OK, so everyone has seen the code that Flash spits out to embed the .swf int
o
an HTML doc. Everything works fine until you start worrying about W3 HTML
validation.

Basically the only way I know to embed Flash in an HTML document that works 
in
both IE and Mozilla Browsers(Netscape, Mozilla, Safari...) uses the followin
g
code.

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="http://www.mfcstudios.com/flash/navbar-transition4.swf" width="750"
height="80">
<param name="movie"
value="http://www.mfcstudios.com/flash/navbar-transition4.swf">
</object>

The problem with that code is that it doesn't allow the SWF to start playing
until the entire movie is loaded, which you can imagine reaks havoc on a slo
w
connection, and to a lessor extent a fast connection.

I'm looking for someone to let me know how I can have all three aspects. Cod
e
that validates in the W3 HTML validator at http://www.w3.org, Allows the mov
ie
to play in all browsers, and lastly it must allow the movie to play even if 
the
entire movie isn't loaded.

Please, I've looked everywhere and stuck out, so anything you can offer woul
d
be great

~Chris

See [url]http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/articles/flash_satay.html[/url
] by Drew McLellan. He has an excellent solution on the flash/standards prob
lem.