Embed and Object

[Tony Sutton]

I have this following code in my html file:

<object classid="clsid: 166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macrom edia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab#
version=7,0,0,0 " width="320" height="320">
<param name="src" value="file.dcr " />
<embed src="file.dcr"
pluginspage="ht tp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashplayer" width="320"
height="320">
</embed>
</object>

on XHTML 1.0 Transitional and it spits out wiht this error:

1.. Line 112, column 14: there is no attribute "src" (explain...).
<embed src="steal6.dcr "
pluginspage="ht tp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashpla
^2.. Line 112, column 39: there is no attribute
"pluginspag e" (explain...).
<embed src="steal6.dcr "
pluginspage="ht tp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashpla
^3.. Line 112, column 91: there is
no attribute "width" (explain...).
...romedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="320" height="320"></embed>
^4.. Line 112, column 104: there
is no attribute "height" (explain...).
...o/getflashplayer" width="320" height="320"></embed>
^5.. Line 112, column 109: element
"embed" undefined (explain...).
...flashplayer" width="320" height="320"></embed>
I have had a look at W3schools and from what I can see, <embed> is no longer
supported, correct? If so, what should I use? <object> ?

Thanks,

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[Keith Bowes]

Re: Embed and Object

Tony Sutton wrote:[color=blue]
> I have this following code in my html file:
>
> <object classid="clsid: 166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"
> codebase="http://download.macrom edia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab#
> version=7,0,0,0 " width="320" height="320">
> <param name="src" value="file.dcr " />
> <embed src="file.dcr"
> pluginspage="ht tp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashplayer" width="320"
> height="320">
> </embed>
> </object>[/color]

Man, isn't this in the FAQ yet? Short answer: don't use <embed>. Use
<object data="file.dcr" > and let the browser retrieve the proper plug-in
for the MIME type. Full answer:
<URL:http://alistapart.com/stories/flashsatay/>.

[Jim Ley]

Re: Embed and Object

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 05:33:35 -0400, Keith Bowes <do.not@spam.me >
wrote:

[color=blue]
>Man, isn't this in the FAQ yet? Short answer: don't use <embed>. Use
><object data="file.dcr" > and let the browser retrieve the proper plug-in
>for the MIME type.[/color]

Okay, I want to embed an HTML document into another, OBJECT is correct
for XHTML, I do this - when a user activates a hyperlink, I want just
the OBJECT "window" to navigate to the new url, like it currently does
with the not in XHTML strict IFRAME. However when including flash or
SVG content I want the images to navigate the parent document just as
they currently do with embed.

I seem to have missed how to achieve the two different uses that
embed/iframe were put to in the single element object - indeed it
seems that even implementors haven't been consistent and do different
things depending on the content of the linked resource - surely that
isn't correct, and how can we do anything with such an unpredictable
method.

I'm not saying use embed, but object is far from usefully defined to
be used either.

Jim.
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[Tony Sutton]

Re: Embed and Object

"Keith Bowes" <do.not@spam.me > wrote in message
news:1065346969 .85213@rh9cache ...[color=blue]
>
> Full answer:
> <URL:http://alistapart.com/stories/flashsatay/>.
>[/color]

That's useful - thanks!

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