Embedding Flash

Flash is an animated image format from Macromedia (now part of Adobe) that is widely used on the Web.

To embed Flash:

1.	Begin the `object` element with `<object`.
2.	Use `type="application/x-shockwave-flash"` to indicate the MIME type for Flash animations.
3.	Type `data="filename.swf"`, where filename.swf is the name and location of the Flash animation on your server.
4.	Specify the dimensions of your animation with `width="w" height="h"`, where w and h are both values in pixels.
5.	Finish the opening `object` tag by typing `>`.
6.	Add `<param name="movie" value="filename.swf" />`, where filename.swf matches what you used in step 3.
7.	Type `</object>` to complete the object. Figure 18.48. To embed Flash, set the MIME type to `application/x-shockwave-flash`.

Tips

This technique is based on the article Flash Satay by Drew McLellan in A List Apart (www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay).
Drew figured out a way to use small reference movies to help Flash animations stream properly with this technique. See his article for details.
Many people use a combination of object and the non-standard embed tag to insert Flash on a Web page. For more details, search for embed Flash on Adobe's site (http://www.adobe.com/).