Bypassing the Shockwave Security Dialog
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As you probably know, when you shock a piece
that relies on third party Xtras, DLLs or UCDs,
as well as pieces that do file operations with
the user's hard drive, the user is faced with
a somewhat scary security dialog asking them if
they trust the "site". What you may not have known
is that you can create an INI file and distribute
that file to users so that the "site" is automatically
trusted.

The file you need to generate is called PREFS.INI.
This file needs to be placed in the following browser
subdirectory: 

\plugins\np32asw

(Look for \plugins\np16asw on 16-bit systems.)

This is the shockwave plugin folder. Do not place the
PREFS.INI file in the \plugins\np32asw\aw40 folder; it 
won't have any effect in that location. Typically, this
file is distributed with a custom shockwave plugin
installer you create.

The contents of the file look something like this:

# Security settings:
VERSION 2
Security = TrustOnlyListed
WarnNonTrusted = ON
WarnTrusted = OFF
TrustedSite = http://myurl.com/myapp.aam

Your best bet is to let the shocked piece generate this 
file for you. To do this, shock your piece and then run 
it on your local machine. When the security dialog appears, 
do the following:

1. Click "Security Options".
2. Click "Add Location".
3. Click "Trust Only Listed Locations" (if that applies).
4. And then click "Save Settings".

Look in the \plugins\np32asw subdirectory of your
browser. You'll see the PREFS.INI file there. Edit it
so that the TrustedSite is the server URL and not
your local hard drive, then provide your users with
this file, being sure that it is installed in their
\plugins\np32asw directory.