Flash in HTML
Flash Embedded in HTML
After creating a Flash movie you choose File > Save As from the top menu
to save your movie. Save the file as "Somefilename.fla".
To embed the Flash movie you just made into an HTML page, you should go back to
your Flash program and do the following steps:
Step 1
Choose File > Open. Open a Flash movie you have created.
Step 2
Choose File > Export Movie.
Step 3
Name the file "somefilename.swf". Choose the location where the file is to be
stored (in your Web folder). Click OK.
Step 4
Open the HTML page where you want to insert your Flash movie. Insert this code:
<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf">
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>
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Note: This is the minimum code you need to embed a Flash movie in a browser.
A broken icon will appear on the Web page if the user does not have the Flash
plug-in installed.
Note: In the code above there is both an <embed> tag and an <object> tag. This
is because the <object> tag is recognized by Internet Explorer, and Netscape
recognizes the <embed>
tag and ignores the <object> tag.
Step 5
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first
Flash movie.
Let the Flash Program do the Work
The code above is the absolute minimum code to embed Flash movies in HTML
pages. It is not recommended to use the minimum code. There should be a few more attributes
added:
- classid is an attribute to the <object> tag. It tells Internet Explorer to load the
ActiveX plug-in if it is not installed
- pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page if
Netscape does not have
it
The Flash program can add these attributes for you:
Step 1
Choose File > Publish. Flash will now create the <object>, <param>,
and <embed> tags for you. It will also create the classid and
pluginspage attributes.
Step 2
Open the HTML document that Flash created, view the HTML source and copy the
code into your HTML page where you want your Flash movie.
Step 3
Be sure that you have the "somefilename.swf" in your Web folder.
Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first
Flash movie.
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