I am trying to play an MP3 using a shockwave flash player embedded in a question. The XSS Filter is disabled on our site, which to my understanding enables flash and javascript.

This is the code I am using.

The "instructions" for this flash player have said to use absolute file paths for both the player and the song. I'm not sure it makes any difference because it hasn't worked either way I've tried.

Am I completely missing something? Does something need to be done in the template or the question.pstpl or the .js file itself?

Did you follow these steps to implement it?

docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php?page=..._a_flash_video_file_

Indeed I did. When I insert a flash object this way, any flash object (I tested a few to make sure it wasnt just a problem with the player), the flash object displays perfectly in the "Preview" window.

However, when i click submit, it only shows a Flash object "placeholder" in the question, which is just a moveable Flash icon. This object does not display when I use preview question or test survey. I also tried activating the survey to see if it made any difference, and did not.

XSS filter is definitely off, which is the only thing I can think of that would be causing problems.

I also reinstalled Flash and Shockwave to ensure it was not just a missing plug-in problem - this did nothing.

Hmm, I am not a flash expert. At least both files (mp3 file and the player) are available under the URLs you are using ( don't laugh, I always check for the most obvious errors first, because it is really annoying to check various things only to find out that the files are not where they are supposed to be, or similar...).

Let's see if someone else has an idea.

In my experience, more often than not errors are in syntax, or in simple things, rather than an significant mistake. I've gotten to the point of wanting to cry while debugging, only to find the error was a stupid syntax mistake like a bracket in the wrong place or something.

Just checked with your code in my survey and it works just fine.

The issue has been resolved. The $filterxsshtml setting appears in more than one place; we had only disabled it in global settings, which was not enough apparently.

Whereelse does it appear?

You should be able to switch it off from your interface in the global settings. This is the only place where I have disabled it.

What is your Limesurvey version?

Grenadeh wrote:Usually Gloabl Settings should be the only place to change this setting. Where else did you change the setting?