ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Appendix H

APPENDIX H

Embedding a Flash Movie

in a Web Page

To embed a Flash movie in a web page we use the HTML <EMBED> and <OBJECT> tags,

much like we use the

<IMG> tag to place a GIF or a JPEG on a page. Recent versions

of Internet Explorer (IE) for Windows (IE5.5 SP2 and later) require the

<OBJECT> tag

(the

<OBJECT> tag is also preferred over the <EMBED> tag even for earlier versions of IE

for Windows, which supported both tags). Internet Explorer for Macintosh and

Netscape on both platforms require the

<EMBED> tag, as do many minor browsers.

Therefore, to support all browsers, we nest the

<EMBED> tag within the <OBJECT> tag as

shown in Example H-1, which embeds a movie called main.swf in an HTML page.

Example H-1. <OBJECT> AND <EMBED> tags for embedding a .swf file in an HTML page

<OBJECT

CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

CODEBASE=

"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"

WIDTH="550"

HEIGHT="400"

ID="main"

ALIGN="">

<PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="main.swf">

<PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high">

<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF">

<EMBED

SRC="main.swf"

QUALITY="high"

BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"

WIDTH="550"

HEIGHT="400"

NAME="main"

ALIGN=""

TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"

PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> ...