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Embeding Flash movies using swfobject

22 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment

by edselweb in Flash Tags: Flash

Objective:

To embed Flash movie using swfobject

Skill Set:

javascript, HTML, CSS

Demo:

Embeding Flash movie using swfobject

Steps:

• Download the swfobject script from here
• Insert this code within the header tag:
• <script type=”text/javascript” src=”swfobject.js”></script>
• <script type=”text/javascript”>
  var flashvars = false;
  var params = {
  base:”http://edselweb.com/flash/flickbook/images/”
  };
  var attributes = {};
  swfobject.embedSWF(“images/flickBookUK.swf”, “myContent”, “353″, “698″, “9.0.0″, “expressInstall.swf”, flashvars, params, attributes);
  </script>
• A div for alternative content is necessary within the body tag as follow:

<div id=”myContent”>
<h1>Alternative content</h1>
<p><a href=”http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer”><img src=”http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif” alt=”Get Adobe Flash player” /></a></p>
</div>