Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th Edition

11.8 Adobe Flash^441

Figure 11.9
Flash sample

The Flash object uses special values, called parameters, to configure the name of the

.swf file, quality of the media, and background color of the page areas. These are

configured with <param />or parameter tags. Parameters used with Flash media are

shown in Table 11.4.

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HANDS-ON PRACTICE 11.4

In this Hands-On Practice you will launch Notepad and create a Web page that displays

a Flash button. Your page will look like the one shown in Figure 11.9, which can be

found in the student files at Chapter11/flash.html.

All the <param />tags for the object appear before the ending </object>tag. An

example will be given later in this section. An overview of this tag placement follows:

<object ... object attributes go here ...

<param name="movie" ... value attribute goes here ... />

<param name="quality" ... value attribute goes here ... />

<param name="bgcolor" ... />

<p>XHTML code placed here will display if the <object> is not

supported by the browser.</p>

</object>

Notice the code placed before the closing </object>tag in the example above. It is dis-

played if the browser does not support the multimedia object. Include a link to a Web

page containing alternate text content if needed. While the developers of assistive tech-

nologies such as screen readers are working toward the support of Flash media, it is not

yet universal.

Table 11.4 Flash media parameters

Parameter Name Parameter Value

movie File name of the Flash media (.swf file)

quality Optional; Describes the quality of the media; usually the value highis used

bgcolor Optional; Background color of the Flash media area; uses a hexadecimal color value

loop Optional; Indicates whether the .swf loops; values are “true” and “false”

wmode Optional; Configures transparent background of the Flash media area in browsers that

support this feature; value is “transparent”