Please note that this is not a duplicate of Filefield CCK field formatter (http://drupal.org/node/404076).

How do I enable support for CCK filefields? When I create a filefield, how do I assign "SWF Tools" as the field formatter? I have spent several hours trying to figure it out with no luck.

Documentation on the module page says:

Now with CCK filefield support
The new 6.x-2.4 includes support for CCK filefields. When you create a filefield you can assign SWF Tools as the field formatter, and your swf, mp3 or flv will be handed over to SWF Tools to render and display in the player of your choice. You can choose to include / exclude the download link for the file, so it's an easy way to create podcasts etc. If your content has multiple files you can choose to have them shown individually in separate players, or built in to a playlist in a single player or slideshow.

On page "admin/settings/swftools/cck" I read the following, but no content is listed.

CCK formatters
For content that is being formatted as an SWF Tools playlist you can specify an alternate format that should be used if a single file is passed to the playlist function. For example, display a single image as a regular image instead of placing it in a slideshow.

Content types that contain fields that have been configured to be formatted as an SWF Tools playlist are listed below.

How do I configure fields to be formatted as SWF Tools or SWF Tools playlists?

Am I missing a module?

Do I have to download the swftff_0.tgz module on http://drupal.org/node/404076 or is it included already on 6.x-2.5?

Pardon my ignorance and thanks for your help and guidance.

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Carlos Miranda Levy’s picture

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Carlos Miranda Levy’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Found the answer myself the next day, apparently all I needed was a break.
The formatter appears on the display fields tab of the content type config screen.
Pardon my ignorance.

portulaca’s picture

Thank you!

I also spend a great deal of time trying to found out why my CCK filefileds won't play until I found this issue. I expected it to appear under manage fields, perhaps because of the "field formatter" expression on the project page, although I can see now it makes sense to look under Display fields.

But still this should be mentioned on the project page and in the installation instructions.