December 4th, 2003, 09:12 PM
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I read a great article about this...
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/
CHeck this sample code:
Code:
<object
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="movie.swf"
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie" value="movie.swf" />
</object>
Apparently this works in most browsers, except IE downloads the entire file before it plays (instead of streaming it)...
The workaround, dubbed the Satay Method, is making a flash movie within a flash movie... basically create a movie that calls the main one... a bonus to this is that if all the movies are the same proportions than you only need one 'container' movie.
As the article explains, the container movie simply has _root.loadMovie(_root.path,0); as the first frame... then call the container movie and pass it parameters through the path... like so:
Code:
<object
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="container.swf?path=movie.swf"
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie" value="container.swf?path=movie.swf" />
</object>
Although i haven't tried the actual flash workaround, I'm positive it works... and I can ensure that the XHTML is 1.1 compliant.
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