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Flashplayer
Hi all
Someone sent me an excel workbook containing an object embedded into the worksheet. The object concerned is a game (or rather a small puzzle). Clicking on various images within the object cause them to behave dynamically. I cannot seem to "isolate" the object, as I would normally be able to do with, say, a chart. The workbook contains no VBA modules, nor code behind the sheets. The workbook and worksheets are unprotected, and it contains no names nor hidden (nor veryhidden) worksheets. If I click on the object generally it does not "select" it, ie borders do not change appearance. If I right-click on the object it does pop up a menu, at the bottom of which is an item described as "About Macromedia Flashplayer 8 ..." I am tempted to ask "what's that all about?" but I realise that would not get much of a response, being rather vague, so I shall start with a couple of more specific questions: 1) Is there a security risk with such objects? My normal security settings are set to "medium", but I am not prompted with any warning not to open the workbook. 2) Why would anyone distribute this in an Excel Workbook? Cannot such objects be embedded into a Word file? I would have thought that more potential recipients would have Word installed than Excel. Thanks |