<object> vs <embed> 1

[1DMF]

I have a flash object which is being displayed fine in IE but not FireFox.

As I have validated the page with X/HTML - Trans, I cannot use the <embed> tag as it is deprecated, yet FF will only display the Flash if I do use it.

Is this a know issue? NB I have updated my FF to latest V1.5.0.6

Thanks
1DMF

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[traingamer]

One source: AListApart's ByeBye Embed


Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[1DMF]

Not sure what i'm meant to be looking at, but I can't see anything on that link to help me, i must be missing something, can anyone explain.

here is my code....

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" data="Flash/hlp.swf" codebase="[URL unfurl="true"]http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"[/URL] width="470" height="60" id="hlp" align="middle" style="z-index:0;">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="Flash/hlp.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" />
</object>

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[Vragabond]

Better article relating to your issue would be this one:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/

It describes how to "embed" a flash movie into the website using standard code and it definitely works in all browsers.

 

[1DMF]

Thanks Vragabond, that's better, drop the ClassID and CodeBase and it worked fine.

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.