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Embedding Flash

This is different than the default code that Flash provides. That typically involves the <embed> tag and is not valid XHTML. This doesn't use that, and is fully valid.

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
	data="your-flash-file.swf"
	width="0" height="0">
	<param name="movie" value="your-flash-file.swf" />
	<param name="quality" value="high"/>
</object>

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  1. LuK

    will this work crossbrowser?

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  2. eh?

    This seems very similar to the Flash Satay method from a while back.

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  3. Ryan

    I was taught that you should always use swfObject for flash replacement. Isn’t it almost always a better solution?

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    • Chris Coyier

      That’s what I typically use. Although it does require javascript, and theoretically users might have javascript disabled and Flash enabled.

      In either case, it’s just a good thing to know there is a valid way to embed flash without any help.

    • Ryan

      Very true. swfOject is something worth mentioning though.

  4. Rob Salaman

    How do you add a controller.

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  5. Ozzy

    How could I embed a rotating flash movie as a background in my page? Thanks for the help.

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  6. applezqp

    It don’t work in IE.

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  7. Shami Photos

    what is the code for FLV file?

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  8. Rajesh

    Thanks…….

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