Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
Playing Flash as "object[@classid]"
This section describes how to use the 'classid' attribute in an 'object' element for IE and other Web browsers that support the use of Flash Player ActiveX to play Flash files.
Base on the document provided by Adobe at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/415/tn_4150.html, the best way to use the "object" element to render Flash files on Internet Explorer 3.0 or later on Windows 9x/2000/NT/ME/XP platforms or any browser that support the use of the Flash Player ActiveX control, is to use the "classid" attribute.
Here are basic rules on how to use the "object" element properly to play a Flash file on IE:
Here is a sample code for playing the Yahoo! Flash file on IE based on above rules:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="217" height="85" codebase= "http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab"> <param name="movie" value="yahoo.swf"> </object>
Note that Firefox does not support Flash Player ActiveX. So the above sample code will not work for Firefox browser. Read other chapters on how to resolve this issue.
Table of Contents
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE
►Using "object" Elements for Flash Files
Displaying Images as "object" Elements - Example
Displaying Images as "object" Elements on Firefox 26
Displaying Images as "object" Elements on IE 10
Playing Flash as "object[@data]" - Example
Playing Flash as "object[@data]" on Firefox 26
Playing Flash as "object[@data]" on IE 10
►Playing Flash as "object[@classid]"
Playing Flash as "object[@classid]" - Example
Playing Flash as "object[@classid]" on Firefox 26
Playing Flash as "object[@classid]" on IE 10
Playing Flash with Nested "object" Elements
Playing Flash with a Single "object" Element
Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files
"mp3player" - MP3 Music Player
SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript
SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools
SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files
ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script
AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler