where you can put in anything, so yes, you would use the HTML normally used to embed Flash.

Hey Ray, what do you think of the method i posted on august 17 about tracking flash banner ads.

If it works for you - great. :)