Embeding Flash - movie and src parameter

Question

Hi

In this object element there is a child element called param[@name = 'movie']

 <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="324" data="flashlet.swf" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000">
  <param name="movie" value="flashlet.swf">
  <param name="swliveconnect" value="true">
  <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true">
  <param name="FlashVars" value="id=120231">
 </object>

I have seen other object element examples which has param[@name = 'src'] instead of name=movie.

So, does anyone here knows the difference between the two?

Thanks for answers,

regards bob

Answer 1

if you check HTML tag in W3Schools , you will find the syntax you provided is the one supported by all browsers

Answer 2

This kind of set is used for w3c compliant. The use of param[@name='src'] is given by Adobe(tm) DreamWeaver when you insert flash-embed content. The use of the object given by Adobe(tm) DreamWeaver has some bad things: It isn't w3c compliant, and the one you've posted is w3c compliant. Unfortunately, if you're using the w3c compliant tag, you should follow the flash satay technique from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay to work on IE

Answer 3

While the difference has been listed already in the answers to this question, in general I would tend not to worry about the differences. I say this only because I recommend using swfobject.

This will take care of your object tag for you. As well it handles things like Flash Player version detection, player upgrades/downloads, and displaying alternative content if the user does not have/want Flash.

It's very easy to use, here is a simple sample:

swfobject.embedSWF("myFlashContent.swf", "myContent", "300", "120", "9", "expressInstall.swf", null, null, null, alertStatus);