ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Appendix H: Embedding a Flash Movie in a Web Page

In the Flash authoring tool, you can use the File ➝ Publish command to generate

<EMBED> and <OBJECT> tags automatically. For instructions, see Help ➝ Using Flash ➝

Publishing ➝ Publishing Flash documents.

For more information on the

<EMBED> and <OBJECT> tags, see Help ➝ Using Flash ➝

Publishing ➝ Editing Flash HTML settings. See also the following technotes:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tn4150.html

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tag_attributes.htm

Despite the assistance offered by the Flash authoring tool, this appendix is for devel-

opers who prefer to hand-code their HTML. This appendix also covers the attributes

not supported via the authoring tool.

Table H-1 lists the minimum recommended attributes of the

<EMBED> and <OBJECT>

tags, some of which are strictly required. Following the table are detailed descrip-

tions of these and other attributes.

Attributes of the <OBJECT> Tag

To use attributes other than CLASSID, CODEBASE, WIDTH, HEIGHT, ID, and ALIGN with the

<OBJECT> tag, construct a <PARAM> tag of the following format:

<PARAM NAME=ATTR_NAME VALUE=VAL>

where ATTR_NAME is the name of the attribute and VAL is the attribute value (as shown

in Example H-1).

The following list of attributes ...