How to bypass “Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation.”?

Question

I have created an advent calendar for the blog of a friend, and to fetch/get/download the gifts of each day, the flash animation requests a file located at "http://domain.com/folder/etcetc/gifts.php".

While creating the file in Flash CS4 and trying it out, I never got the error. But when I try to launch the .swf manually, I get this error:

Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation.

The following local application on your computer or network:

C:\location\file.swf

is trying to communicate with this Internet-enabled location:

domain.com

To let this aplication communicate with the Internet, click Settings. You must restart the application after changing your settings.

Is there any way to bypass this, or any other method I can use to stop this error from showing? I'm currently using URLLoader and URLRequest, is there any better/faster/more efficient way to do this?

Answer 1

I found out that this problem wasn't relevant after all, as it only occurred when I opened the .swf locally. When I uploaded it to my webserver and tried to access the flash file with my webbrowser, it worked just as it was supposed to.

Answer 2

you must add the swf file location (just c:\ or exact path) to the trusted list in Adobe FlashPlayer Settings Manager in order to allow a local swf connect the internet

Answer 3

lol. that's funny. Try using Flash CS4 to create a mac/pc projector. Or create an AIR file. Running an item through Flash Player will have all sorts of issues with rights. The projector removes these necessities.

Answer 4

SWF files were showing the same message on a webpage and browser so I changed the flash player version in my HTML code to 9.0.45.0. Now it works fine!